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212347 to 212355. 



From England. Budsticks presented by Hilliers & Sons, Winchester, Hants. 

 Received Jan. 15, 1954. 



212347 to 212353. Prunus laurocerasus L. Amygdalaceae. 



English cherry-laurel. 



212347. Bruant. 212351. Rotundifolia. 



212348. Camellia. 212352. Schipkaensis. 



212349. Caucasica. 212353. Schipkaensis Reynvan, 



212350. Latifolia. 



212354 and 212355. Prunus lusitanica L. 



212354. Myrtifolia. 



212355. Variegata. 



212356 to 212362. 



From Japan. Plants presented by Eikichi Satomi, Seyagaya-ku, Tokyo. 

 Received Jan. 15, 1954. 



212356 to 212361. Mentha arvensis L. Menthaceae. 



212356. Ao-Kuki (green stem). A sport, widely grown. 



212357. Aka-Kuki (red stem). Round-leaf type. 



212358. Hokushin. An improved form of Aka-Kuki. 



212359. Inu-Hakka (dog peppermint). Plant 2 feet high flowers pale 

 purple. Oil content low. 



212360. Kitami-Shiroge (Kitami's white hair). 



212361. Shir o-B ana (white flower.) 



212362. Mentha japonica (Miq.) Makino. 



Hime-Hakka (dwarf peppermint). Plant 1 foot high, with very small 

 leaves and pale— purple flowers. 



212363. PiNUS sp. Pinaceae. Pine. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Jan. 15, 1954. 



No. 13134. Market, Kabul. Nov. 26, 1953. Said to have come from 

 mountains along the Kashmir border. 



212364 to 212366. Solanum TUBEROSUM L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Costa Rica. Tubers presented by the Inter-American Institute of 

 Agricultural Sciences, Turrialba. Received Jan. 18, 1954. 



212364. Cortland. 



212365. 3 VW. 



212366. 3 WH. 



212367 and 212368. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Iraq. Seeds presented by H. S. Springfield United States Operations 

 Mission, American Embassy, Baghdad. Received Jan. 18, 1954. 



212367. No. 1. Collected in lawn at Oku Ghraib. 



212368. No. 2. Near Haji Omran. 



