48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



24353 to 24364. 



From Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, Decem- 

 ber 17, 1908. 

 The following seeds, with notes by Mr. Husbands: 



24353. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Imported from Switzerland. 

 24354 to 24357. Cucurbita sp. Squash. 



24354. Extra large; good for fodder. 



24355. From Curico. A good table class. ^ 



24356. From Curico. A good table class. 



24357. From Rancagua. A good table class. 



24358. Solanum tuberosum L. Potato. 

 " Perhuenchas." Named from an Indian tribe of the same name. Grown 



without deterioration from the beginning of colonial days. 



24359. Passiflora quadrangularis L. 



" Pasionaria de Ecuador." Has an edible fruit; I think it has a blue flower. 

 Grown in Chile. 



24360. Passiflora pinnatistipula Cav. 



"Pasionaria de Chile." The wild residence of this plant is in the provinces 

 of Valparaiso and Aconcagua, near the sea. It belongs to the subgenus 

 Tacsonia of Passiflora . 



24361 to 24364. Anona cherimola Mill. 

 24361 and 24362. (No remarks.) 



24363. Somewhat small, with dark skin. 



24364. A large variety, about 5 inches by 4 inches; a splendid fruit. 



24365 and 24366. Malus spp. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Mr. Jackson Dawson, Arnold Arbo- 

 retum. Received December 19, 1908. 

 Seeds of the following: 



24365. Malus sylvestris X baccata. 



24366. Malus baccata (L.) Moench. 



"These are extraordinary keepers, and, as most of our crab apples are not good keep- 

 ers, these therefore may be used in experimental work." (Dawson.) 



To be used in breeding or as stocks in cooperative experiments with the Mississippi 

 Valley Apple Breeders' Association. 



24367. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Arabia. Purchased from Mr. H. P. Chalk, manager for the Hills Brothers 

 Company, in Bussorah, Persian Gulf, through Mr. William C. Magelssen, Ameri- 

 can consul, Bagdad, Turkey. Received December 5, 1908. 

 Arabian alfalfa or Jet. (See No. 12992 for description.) This has proved of great 

 promise in Arizona and California. 



24368. Panicum sulcatum Aiibl. 



From Miami, Fla. Received through Mr. P. J. Wester, in charge, Subtropical 



Garden, December 5, 1908. 

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