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10454. Triticum durum. Macaroni wheat. 



From Blackfoot, Idaho. Received thru Prof. H. T. French, director of the 

 Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, March 9, 1904. 



Kubanka macaroni wheat grown from S. P. I. No. 9478. 



10455. Avena sativa. Oat. 



From Blackfoot, Idaho. Received thru Prof. H. T. French, director of the 

 Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, March 9, 1904. 



Swedish Select oat grown from S. P. I. No. 9422. 



10456. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From Copenhagen, Denmark. Presented by the Botanic Gardens of Copen- 

 hagen, thru Prof. Dr. Warming. Received March 8, 1904. 



For breeding purposes. 



10457. Amygdalus persica. Peach. 



From Bassorah, Arabia. Presented by Haji Abdulla el Nejem, of Bassorah. 

 Received March 8, 1904. 



Seeds of various varieties of peaches which are grown in the region of Abdul 

 Khasseb, the great date-growing center of Arabia. These peaches are subjected to 

 the extreme hot weather of this portion of Arabia and are likely to be of interest 

 for breeding purposes in California and Arizona. 



10458 to 10461. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From Austria^Hungary. Presented by Prof. Emanuel Gross, of the Agricultural 

 Academy, Tetschen-Liebwerd. Received March 9, 1904. 



10462. Cochlearia armoracia. Horse-radish. 



From Grand Island, Nebr. Received thru Mr. E. Corbin, March 14, 1904. 

 Malin. Grown from S. P. I. No. 5761. 



10463. Calophyllum inophyllum. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Received thru Mr. J. G. Smith, in charge of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, March 12, 1904. 



Seed of this tropical tree, related to the mangosteen, for Mr. Oliver's experiments 

 in grafting. 



10464. Psidium sp. G-uayabillo. 



From Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Federico Chisolm, Arcelia. 

 Received January 11, 1904. 



10465 to 10472. 



From Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Federico Chisolm. 

 Received March 12, 1904. 



Native Mexican bulbs and seeds, for the most part unidentified. 



10473. Solanum jamesii. Potato. 



From Moab, Utah. Received thru Mr. E. Corbin, of Grand Island, Nebr., 

 March 14, 1904. 



Wild or Cave Divellei's' potatoes. "I obtained these potatoes last October, when 

 on a visit to southeastern Utah, at Moab, a town about 40 miles south of the Denver 

 and Rio Grande Railway, leaving the railway at Thompson Springs. It is a small 

 town near the mouth of the Grand River where it joins the Green River. Some, 

 found where the ground was soft, were larger than others. It will be seen that there 

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