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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26225 
  to 
  26227. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Bucharest, 
  Roumania. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  G. 
  Boxshall, 
  vice 
  consul- 
  

   general, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Horace 
  G. 
  Knowles. 
  Received 
  November 
  13, 
  1909. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  small 
  melons: 
  

  

  26225. 
  Red 
  flesh. 
  26227. 
  Red 
  flesh. 
  

  

  26226. 
  Yellow 
  flesh. 
  

  

  26228 
  and 
  26229. 
  Avena 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Oat. 
  

  

  From 
  Feuchtwangen, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  Sophie 
  Kreiselmeyer. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  20, 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  

   November 
  15, 
  1909, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  definite 
  information 
  regarding 
  this 
  shipment 
  

   was 
  received. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26228. 
  Giant 
  of 
  Ligowa. 
  26229. 
  Fichtelgebirge. 
  

  

  26230 
  to 
  26235. 
  Castanea 
  hybrids. 
  

  

  From 
  Little 
  Silver, 
  N. 
  J. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  Van 
  Fleet. 
  Received 
  October, 
  

   1909. 
  

   26230 
  and 
  26231. 
  Castanea 
  pumila 
  X 
  crenata. 
  

  

  "Mostly 
  shrubby 
  in 
  habit; 
  good 
  growers; 
  nuts 
  twice 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  C. 
  pumila, 
  

   often 
  three 
  in 
  a 
  bur; 
  productive, 
  and 
  bears 
  at 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  years 
  from 
  seed. 
  

   Supposed 
  to 
  be 
  resistant 
  to 
  bark 
  disease." 
  (Van 
  Fleet.) 
  

   26230. 
  (Seeds.) 
  26231. 
  (Plants.) 
  

  

  26232 
  and 
  26233. 
  Castanea 
  pumila 
  X 
  sativa 
  (Paragon 
  variety). 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Nuts 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  C. 
  pumila, 
  sometimes 
  three 
  in 
  a 
  bur; 
  good 
  

   growers; 
  arborescent; 
  productive 
  and 
  bears 
  at 
  six 
  years 
  from 
  seed." 
  (Van 
  

   Fleet.) 
  

   26232. 
  (Plants.) 
  26233. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  26234 
  and 
  26235. 
  Castanea 
  pumila 
  X 
  crenata. 
  

  

  "Second 
  generation 
  from 
  self-pollinated 
  seeds; 
  vigorous; 
  not 
  fruited; 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  be 
  resistant 
  to 
  bark 
  disease." 
  ( 
  Van 
  Fleet.) 
  

  

  26234. 
  Arborescent 
  plant. 
  26235. 
  Shrubby 
  plant. 
  

  

  26236 
  and 
  26237. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Cedara, 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  R. 
  Sawer, 
  director,. 
  

  

  Division 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Forestry. 
  Received 
  November 
  12, 
  1909 
  . 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26236. 
  "Mammoth 
  yellow." 
  26237. 
  "Chinese," 
  yellow. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  our 
  principal 
  field 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  Midlands." 
  (Sawer.) 
  

  

  26238 
  to 
  26240. 
  Rubus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Lowdham, 
  Nottinghamshire, 
  England. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  J. 
  R. 
  

   Pearson 
  & 
  Sons, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle. 
  Received 
  November 
  

   16, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26238. 
  Blackberry. 
  

  

  Parsley 
  leaved. 
  "This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  English 
  origin, 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  orig- 
  

   inated 
  at 
  llandsworth, 
  and 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Pearson 
  & 
  Sons, 
  'far 
  

   205 
  

  

  

  