20508. 





20512. 



Ascherasi 

 8739.) 



(See S. P. I. No. 



Mali uiu 

 8741.) 



20509. 





20513. 



Bedraihe. 



8740.) 



(See S. P. I. No. 



Sukeri. 

 8745.) 



20510. 





20514. 



/ .. hi di or '/.' hedi. i See s. P. I. 

 No. 8743.) 

 20511. 



Yaberza 

 s. p. 



A a sin ir i, 

 8738.) 



(See s. P. i. No. 





98 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



20508 to 20514. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey. Received through the Hills Brothers Com- 

 pany, of Bassorah, Arabia, and New York, N. V.. February 15, T.I07. 



A collection of date seeds, as follows: 



(See S. P. I. No. 



(See S. P. I. No. 



' or Taberzal. (See 

 I. No. 8794.) 



20515 and 20516. P \i\ dactylifera. Date. 



Fr Washington, I >. C. Received through II. L. Strang $ Co., -March, 



1907. 



Two varieties of dates purchased In the open market. 

 20515. 



Haluwi, from Bassorah, Arabia. (See S. P. I. No. 8750.) 

 20516. 



Fard, from Mascat, Arabia. (See S. P. I. No. 8754.) 



•• Both lots, s. P. [. Nos. 20508 to 20516, inclusive, secured for the purpose 

 <>f propagating seedlings In the expectation of securing some good varieties." 

 (Swingle. I 



20519. Ml s\ LIVINGSTONIANA. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by Prof. J. Burtl Davy, botanist, 

 Transvaal Departmenl of Agriculture. Received March 18, 1907. 



"This is an Kast African wild banana, with seed fruits; probably a good 

 ornamental." i Barn it. i 



20521 to 20795. 



From northern Europe, Siberia, and eastern Asia. 

 Seeds collected by Prof. N. E. Hansen, of the agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion, Brookings, S. Dak., in 1906 while traveling as an agricultural explorer 

 for the Department of Agriculture on an extended trip through Scandinavia, 

 Russia, Siberia, and returning through China and Japan. Received March 

 1907. 



20521. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 

 From Lapland, Sweden. "(No. 1.) Wild red clover from Pajala ; 



1905 seed." (Hansen.) 



20522. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 

 From Lapland, Sweden. "(No. 2.) Native red clover from Karungi, 



about 40 kilometers north of Haparanda." (Hansen.) 



20523. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 

 From Lapland, Sweden. "(No. 3.) Wild red clover found in the 



vicinity of the experiment station in Lulea ; the locality is termed Norr- 

 botten. Seed from a different place from that of No. 6 (S. P. I. No. 

 20526)." (Hansen.) 

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