100 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



18675 and 18676. Arachis hyfogaea. Peanut. 



From Muanza, German Fast Africa. Presented by Prof. l>r. A. Zitnmermann, 

 Amani. Received June 8, 1906. 



18675. A variety with red skin. 



18676. A variety with brown skin. 



18677. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Traverse City, Mich. Received throughMr.J. M. Westgate, June 11, 1906. 



Seed gathered from two-year-old plant (in the farm of Mr. ( '. R. Dockeray, Traverse 

 City, Mich.. June I. 1905. 



18678. Medicago satit \. Alfalfa. 

 From Split Rock, X. V. Received through Prof. A. S. Hitchcock, June 11, 1906. 



Seed gathered < Ictober 6, 1904. 



18679 and 18680. Zi : \ MAYS. Corn. 



From Magyar Ovar, Hungary. Presented by Prof. Kern Hermann, through 

 Mr. Edgar Brown. Received June 2, 1906. 



Two varieties of Hint corn, as follows: 



18679. Cinquatino. 18680. Sehr fruher von Alcinth. 



"These two corns are varieties of the small earlj Hint type which is now being 

 cultivated t" a considerable extent in Hungary. They are very email in size, the 

 ears aboul <> inches long, with the kernels aboul the size of our larger popcorns. 

 The grains are nearly free from starch, with a rather large embryo. On account of 

 jmall size ol the stalks, this com is planted close together, the rows being about 

 20 inches apart and the hills from 8 to hi inches apart in the row. The average 

 yield is from 20 to 25 bushels per acre." i Brovm. | 



18681 to 18683. 



From Teheran, Persia. Presented by Mr. John Tyler, United States vice-consul- 

 general. Received June 1 and 1 1. L906. 



18681. Papaver somniferum. Opium poppy. 



18682. Nicotian a tabacum. Tobacco. 



18683. Pistacia vera. Pistache. 



" Persian ' Pista ' grown in the district of Damghan, about 200 miles east of Tehe- 

 ran. Nuts from this place have the reputation ol hem- the best, purest, and most 

 qualified to resist attacks of parasites." i Tyler, i 



18684. Andropogon sorghum. Milo. 



From Memphis, Tex. Received through Mr. J. F. Bradley, June 13, 1906. 

 Extra Bwarj. 



18685 to 18688. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Hon. David Haughs, acting director 

 of Forestry. Received June 11, 1906. 



18685. Bauhinia tomentosa. St. Thomas tree. 



18686. Casuarina glauca. Blue ironwood. 



18687. Casuarina stricta. Australian ironwood. 



18688. Syxcarpia laurifolia. Turpentine tree. 



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