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Plant Inventory No. 157 l/£ 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ^\ 

 Washington, D. C, May 1956 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1949 

 (NOS. 172311 TO 185795) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 417 



This inventory, No. 157, lists the plant material (Nos. 172311 to 

 185795) received by the Section of Plant Introduction, Horticultural 

 Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, during the 

 period from January 1 to December 31, 1949. It is a historical record 

 of plant material introduced for Department and other specialists, 

 and is not to be considered as a list of plant material for distribution. 

 This unit prior to 1954 was known as the Division of Plant Explora- 

 tion and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricul- 

 tural Engineering, Agricultural Research Administration, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



Paul G. Russell, 



Botanist. 

 Plant Industry Station, 

 Beltsville, Md. 



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