L04 SEEDS ANH PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12684 to 12692 Continued. 



12689. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 

 Maltaise (No. 3). Seedling. 



12690. Citrus .uranium. Orange. 

 I, natiye variety. 



12691. Citrus bigaradia. Bergamot orange. 



\ smooth-skinned bigarade (bergamot?), said to be the best variety for 

 making preserves. 



12692. Citrus aurantium. Orange. 

 Trabelsi i Tripoli . The mosl abundani orange pf Tunis. 



12693. GrARCINlA MORELLA. Gamboge. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Received thru Prof. William Fawcett, January II, 

 L905. 



"Seeds of the tree producing the true gamboge of commerce, which is procured 

 principally from Siam and is used as a pigment for dyeing silks and other fabrics. 

 The rind of the fruit is also used for tanning purposes. Introduced for the purpose 

 of testing as a stock upon which to graft the mangosteen [G. mangostana) . The 

 gamboge lias a hardier root system and is a very vigorous growing tree, and for this 

 reason may prove of value as a stuck." Fairchild. i 



12694 to 12696. Medicago SATTVA. Alfalfa. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux oc ('....January 7, L905. 



12694. Grown in Provence. 12696. Grown in Italy. 



12695. » irown in Poitou. 



12697. /.! \ mays. Sweet corn. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Henry F. Mir he 1 1 Company, January I 1 , 

 1905. 



Sugar Loaf. 



12698. Pisum SATrvn m. Pea. 

 From New York, N. V. Received thru J. M. Thorburn & Co., January 12, 1905. 



Thomas Laxlon. 



12699 to 12701. 



Fr New York, N. Y. Received thru J. M. Thorburn & Co., January 13, 1905. 



Drug and medicinal seeds ordered for the cooperative work conducted by the 

 Office of Drug Plant Investigations: 



12699. Digitalis purpurea. 12701. Pimpinella anisum. 



12700. foeniculum dulce. 



12702. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Sherman, Tex. Received thru Mrs. R. E. Smith, January 13, 1905. 



12703. Allium fistulostjm. Welsh onion. 



From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January 14, 1905. 

 Forcing. Krown from S. P. I. No. 9301. 



12704 to 12707. 



A collection of vegetable seeds for special tests. 

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