114 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12854. Hordei m \i LGARE. Barley. 

 From Geneva, [daho. Received thru Mr. F. W. Boehme, March L5, L905. 



12855. Secale cereale. Rye. 

 From Geneva, [daho. Received thru Mr. F. W. Boehme, March L5, L905. 



12856 to 12861. 



From Vomero, Naples. Presented by I >r. Carl Sprenger thru Mr. K. A. Bessey. 

 Received January, L905. 



12856. RiclNDS zanzibariensis. Castor-oil plant. 

 Package of mixed varieties. 



12857. Sesbania tripetii. Red acacia. 

 " One of the finesl flowering shrubs." 



12858. RllA.MMs VLATERNUS < ILABRICA. 



12859. Morus alba. White mulberry. 

 China. 



12860. SlDERITIS MAS80NIANA. 12861. Picrasma ailanthoides. 



12862 to 12864. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., February 10, 

 [905. 



12862. Cvnara scolymus. Artichoke. 

 Large flat Brittany* 



12863. ( rives. Cucumber. 



12864. Sanvitalia PROCUMBENS FLORE PLENO. 



12865 to 12871. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Calcutta, India. Presented by 1. II. Burkill, esq., M. A., officiating 



reporter on i conomic products to the government of [ndia, Indian Museum, I 

 Sudder street. Received February 9, 1905. 



12865. Masiua ghaiya. From Bengal Province. 



12866. Bhadai ghaiya, red. From Bengal Province. 



12867. Thosar Bhadai ghaiya, white. From Bengal Province. 



12868. Viikhnsiili JJImd'ii. From Bengal Province. 



12869. Augua Bhadai. From Bengal Province. 



12870. Small red variety. From Bengal Province. 



12871. Takmaroo ghaiya. From Bengal Province. 

 This paddy was grown by the Lepchas and Bhootias. 



12872. Chrysanthemum anethifojlium. Chrysanthemum. 



From Merrifield, N. Dak. Presented by -Mrs. H. E. Bancroft, Received Feb- 

 ruary, 1905. 



Mrs. Bancroft writes that this is a perennial there, but blossoms early the first year 

 from seed. The largest blossoms are the early ones, being three times as large as 

 those sent, which were gathered on November 13, 1904. 



12873. Eschscholtzia califorxica. California poppy. 



From Merrifield, X. Dak. Presented by Airs. H. E. Bancroft. Received Feb- 

 ruary, 1905. 



Mrs. Bancroft wiites that by constant selection she has developed a strain of Cali- 

 fornia poppy with flowers much larger than the ordinary, which continue in bloom 

 much later than the common kind. 



