236 SEEDS AND PLANTS rMPORTED. 



16765 to 16769. 



From the White House greenhouse, Public Buildings and Grounds, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Received December 8, 1905. 



16765. Maranta SPLENDIDA. L6768. Calathea koseo-picta. 



16766. Calathea irrecta. 16769. Calathea undulatA. 



16767. Calathea makoyana. 



16770. Zea MAYS. Sweet corn. 



From North Clarendon, Vt Received thru Mr. D. Dana Hewitt, December 11, 

 1905. 

 Whiti Malakof. Grown from S. P. 1. No. 13256. (Lot "A" selected from No. 

 16772.) 



16771. Medicago denticulata. Bur clover. 

 From San Francisco, Cal. Received thru the Jessup-Wheelan Company, De- 

 cember II. 1905. 



16772. Zea MAYS. Sweet corn. 

 From North Clarendon, Vt. Received thru Mr. I». Dana Hewitt, December 11, 



1905. 

 117,;/, Malakof. Grown from S. P. I. No. 13256. 



16773 to 16780. 



From St. I mis, Mo. Received thru Mr. Fred Mueller, of the Missouri Botan- 

 ical < rardens, December 1 1. 1905. 



16773. Alocasia wacrorhiza 16777. Colocasia indica. 



\ \ i : 1 1 :« . \ i \. 



From < ieylon. 

 1(377-1. Alocasia odora. 

 From Easl Indies. 



16775. < Ioloc ISIA 8p. 

 From Mexico. 



16776. Colocasia vnti quorum 



El ' HLOB \. 



From India. 



16778. X ANTHOSOM \ Sp. 



From Cuba. 



16779. Xanthosoma viola- 



, II M. 



From Wesl Indies. 



16780. i Undetermined.) 



16781 to 16784. Xi: \ MAYS. Sweet corn. 



From North Clarendon, N't. Received thru Mr. D. Dana Hewitt, December 11, 

 1905. 



Whilt Malakof. 



16781. Grown from S. 1'. I. No. 13357. 



16782. Grown from selection "B" of S. I'. I. No. 13256. 



16783. Grown from selection "G" of S. P. 1. No. 13256. 



16784. Grown from selection "C" of S. P. I. No. 13256. 



16785. Hibiscus sabdariffa. Roselle. 

 From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru the Porto Rico Experiment Station, 



December, 1905. 



16786. Eucalyptus corymbosa. Bloodwood. 



From Bo-wen, North Queensland, Australia. Received thru Mr. William Petti- 

 grew, of the Queensland Acclimatization Society, December 6, 1905. 

 "One of the numerous species of Australian eucalyptus. A tree of medium size, 

 with persistent flaky bark, often reported as stunted or shrubby in appearance, but 



