112 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12819. LlPPIA REPENS. 



From Santa Barbara, Cal. Received thru Dr. F. Franceschi, February 10, 1905. 



12820. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 

 From Clearwater, Nebr. Received thru Mr. G. E. Miller, February 7, L905. 



12821. Psidium molle. " G-uayabillo." 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, February 

 4, 1905. 



12822 to 12831. Amygdalus COMMUNIS. Almond. 



From Girgehti, Sicily. Received thru Mr. T. II. Kearney, February 6, 1905. 

 Varieties of almond cuttings selected by Mr. ( !asa" from his collection of 25 varieties. 



12822. 



Sweet; 



big fruit. 





12828. 



Tender, sweet; *_c< >« >< 1 for 



12823. 



Sweel ; 



long fruit. 







table. 



12824. 



Sweet; 



fruit dark red 





12829. 



Early flowering, sweet, 

 hard-shelled. 



12825. 



Sweet; 



fruit double. 





12830. 



Not frost resistant. 



12826. 



Bitter. 







12831. 



Late flowering; resistant 



12827. 



Sweet, 

 olle 



with "a i •< >int 

 side" (end). 



at 





to frost. 



12832 to 12842. 



From Catania, Sicily. Received thru Mr. T. II. Kearney, February 8, 1905. 

 12832 to 12835. 

 Received from Salvatore Leanza, nurseryman, Catania, Sicily. 



12832. Eriobotrya japonica. lioquat. 



"A valuable and distinct, semiseedless grafted variety, which maybe 

 especially recommended. Fruit especially large, pear-shaped, with a 

 fleshy, juicy, sugary pulp; with a few small seeds, which are in some 

 cases extremely small according to the modification produced by their 

 surroundings, whether in pots or in open ground with a ball of earth." 

 ( Kearney. I 

 12833 and 12834. Corylus avellana. Filbert. 



( 'a8tiglione. 



12835. Pistacia vera. Pistachc. 

 Bronte. 



12836 to 12842. Opuntia spp. Prickly pear. 



Presented by Doctor Cavara, of the Catania Botanical Gardens, Sicily. 



12836. Opuntia tomentosa. 



A variety of opuntia that holds its fruit all winter. (Doctor Cavara's 

 No. 5.) 



12837. Opuntia ficus indica. 



" Fructu albo, vulgo 'Zuceherina.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 2.) 



12838. Opuntia ficus indica. 



" Fructu albo, vulgo 'Sipala.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 1. ) 



12839. Opuntia ficus indica. 



"Fructu flavo, vulgo 'Figu d' India.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 4.) 



12840. Opuntia ficus indica. 



" Fructu rubro, vulgo ' Sanguigua.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 3.) 



