DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



235 



16495 to 16505. 



From the White House Propagating Gardens, Washington, D. C. 

 December 5, 1905. 



Eeceived 



A collection of ornamentals. 



16495. CALATHEAORN ATA MAJES- 



TIC A. 



16496. Xanthosoma lindeni. 



16497. Calathea pulchella. 



16498. Calathea vanden- 



HECKEI. 



16499. Calathea intermedia. 



16500. Calatheawarscewiczii. 



16501. ischnosiphon hirsuta. 



16502. Maranta wallisi. 



16503. Maranta amabilis. 



16504. Homalomena wallisi. 



16505. Calathea (?) sp. 



16506. Aralia cordata. Udo. 



From Waseda, Tokyo, Japan. Eeceived thru J. Ikeda & Co.. December 5, 1905. 



16507. Panicum sp. 



From Pretoria, South Africa. Received thru Prof. J. Burtt Davy, of the Trans- 

 vaal Department of Agriculture, December 5, 1905. 



16508. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Amasia, Turkey. Received thru Mr. H. Caramanian, November 25, 1905. 



16509 to 16540. 



From Nancy, France. Received thru Victor Lemoine & Son, December 4, 1905. 



16509. Anemone japonica. 16512. Deutzia vilmorinae. 



16510. Anemone japonica. 16513. Philadelphia lemoinei. 



16511. Deutzia myriantha. 



16514 to 16540. Phlox decussata. Perennial phlox. 



Named varieties. 



16541 to 16762. Paeonia spp. Peony. 



From Chenonceaux (Indre-et-Loire), France. Received thru Monsieur A. Des- 

 sert, December 2, 1905. 



16541 to 16642. Named varieties of the Chinese herbaceous section. 



16643 to 16659. Named varieties of the European herbaceous section. 



16660. Paeonila anomala (or 16662. Paeonia tenuifolia 



smouthil). flore pleno. 



16661. Paeonia tenuifolia. 



16663 to 16759. Paeonia moutan. Named double varieties. 

 16760 to 16762. Paeonia moutan. Named single varieties. 



16763 and 16764. 



From the Office of Gardens and Grounds, Department of Agriculture. Received 

 December 8, 1905. 



16763. Calathea sp. 



Rough-pubescent petiole basal; 

 green thruout. 



16764. Maranta sp. 



Near Maranta arundinacea, but 

 with side shoots on culms. 



