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12022. Garcixia mangostaxa. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. R. Deny, 

 superintendent of the Botanic Gardens. Received November 9, 1904 



Mangosteen. 



sistant 



12023. Hordeum DiSTiCHUM. Two-row barley. 



From Fresno, Cal. Received thru Mr. George C. Roeding, December 22, 1904. 

 White Smyrna. Grown from S. P. I. Xo. 7969. 



12024 and 12025. Sechium edule. 



Chayote. 



From Saltillo, Mexico. Presented by Mr. J. R. Silliman at the request of Dr. 

 Edward Palmer. Received November 7, 1904. 



"An unusually large and tine variety of the chayote, representing two doubtful 

 subvarieties, the one a darker green in color than the other and considered a sweeter 

 sort. This is considered one of the best, and is indeed one of the most commonly 

 grown vegetables in Mexico and Central America. The particularly large size of 

 these varieties makes them promising for introduction into the warmer regions of 

 this country. Bulletin Xo. 28 of the Bureau of Plant Industry gives a full descrip- 

 tion of the methods of planting, etc." (Fair-child.) 



12026 and 12027. Zea mays. 



Corn. 



From Saltilb 

 7, 1904. 



Mexico. Presented by Mr. J. R. Silliman. Received Xovember 



12026. Genuine white Mexican 

 June. 



12027. Genuine 



June. 



id Mexican 



"I am sending you four ears of genuine Mexican June corn grown by myself. This 

 corn was planted in June and harvested about the 15th of October. The natives mix 

 their seed very much and are not at all careful with it, so a great deal of the so-called 

 Mexican June corn is not strictly such. Of the white variety there are two classes — 

 one with white cob, the other with red cob. The grains are long and thin, the cob very 

 small. It is a great drought resister and very sweet, the Mexican children chewing 

 the stalks as they do sugar cane. Cattle are very fond of. the green stalk and it 

 produces a fine flow of rich milk in cows. The stalk reaches a height of 8 to 12 

 feet and is very slender; therefore we plant it quite thick. The dark variety, or 

 Ma'iz pinto, is considered more hardy and better for resisting dry weather, "it is 

 shorter and more stocky in its growth. It is not so sweet. It will give a crop when 

 all else fails. While not considered so fine for general use, it is equal to anv for all 

 stock." (Silliman:) 



12028 to 12103. Paeoma spp. Peony. 



From Langport, Somerset, England. Received thru Messrs. Kelwav & Son, 

 Xovember 12, 1904. 



Peonies imported for testing on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture at 

 Arlington, Va., 76 varieties, as follows: 



12028. 



Maria Kelway. 



12039. 



Padereu-ski. 



12029. 



Agnes Mart/ Kelway. 



12040. 



Mod Calot. 



12030. 



Lad}/ Curzon. 



12041. 



Torquemada. 



12031. 



Princess Beatrice. 



12042. 



Glory of Somerset. 



12032. 



Mrs. Chamberlain. 



12043. 



■Prince of Wales. 



12033. 



Mountebank. 



12044. 



Leonard Kelway. 



12034. 



Festiva Maxima. 



12045. 



Dorothy Welsh. 



12035. 



Princes* In ne. 



12046. 



Alonzo. 



12036. 



Duke of Clarence. 



12047. 



Grizzt 1 Muir. 



12037. 



Lady Beresford.. 



12048. 



Snlfiter re. 



12038. 



Limosel. 



12049. 



Lottie Collins. 



