JANUARY 1, 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 1959 119 



257001. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



From Great Britain. Budsticks presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 Surrey, England. Received Mar. 3, 1958. Numbered Apr. 21, 1959. 



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257002 to 257007. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae . Cacao. 



From Ecuador. Budsticks presented by the Estacion Experimental Tropical, 

 Guayaquil. Received Nov. 12, 1958. Numbered Apr. 21, 1959. 



257002. EET-19. 257005. EET-96. 



257003. EET-48. 257006. 'Silecia-1\ 



257004. EET-62. 257007. 'Silecia-5'. 



257008 to 257011. Sacchartjm (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From India. Cuttings presented by the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimba- 

 tore. Received Apr. 21, 1959. 



257008. Co. 625. 257010. SES 315. 



257009. SES 201. 257011. SES 521. 



257012 to 257016. Vrrcs vinifera L. Vitaceae. European grape. 



From France. Cuttings presented by the Station de Recherches Viticoles, 

 Pont-de-la-Maye, Gironde. Received Apr. 22, 1959. 



257012. 420A. 257015. 41B. 



257013. S04. 257016. 'Berlandun Ressigura No. 



257014. 333 EM. 2 '' ('Greffison 420A'.) 



257017 and 257018. 



From South West Africa. Seeds presented bv C. V. Porter, Windhoek. Received 

 Apr. 22, 1959. 



257017. Gossypium (hybrid). Malvaceae. Cotton. 

 Bush to six feet high. 



257018. Gossypium sp. 



Hardy, vigorous bush of considerable age. 



257019 and 257020. 



From the Philippines. Plants presented bv Mona Lisa Steiner, Pasay City. 

 Received Apr. 23, 1959. 



257019. Hoya imbricata Decne. Asclepiadaceae. 



257020. Strongylodon macrobotrys A. Gray Fabaceae. 



257021 and 257022. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds presented bv the United States Operations Mission, 

 Kabul. Received Apr. 23, 1959. 



257021. Pinus gerardiana Wall. Pinaceae. Pine. 



'Djalgosa'; 'Chilghoza'. Twenty miles northeast of Gardez, Southern 

 Province. 



257022. Robinia pseudoacacia L. Fabaceae. Common locust. 



Paghman, Kabul Province. A thornless variety. 



257023 to 257040. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by the Rockefeller Foundation, Agriculture 

 Experiment Station, Tulio Ospina, Medellin. Received Apr. 23, 1959. 



257023. 'Raza Comun Segregaciones'. 



257024. 'Raza Costena Segregaciones'. 



