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17709. Ornithopus sativus. Serradella. 



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

 26, 1906. 



17710 to 17712. Arachis hypogaea. Peanut. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received through the Yokohama Nursery Company, 

 February 26, 1906. 



Seed of three varieties of peanuts grown in Shimosa Province, as follows: 



17710. Small variety. 



17711. Birata; the best in Japan; large variety. 



17712. Bachigai (outsider) ; large variety. 



17713 and 17714. Coffea arabica. Coffee. 



From Harrar, Abyssinia. Received through the Office of Bionomic Investiga- 

 tions, February 26, 1906. 



17713. Cultivated coffee. 17714. Wild coffee. 



17715 and 17716. Agaye spp. Century plant. 



From "Washington, D. C. Received through Mr. L. H. Dewey, February, 1906. 

 Plants, as follows: 



17715. Agave lecheguilla. 

 From Mexico. 



17716. Agave rigida sisalana. Sisal. 

 From the Bahama Islands. 



17717. Psophooarpus tetragonolobtjs. Seguidillas. 



From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon, of the Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture. Received February 26 and April 3, 1906. 



"The pods if boiled when exceedingly young and tender taste not unlike aspar- 

 agus. Vigorous climber, fruiting in three months from the seed and annually from 

 a perennial rootstock in Avarm climates. ' ' ( Lyon. ) 



17718 and 17719. Vitis yinifera. Grape. 



From Salonica, Turkey. Received through Rev. J. Henry House, February 15, 

 1906. 



Cuttings, as follows: 



17718. White Kapadjulari. 17719. Black Kapadjulari. 



17720. Ayena sativa. Oat. 

 From Aberdeen, S. Dak. Received through Mr. Isaac Lincoln, February 28, 1906. 



Sixty-Day. 



17721. Pappophorum nigricans. 



From Victoria, Australia. Presented by Prof. Hugh Pye, of the Dookie Agri- 

 cultural College. Received February 21, 1906. 



17722. Phaseolus radiatus. Mung bean. 

 From Terrell, Tex. Received through W. C. Porter & Co., February 28, 1906. 



Probably grown from No. 10527. 

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