DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



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14907. Citrus decumana. Pomelo. 



From Oneco, Fla. Eeceived thru Reasoner Brothers, July 3, 1905. 

 Stick's Tresca Red. 



14908. Physalis edulis. 



Cape gooseberry. 



From Cape Town, South Africa. Presented by Prof. C. P. Lounsbury, govern- 

 ment entomologist, Cape of Good Hope Department of Agriculture. Received 

 June 26, 1905. 



"The mother plantation is at Wynberg, here in the Cape Peninsula. The plant 

 with us is a perennial, but the frost will cut it down. In some districts it fruits well; 

 in others, scarcely at all. It seems to do best on the border of woodlands. A species 

 of Tetranychus is its one great pest in South Africa. Mr. Malley tells me that his 

 brother has tried it in Texas without success." (Lounsbury.) 



14909 to 14921. Zea mays 



Popcorn. 



From Santiago, Chile. Presented by Senor Salvador Izquierdo, Santa Ines, 

 near Santiago. Received June 23, 1905. 

 " Samples of popcorn used in Chile for the manufacture of 'llalli.' Samples were 

 without names or specific data other than the above." (Fairchild.) 



14922. Thysanolaena agrostis. 



From Calcutta, India. Presented by A. Gage, officiating superintendent, Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Sibpur, near Calcutta. Received June 24, 1905. 

 See S. P. I. Tso. 8445, for a description of this unusually beautiful ornamental cane. 



14923 to 14944. Opuntia sp. 



Tuna. 



From San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Received from Dr. Edward Palmer thru Dr. 

 J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, June, 1905. 



14923. 



Pachona. 



14924. 



Pasteada Lisa. 



14925. 



Narancow Lisa (spine 

 San Juanara Manzana 



14926. 





blanca. 



14927. 



Cameosa Lisa. 



14928. 



Tuna Blanca Seca. 



14929. 



(No label.) 



14930. 



Morada. 



14931. 



(Spineless.) 



14932. 



(No label.) 



14933. 



(No label.) 



14934. 



(No label.) 



14935. 



(No label. ) 



14936. 

 14937. 



14938. 



14939. 



14940. 



14941. 



14942. 



14943. 



14944. 



(No label.) 



(Doctor Rose's No. 

 613/05.) 



(Doctor Rose's No. 



614/05. ) 

 Ranchera (Doctor Rose's 



No. 643/05). 



Cue} a ( Doctor Rose's No. 



644/05). 



(Doctor Rose's No. 

 646/05. ) 



Camuesa Prisco (Doctor 

 Rose's No. 673/05). 



Mansa Color de Rosa 

 (Doctor Rose's No. 

 674/05). 



Cri/stalina Blanca (Doc- 

 tor Rose's No. 675/05). 



14945 and 14946. Gossypium sp. 



From Payta, Peru. Received thru Duncan, Fox & Co., July 3, 1905. 

 14945. Brown seed. 14946. White seed. 



Cotton. 



14947. CUCURBITA MELANOSPERMA. 



From San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Presented by Dr. Edward Palmer. Received 

 June 22, 1905. 

 "One fruit called ' Cila callote' from a vine that is very productive. The fruit 

 keeps several months. Fine preserves are made from it — one from the interior after 



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