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17483 to 17487— Continued. 



17485. Pisum arvense. Field pea. 

 White Marrowfat. 



17486. Pisum arvense. Field pea. 

 Blackeye Marrowfat. 



17487. Pisum arvense. Field pea. 

 Blue Prussian. 



17488. Phalaris canariexsis. Canary grass. 



From San Jose, Cal. Received through Braslan Seed Growers' Company, Feb- 

 ruary 10, 1 906. 



17489. Agropyron tenerum. Slender wheat-grass. 



From Brandon, Manitoba. Received through A. E. McKenzie & Co., February 

 10, 1906. 



17490. Axdropogox sorghum. Sorghum. 

 From Tyro, Kans. Received through Mr. G. R. Wheeler, February 12, 1906. 



Simmon's Cane. 



17491. Melilotus alba. Sweet clover. 



From Beloit, Wis. Received through Mr. I. M. Buell, February 12, 1906. 



17492 and 17493. Vigna unguiculata. Cowpea. 



From Arlington Farm, Virginia. Crop of 1905. 



17492. Grown from Abyssinian seed, S. P. I. No. 11074. 



17493. Grown from Abyssinian seed, S. P. I. No. 11091. 



17494 and 17495. 



From Auckland, New Zealand. Received through the Auckland Department 

 of Agriculture, February 12, 1906. 



17494. Danthoxia semiannularis. Wallaby grass. 



17495. Microlaena stipoides. New Zealand meadow rice-grass. 



17496 and 17497. 



From Lausanne, Switzerland. Presented by Prof. G. Martinet, director, Eta- 

 blissement Federal d'Essais et de Controle de Semences a Lausanne, February 

 12, 1906. 



17496. Vicia glabrescens. Vetch. 



17497. Lathyrus heterophyllus. 



17498. KlCKXIA ELASTICA. 



From Victoria, Kamerun, German West Africa. Received through the Victoria 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, January 26, 1906. 



17499 to 17504. Nicotiaxa spp. . Tobacco. 



From Portici, Italy. Presented by Prof. O. Comes. Received February 9, 1906. 



"A collection of varieties of tobacco forming part of the extensive collection made 

 by Professor Comes, author of various works on tobacco, and especially the work enti- 



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