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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



5690 to 5744 — Continued. 







5714. 



General Grant. 



5730. 



LONGIFOLIA. 



5715. 



Tardiv d'hiver. 



5731. 



Maxima. 



5716. 



Ringo. 



5732. 



A FLEUR DOUBLE. 



5717. 



PULCHRA. 



5733. 



Fastigiata bifera. 



5718. 



Kaido. 



5734. 



Whitney. 



5719. 



Magnifica. 



5735. 



A FRUIT BLANC. 



5720. 



Nigra. 



5736. 



Quaker beauty. 



5721. 



Edulis. 



5737. 



Ibric? 



5722. 



Orange. 



5738. 



Spectabilis Imperial Re 



5723. 



Lady Elgin. 





VENI. 



5724. 



Translucens. 



5739. 



NlKITA FLORIBUNDA. 



5725. 



Montreal Beauty. 



5740. 



Van Wyck. 



5726. 



Lutescens. 



5741. 



Hyslop. 



5727. 



Magnifica. 



5742. 



The Fairy. 



5728. 



Flavescens. 



5743. 



Toringo. 



5729. 



ClRE. 



5744. 



Yellow Siberian. 



5745. Eucalyptus globulus. 



From San Francisco, Cal. Received through Trumbull and Beebe, July 14, 1900. 



5746 to 5750. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Hamburg, Germany. Received December 14, 1900. A collection of seeds 

 of various European strains, as follows: 



5746. English. 5749. Russian. 



5747. Hungarian. 5750. Silesian. 



5748. Italian. 



5751. Andropogon rufus. 



Jaragua. 



From Matto Grosso Province, Brazil. Presented by the Brazilian minister, Hon. 

 J. F. de Assis-Brasil, December 1, 1900. 



A native fodder grass called by the Portuguese ' ' provisorio. ' ' Described by Mr. 

 Assis-Brasil in his book on Brazilian agriculture. (See letter of October, 1899. ) 



Pendicuas. 



Received December 



5752. Arctostaphylos sp. 



From Celaya, Mexico. Presented by Prof. Felix Foex. 

 10, 1900. 



' ' The brown berries of this plant are edible. When fresh they are not disagree- 

 able, having a fresh subacid flavor. When dried they are nearly tasteless, but are 

 used in great quantities medicinally. An infusion is used for catarrh and headaches. 

 The tree which produces them is very ornamental." {Foex. ) 



Jarrilla. 



Received December 



5753. Carica heterophylla. 



From Celaya, Mexico. Presented by Prof. Felix Foex. 

 10, 1900. 



"A curious fruit, being drunk as one would swallow a raw egg, and not eaten. The 

 name is Jarrilla or 'little pitcher,' because it is shaped like a pitcher and is always 

 full of water. The water contained in it is fresh and slightly acid, resembling lemon 

 juice. When the fruit is taken from the plant it acquires in a few days a bitter taste, 

 something like lemon peel, but without its aroma. The plant is a perennial, half 

 climber, and grows wild on the hills around Celaya." {Foex.) 



