160 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



7683. Trifolium panormitanum. 



From Rouiba, Algeria. Obtained by Mr. C. S. Scofield, April 10, 1901. Received 

 October 21, 1901. 



' ' Roots and tubercles. ' ' ( Scofield. ) 



7684. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



From Malaga, Spain. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 768, July 31, 

 1901), October 21, 1901. 



"Supposed to be grafted plants of the famous Jordan almond. Upon arrival they 

 proved to be only ungrafted seedlings, and not at all as per the contract made with 

 the Spanish gardener." (Fairchild?) 



7685. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Volo, Greece. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 581, March 

 23, 1901), September 28, 1901. 



Diminum. "A variety of spring wheat called Diminum, meaning 'two months.' 

 This is a semihard wheat used in Greece to plant after the failure of the winter 

 wheat. It is not a two-month wheat, as its name implies, but matures in about 

 three months, being planted the last ol February and harvested the first of June. 

 It is a light bearer, not very highly esteemed in Greece except for a catch crop, as it 

 were, when winter wheat has failed. Sent by kindness of Mr. Ar. Tsakonas, of 

 Athens, who can secure a large quantity in June, if desired." (Fairchild. ) 



7686. Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco. 



From Godwinsville, Ga. Received through Mr. H. J. Webber, October 28, 1901. 



Asmyr. A Turkish cigarette tobacco. About 6 ounces of seed obtained by Mr. 

 Webber through Mr. Robert Viewig, who imported the original seed from Turkey 

 and grew it at Godwinsville, Ga. A crop was grown in 1899, from which the present 

 seed was taken. Production usually very light, but product of superior quality. 



7687. Vitis sp. G-rape. 



From southern Mexico. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose (No. 5349), October 

 28, 1901. 



"A new grape, collected in southern Mexico this past season. It is a very remark- 

 able species in that it dies down to the ground each year, apparently arising from the 

 big deep-set tuber or tuberous root. It produces an immense growth of vines, the 

 internodes often being 1£ to 2 feet long. The fruit is borne in large clusters, some- 

 times nearly a foot long, individual grapes being about the size of the fox grape." 

 (Rose.) 



7688. Heeria jalapa. 



From southern Mexico. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose (No. 6081), October 

 28, 1901. 



"A very beautiful little trailing plant, well suited for baskets or for a carpet plant. 

 It belongs to a genus of plants much cultivated." (Rose. ) 



7689 to 7765. 



From Algeria. Secured by Mr. C. S. Scofield, April to June, 1901. Receive!. 

 at the Department in October, 1901. Turned over to the Office of Seed and 

 Plant Introduction and Distribution, March 6, 1903. 



"The following collection of leguminous plants was obtained by Mr. C. S. Scofield, 

 in many cases through the kindness of Dr. L. Trabut, government botanist of Algeria. 

 This collection represents the results of many years careful study by Doctor Trabut, 

 who, with Doctor Battangier, published a flora of Algeria, in which some of these species 

 were described for the first time. Doctor Trabut familiarized himself with the indig- 

 enous flora of Algeria by many expeditions to all parts of the colony, and some of the 



