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125082-125095. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From France. Seeds presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris. Received 

 October 25, 1937. 



125082. Allies, 125089. Joncquois. 



125083. Bon Fermier. 125090. Paix. 



125084. Bordier. 125091. Tresor. 



125085. Chanteclair. 125092. Vilmorin 23. 



125086. Battel. 125093. Vilmorin 27. 



125087. Hatif Inver sable. 125094. Vilmorin 29. 



125088. lie de France. 125095. Bon Maulin. 



125096. Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. Fabaceae. Jackbean. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Coert de Bois, American consul general, Habana. 

 Received October 15, 1937. 



125097. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. Sorghum. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the American consul 

 general, Johannesburg. Received October 22, 1937. 



Wintersome. Used as a winter forage crop. 



125098-125099. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Cuttings presented by S. J. Saint, Director 

 of Agriculture, Bridgetown. Received October 27, 1937. 



125098. B-30-13. 125099. B-32-34. 



125100. Haemanthus filiflorus Baker. Amaryllidaceae. Bloodlily. 



From Africa, Bulbs purchased from the Mount Elgon Nurseries, Kitale, Kenya 

 Colony, British East Africa. Received October 28, 1937. 



A bloodlily closely related to Haemanthus multiflorus. The leafy stem, about 

 1 foot long, bears about 6 large oblong leaves with clasping petioles and blades 

 almost 1 foot long. The small, bright-red, tubular flowers, nearly 1 inch across, 

 are in a dense umbel 5 to 6 inches in diameter, borne on a lateral upright scape 1 

 foot high. Native to tropical Africa. 



125101. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by Dr. M. J. Rivero, Estacion Agricola Experi- 

 mental, Palmira. Received October 29, 1937. 



Muzo. 



125102. Amygdaltjs communis L. Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



From Morocco. Trees presented by H. Brayard, Directeur, Station Experi- 

 mentale, Marrakech. Received April 9, 1936. Numbered in October 1937. 



No. 33. P-l. 



125103-125104. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From New Jersey. Trees presented by Dr. M. A. Blake, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, New Brunswick. Received November 23, 1936. Numbered in Octo- 

 ber 1937. 



125103. Primrose. 125104. Ambergem. 



125105-125106. Prunus spp. 



From Morocco. Trees presented by H. Brayard, Directeur, Station Experi- 

 mentale, Marrakech. Received April 8, 1936. Numbered in October 1937. 



125105. Prunus armenica L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 

 No. 14. Particolare. 



125106. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Sweet cherry. 

 No. 41. Bigareau Hatif de Burlat. 



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