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SHKI'S AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



21395 to 21471— Continued. 



21454 to 21456. 



Original seed from China. 



21454. Grown from S.P.I. No. 17915. 



21455. Grown from S.P.I. No. L7916. 



21456. Grown from S. P. I. No. 17917. 



21457 to 21468. 



"Grown from stock seed received from Prof. Win. S. Lyon, horticul- 

 turisl in charge of Seed and Plant Introduction, Bureau of Agriculture, 

 Manila, P. I."" I Krauss. t 



21457. Binolayang. 



21458. Benearuy. 



21459. Kirikiri. 



21460. MakaUt. 



21461. Continido. 



21462. i>u : , talacay. 



21463. Mantico. 



21464. Cavitena. 



21465. Mormoray. 



21466. Enero. 



21467. Ganado. 



21468. Ay-yr-jip. 

 21469 to 21471. 



Bawailan grown - I. 



21469. Select Hawaiian rice (Krauss's No. 150.) 



21470. Hawaiian Cold Seed. (Krauss's No. 151.) 



21471. Japan seed rice. (Krauss's No. 153.) 



(Krauss's No. L52.) 



21472. Cos-n a sp. (?) 



Spiral flag. 



From Princestown, Trinidad, British West indies. Received through Mr. 

 o. \v. Barrett, Porl of Spain, Trinidad, October 7, 1907. 



" This scitamine produces a white (lower about 3 inches in diameter; the 

 spikelike head "f bracts is dull crimson. Habitat wet soil, perferably along 

 streams." I Barn tt. i 



"More or less fleshy plants, prized in warm houses and grown in the open in 

 southern Florida. They thrive in any rich, moist soil, but luxuriate in that of 

 a gravelly or sandy character when under a partial shade. The plants are 

 readily propagated by short cuttings of the stalk planted in sifted peat or fine 

 moss and sand. Rather high temperature is required to bring out the rich 

 colors of the leaves." (Bailey.) 



21473. Furcraea sp. 



From Nice. France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Prosehowsky, through 

 Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received October 4, 1907. 



"A kind of Furcraea very hardy at Nice and having strong fibers in the 

 leaves." (Prosehowsky. ) 



21474. Capsicum frutescexs. 



From South America. Presented by Mr. Alva A. Adee, Second Assistant 

 Secretary, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Received October 7, 

 1907. 



Bird-pepper. 



Chile piquin in Mexico, where it is native. 

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(C. F. Wheeler.) 



