140 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



7402 to 7413. 



From Mexico. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, August 20, 1901. 



A collection of native plants, bulbs, and seeds, as follows (the numbers given by 

 Doctor Rose are retained for identification) : 



7402. Zephyranthes sp. (No. 268.) 



7403. Cotyledon sp. (No. 300.) 

 ' ' Large red flowers. ' ' ( Rose. ) 



7404. Argemone sp. (No. 301.) 

 ' ' Large white flowers. ' ' ( Rose. ) 



7405. Zephyranthes sp. (No. 302.) 



7406. Cucurbitasp. (No. 5287.) 



7407. RuBussp. (No. 5380.) 



"A beautiful flowering shrub." (Rose.) , 



7408. Pithecolobium sp. (No. 5840. ) 

 "A shrub." (Rose.) 



7409. Cucurbita sp. (No. 5899 ?.) 



7410. Solanum sp. (No. 5944.) 

 "Large purple flowers." (Rose.) 



7411. Sphaeralcea sp. (No. 5945.) 



"A large, beautiful flowering shrub much used in Mexican parks." (Rose. ) 



7412. OxALissp. (No. 5956.) 



7413. [Undetermined.] (No. 303.) 



' ' Forty -nine bulbs of a beautiful white flowering water lily. The flowers 

 stand up above the water." (Rose. ) 



7414 to 7421. 



From Naples, Italy. Received from Dammann & Co., August 20, 1901. 

 A collection of seeds as follows (the nomenclature is in large part Dammann's): 



7414. Anacardium occtdentale, 7419. Gazania hybrida. 



Nora. 



7415. Inga dulcis. 



7416. Trachycarpus excelsus. 



7417. FlCUS ELASTIC A. «„«■, /-, 



7421. Gazania hybrida. 



7418. Fieus macrophylla. Blondine. 



7422. Triticum sp. Wheat. 



From Girgeh Province, Egypt. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild ( No. 655 ) , 

 August 20, 1901. 



"Selected Egyptian wheat secured through the kindness of Sir William Willcocks, 

 from typical 'basin' irrigated lands of the upper Nile. This is especially for trial in the 

 Colorado Desert experiments. It is a winter wheat in Egypt, but matures by the 

 first (or middle at latest) of May. Probably will be more or less mixed and contain 

 both hard and soft varieties." (Fairchild. ) 



7420. Gazania hybrida. 

 Diana. 



