16 SEEDS \ X 1 ' PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25276. Trifolium suaveolens Willd. 



From Tashkent, Turkestan. Procured by Prof. N. I'.. Hansen, of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Brookings, S. Dak., in 1908, while traveling as all 

 agricultural explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received April li", 



Distribution.— See No. 2 



25277 to 25279. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Turkestan. Procured from Mr. 11. W. Durrschmidt, Tashkent, Turkestan, 

 by Prof. N. E. Hansen, of the Agricultural Experimenl Station, Brookings, 

 S. Dak., in 1908, while traveling as an agricultural explorer for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received February 23, ; 



25277. Aulieata. 



25278. Khiva. Polished by machine. 



25279. Vernoe. 



\ previous shipment of alfalfa (No. 23203), received under the name 

 / chilik, \- presumably the same variety and from t lie same location 

 a- the al i 

 "The .1 is from Aul ; echensk, mirth of Tashkent. The Vernoe 



is from Vernoe, Semirechensk, 600 versta northeast of Tashkent." I Han 



52280. Pisum \i:\ r\-i: L. Field pea. 



From Nephi, Dtah. Presented by Mr. F. D. Farrell, assistant agronomist, Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah. Received April L9, 1909. 

 "Tl •iwii in 1908, from seed obtained from Colorado. Variety nol 



known. Besl j ielding variety in 19 



25281. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd. Divi-divi. 



From Rio Hacha, Colombia. Presented by Sr. Jose" Bolivir Nuflez. Received 

 April 17, 1 

 See N 23335 for description. 



Distribution.— A tree found in the southern pari of Mexico, in the vicinity of 

 Tehauntepec, and in Venezuela and the islands of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Haiti. 



25309. Amtgdalus persica L. Peach. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received April 21, 1909. 

 ■■ Ti nshin blood peach."' 



25315. Zinzibee officinale Rose. Ginger. 

 From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Prof. A. T. Gage superintendent, 



Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Received April 23, 1909. 

 Procured for Dr. R. H. True's experiments. 



25316. Pinus gerardiana Wall. 



From Fort Sandeman, Baluchistan. Procured from Lieut. Col. G. C. Trench, 

 I. A., political agent in Zhob. Received April 22, 1909. 

 See Xo. 21819 for description. 



