40 SEEDS VND PLANTS [MPOKTED. 



17499 to 17504 Continued. 



tied 'The Races of Tobacco.' Imported for breeding experiments in connection 

 with a search for a disease-resistanl -tram in North Carolina." i Fairchild.) 



17499. NlCOTl INA TABACUM PROTICOSA. 



Karchiaku. 



17500. Nli hi i w \ TABACI M i- i;i ncosA. 

 Doniaku. 



17501. NlCOTIANA I LATA PERSK \. 



.Si 7, 



17502. NlCOTIANA l;i -in » ii\\\\. 



( 'alcutta. 



17503. NlCOTIANA ROBTK \ BRASILIA. 



/' ■'■■iiin Rhau. 



17504. Nli n| I \s \ Rl -in \ BRASILIA. 



Veilchen. 



17505 and 17506. ClTRl 9 \i RANTI1 m. Orange. 



Im. in Shanghai, < Ihina. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, l>. I>. Received 

 February 8, 1906. 



< irange seeds, as follow - : 



17505. From Swatow, China. "Avery fine loose-skinned variety ; lobes 

 separate easily." I Farnham. i 



I7. r >06. From Canton, China. "A better variety of orange than I have ever 

 eaten in the United States or Europe. < lose Bkin, and lobes nol separable." 



■ am. I 



17507. Citrus iurantium. Orange. 



From Algiers, Ugeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, governmenl botanist. 

 Received February 8, 1906. 



" Seeds of the famous orange Blida, which, according to Doctor Trabut' s label, is an 

 early variety, having large, sweet fruits and reproducing byseeds. The Blida omnge 

 is one of the besl grown in uorthern Algeria and, as I understand, these seeds are 

 from Belected fruits of this variety." {Swingle, i 



17508. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Lausanne, Switzerland. Presented by Prof. G. Martinet, director, Etab- 

 lissemenl Federal D'Essais el de Controle de Semences a Lausanne. Received 

 February 12, L906. 



Selection with yellow grains. 



17509. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 

 From Fairfield, Wash. Received through Mr. E. H. Morrison. Crop of 1905. 



Kleinwanzleben. 



17510. QUERCUS CUSPIDATA. 



From. Yokohama. Japan. Received through Mr. F. N. Meyer from the Yokohama 

 Nursery Company, February 15, 1906. 



This is an evergreen oak much used in Japan for hedges, for which it seems 

 admirably suited. Its acorns, although of small size, are of very sweet taste when 

 baked like chestnuts, and when boiled or roasted are regularly sold in Japan for 

 food ; not hardy in the northern States. 



