86 SEEDS ANT) PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12358. Nicotiana sanderae. Flowering tobacco. 



From New York, N. V. Received thru .!. M. Thorburn & Co., December 14, 

 1904. 



< 'armine-flowi red. "This variety is the result of crossing the dwarf purple-flowered 

 A', forgetiana, from Brazil, with A', tiffinis, the well-known, fragrant white-flowered 

 garden annual." I Sander A- Sows. | 



12359. Lathyrus odoratus. Sweet pea. 



From Covent Garden, W. ('., London. England. Received thru Watkins & 

 simps 12 Tavistock street, December 9, 1904. 



Gladys Utnnn. 



12360. Al/.Kl.IA QUANZENSIS. 



Fr Cape Town, Cape Colony. Africa. Received thru Dr. Peter MacOwan, 



government botanist, November 28, HUM. 



12361. Lathyrus sylvestris. Flat pea. 



From Ww York, N. Y. Received thru .1. M. Thorburn & Co., November 21, 



HUM. 



12362 and 12363. 



From Bangkok, Siam. Presented by I lis Excellency Phya Akharaj Varadhara, 

 the Siamese minister, to Dr. B. T. Galloway. Received December 2, 1904. 



Plants used extensivel) in Bangkok as a condiment. 



12362. 12363. 



Krawan. i No name given. ) 



12364. LlI.HM GIGANTEUM. Lily. 

 From New York. N. V. Received thru [Ienry A Lee. December 13, 1904. 



12365. Panic! m maximum. Guinea grass. 



From Mayaguez, P. P. Received thru the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 December 21, L904. 



12366. Sechium edule. Chayote. 



From New Orleans, La. Received thru the. I. Rteckler Seed Company, Decem- 

 ber Pi, 1904. 



12367. Dahlia sp. Dahlia. 



From •• La Trinidad," < ruerrero, Mexico. Received thru Air. Federico Chisolm, 

 December 13, 1904. 



12368. Gladiolus gandavensis. Gladiolus. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Henry A. F>reer, Incorporated, Decem- 

 ber Hi. pin4. 



White Lady. 



12369. Pachyrhizus sp. 



From Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico. Received thru Dr. Edward Palmer, Decem- 

 ber 21, 1904. 



"There are two forms of this Pachyrhizus, one called Agua (water) and the other 

 Leche (milk). These two forms have been long recognized, but not as separate species. 

 At Santa Maria del Rio I saw several fields of this plant cultivated on ridges so that 

 the plants might be irrigated. I was informed that both forms were grown in the 

 same patch and could not be distinguished either by their foliage or flowers, and that 

 97 



