96 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED. 



18627 and 18628. Medioago >\n\ \. Alfalfa. 



From Bassorah, Arabia. Received from Mr. Herbert VV. Poulter, through Mr. 

 David Fairchild, June 12, 1906. 



Arabian alfalfa or Jet. 



18627. Seed from irrigated plants. 



18628. Seed from unirrigated plants. 



18629. Medioago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Buffalo, N. V. Received through the Harvey Seed Company, June 13, 

 1906. 



< lanadian grow n alfalfa. 



18630. Phoenix daotylipera. Date. 



From Morocco. Received through McCaig] Gilchrist & Co., Glasgow, Scot- 

 land, May 28, L906. 



Tqfilalt. "« rrovea of this date occur in the oases of the region of Tafilalt, ami this 

 is supposed to be the largest variety grown then-. It i- in any case that variety 

 which is most largely exported from Morocco, especially t<> tin- English market." 

 ( Fairchild.) 



18631. [pomoea batatas. Sweet potato. 

 From Paoli, In. I. Presented by Braxtan Brothers. Received June I. loot; 



■ Raised 

 from a sweet potato plant and boueht by us in a lot ol sweel potatoes last December 



aiw! 

 w hile 



This variety is of a peculiar and unusual shape, resembling a muskmelon. " Raised 

 om a sweet potato plant and bought byusinalotoi sweel potatoes last December 

 id kept since lying around the store with no care whatever as to its preservation, 

 hile our sweel potatoes rotted rightalong." Braxtan.) 



18632. Cannabis sativa. Hemp. 



From Shinmintong District, Manchuria. Received through the Yokohama 

 Nursery Company, Yokohama, Japan, May 29, 1906. 



•• Manchurian hemp seeds produced in thedistrict of Shinmintong, some 200 miles 

 Bouthwest of Kirin Province." I Yokohama Nursery Company.) 



18633. A.NDRO! N sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Turks Island, West Indies. Presented by Mr. J. A. Howells, I nited States 

 consul. Received June 1. I! * 



"'. - i , the principal crop on this island for grain and fodder. " (Howells.) 



18634. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



From Chiapas, southern Mexico. Presented by Mr. Lawrence Harmon, of Chi- 

 cago, 111. Received April 26, 1906. Additional roots wore received June 14, 

 1906. 



Roots of a semiwild yautia found growing wild in Chiapas; said to be eaten by 

 the natives, but not cultivated by them. 



"These were shipped from the city of San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico, and it 

 is supposed that they were brought into that city by the peons, who gathered them 

 in that immediate vicinity. It is further understood that there is no systematic 

 attempt made to cultivate them, and that they practically ^row wild under varying 

 circumstances, which might in some measure account tor variations found in them." 

 (Harmon. ) 



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