DECEMBER, 1903. TO DECEMBER, 1905. 93 



12453 to 12547— Continued. 



12519 to 12520. Rice. 



From Italy. Presented by Messrs. Dammami & Co., San Giovanni a 

 Teduccio, near Naples. Received October 3, 1904. 



12519. Italian. No special name given. 



12520. Italian. No special name given; probably the same kind as 



12519. 



12521. Thessaly. Rice. 



From Greece. Presented by Mr. S. Nantbopaulo, Station Agricole, 

 Patras. Received in August, 1904. 



12522. Rice. 



From Brazil. Presented bv Consul Louis H. A vine, Para. Received in 

 August, 1904. 



Rice paddy, like that grown in the districts of Guama and Irituba, in the 

 State of Maranhac, Brazil, in a black loam, either overlying or mixt with 

 sandy gravel and sandstone. The rice is called Carolina. 



12523 and 12524. Rice. 



From German East Africa. Presented by Mr. Ldo von Katte, Plantage 

 Kigome, Bezirk Tanga. Received October 5, 1904. 



12523. Nondro paddy. 12524. Kikanda paddy. 



12525 to 12547. Rice. 



From Java. Presented by Mr. Charles A. Franc, Soerabaya, Java, Dutch 

 East Indies. Received November 17, 1904. 



12525 to 12540. Ampenan 

 paddy. 



12541. Magetan paddy. 



12542. Pekalongan paddy. 



12543. Pekalongan paddy. 



12548. Crataegus sp. (?) 



From City of Mexico, Mexico. Received from Mr. G. Clark, thru Mr. G. Onder- 

 donk, of Nursery, Tex., December 31, 1904. 



This species of Crataegus is used in different parts of Mexico as a stock upon which 

 the European and American type of pears are grafted. In a letter of May 30, 1904, 

 Mr. Onderdonk describes the use of this stock as follows: "While there is to be 

 found an occasional young tijocate growing in a cultivated lot with intention of being 

 made a stock for pears by grafting where it stands, yet no nurseries of it exist. It 

 grows wild in the most forbidding situations. The earliest fruits begin to ripen 

 about the last of July, while the largest number mature about October or November. 

 I saw many fine old pear trees in different parts of Mexico on tijocate stock, and for 

 the European and American type of pears there can be no better stock them tijocate." 



12549. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received thru Mr. Ronaldo Tidblom, August 

 12, 1905. 



12550. Poa pratensis. Kentucky bluegrass. 



From Winchester, Ivy. Received thru Mr. D. S. Gay, December 2, 1904. 



12551. (Undetermined.) 



From Central Africa. Presented by Mrs. Anita N. McGee, 1620 P street, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Received thru Mr. David Fairchild, December 31, 1904. 



A single plant, said to be the first of its kind ever brought to America and to 

 belong to the order Scitamineae. The plant was introduced by Mr. Vernon, who 

 brought the Pigmies to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. {Fairchild. ) 

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12544. 



Solo " J " paddy 



12545. 



Solo ■'!>" paddy 



12546. 



Djember paddy. 



12547. 



Djember paddy. 



