JULY, 1906, TO DECEMBER, 1907. 



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19242. Paspalum dilatatum. 



From Central Bucca, New South Wales. 

 September 10, 1906. 



19245 to 19257. 



Large water-grass. 



Received through Mr. W. Seccombe, 



From Waroona, West Australia. Presented by Mr. Geo. F. Berthoud, State 

 Farm, Hamel. Received September 6, 1906. 



19245. Danthonia sp. 



19246. Anthistiria ciliata. 



19247. Panicum decompositum. 



19248. Danthonia sp. 

 A tall, slender variety. 



19249. Panicum flavidum. 



19250. Danthonia sp. 

 A dwarf variety. 



19251. Danthonia sp. 



A variety from Collie River. 



19252. Andropogon bombycinus. 

 Danthonia sp. 

 Andropogon erinthoides. 

 Panicum prolutum. 

 Danthonia sp. 

 Eragrostis pilosa. 



19253. 

 19254. 

 19255. 

 19256. 

 19257. 



19258 and 19259. 



Wallaby grass. 

 Kangaroo grass. 



Wallaby grass. 



Wallaby grass. 



Wallaby grass. 

 Satin top grass. 



Wallaby grass. 



From Mexico City, Mexico. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, of the U. S. 

 National Museum, October 8, 1906. 



Water lily. 



variety." (Rose.) 



19258. Castalia pringlei. 

 " Rhizomes of a white-flowering 



19259. Beschorneria yuccoides. 



"(No. 06/1.21S.) A very rare ornamental plant; also contains a good 

 fiber. A very near relative of Furcrcea, which furnishes the best Mexican 

 fiber. Grows at an altitude of 10,000 feet or more, along with the firs, 

 spruces, pines, and oaks." (Rose.) 



19260. Nymphaea elegans. 



Water lily. 



From Harligen, Tex. Presented by Mr. Chester B. Davis, through Mr. 

 David Fairchild, October 24, 1906. 



" Roots and seed vessels collected from plants growing in a pond U miles east 

 from Lonsboro, north of the railroad." (Davis.) 



19261 to 19263. Juglans nigra X regia. Walnut. 



From Tettington, Va. Secured by Mr. Walter Fischer, scientific assistant, 

 October 9, 1906. 



" This tree is growing on what was known as the Rowe farm, the property 

 of Mr. Benjamin H. Harrison, opposite lower Brandon, near Tettington, on the 

 James River. It is a magnificent specimen of its kind ; a broad, spreading 

 tree about 100 feet in height with a circumference of 33 feet 3 feet from the 

 ground and of 25 feet 6 feet from the ground. At a height of 12 feet it divides 

 into four large branches, three of which are larger than any forest trees in the 

 vicinity. A short distance from this giant tree is another of the same kind. 

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