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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32136. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Tulare, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  T. 
  Bearss, 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

   Station, 
  Kearney 
  Park, 
  Fresno 
  Co., 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  November 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   "One 
  of 
  the 
  surviving 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  plat 
  of 
  Arabian 
  alfalfa 
  (No. 
  8823?), 
  but 
  pre- 
  

   sumably 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  Turkestan 
  (No. 
  1151) 
  on 
  an 
  adjoining 
  plat. 
  " 
  

   (Bearss.) 
  

  

  32137 
  and 
  32138. 
  Passiflora 
  incarnata 
  L. 
  Maypop. 
  

  

  From 
  Salem, 
  Mass. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Harlan 
  P. 
  Kelsey, 
  Higginson 
  Square. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  22 
  and 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  and 
  plants 
  procured 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  being 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  

   having 
  edible 
  fruits 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  hybridization 
  work. 
  

  

  32141 
  and 
  32142. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  George 
  J. 
  Salem, 
  November 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32141. 
  Zaglool. 
  32142. 
  Samany. 
  

  

  "These 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  and 
  are 
  grown 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  

   delta, 
  particularly 
  [in 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  Alexandria, 
  Rosetta, 
  Edku, 
  and 
  Cairo. 
  They 
  

   are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  table, 
  confectionery, 
  and 
  exportation." 
  (Salem.) 
  

  

  32143. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Beni 
  Suef, 
  Egypt. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  George 
  J. 
  Salem, 
  Cairo, 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   "Domiri. 
  This 
  melon 
  is 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  and 
  sweeter 
  than 
  our 
  cantaloupes, 
  and 
  

   could 
  keep 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Beni 
  Suef 
  and 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  

   markets 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  cities 
  for 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  days." 
  (Salem.) 
  

  

  32144 
  to 
  32150. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  K. 
  Portele, 
  agricultural 
  ministry, 
  Vienna, 
  Austria. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  November 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

   32144 
  to 
  32149. 
  From 
  Austria. 
  

  

  32144. 
  From 
  Krakow. 
  

  

  32145. 
  From 
  Linz, 
  Upper 
  Austria. 
  

  

  32146. 
  From 
  Halterthal, 
  near 
  Vienna. 
  

  

  32147. 
  From 
  Trieste. 
  

  

  32148. 
  Cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  botanic 
  garden 
  at 
  Vienna. 
  Origin 
  unknown. 
  

  

  32149. 
  From 
  Pratu, 
  near 
  Vienna. 
  

  

  32150. 
  From 
  Breslau, 
  Germany. 
  

  

  32151 
  and 
  32152. 
  Feijoa 
  sellowiana 
  Berg. 
  

  

  From 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Hehre. 
  Received 
  November 
  15, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32151. 
  "The 
  fruits 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  weighed 
  nearly 
  \\ 
  ounces 
  each. 
  The 
  

   quality 
  is 
  good 
  when 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  properly 
  ripened. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   granular." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  32152. 
  "The 
  fruits 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  weighed 
  nearly 
  2 
  ounces 
  each. 
  The 
  

   quality 
  is 
  very 
  good 
  when 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  properly 
  ripened, 
  the 
  flavor 
  being 
  

   mild 
  and 
  the 
  flesh 
  less 
  granular 
  than 
  in 
  some 
  forms. 
  " 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

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