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17709. Orxithopus sattvus. Serradella. 



From Paris, France. Received through Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., February 

 26, 1906. 



17710 to 17712. Arachis htpogaea. Peanut. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received through the Yokohama Nursery Company, 

 February 26, 1906. 



Seed of three varieties of peanuts grown in Shimosa Province, as follows: 



17710. Small variety. 



17711. Eirata; the best in Japan; large variety. 



17712. Bachigai (outsider); large variety. 



17713 and 17714. Coffea arabica. Coffee. 



From Harrar, Abyssinia. Received through the Office of Bionomic Investiga- 

 tions, February 26, 1906. 



17713. Cultivated coffee. 17714. Wild coffee. 



17715 and 17716. Agave spp. Century plant. 



From Washington, D. C. Received through Mr. L. H. Dewey, February, 1906. 

 Plants, as follows : 



17715. Agave lecheguilla. j.e«.l»uoui/i«. 

 From Mexico. 



17716. Agave bio id a slsalaxa. Sisal. 

 From the Bahama Islands. 



17717. Psophocarpus tetragoxolobus. SeguidiHas. 



From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon, of the Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture. Received February 26 and April 3, 1906. 



"The pods if boiled when exceedingly young and tender taste not unlike aspar- 

 agus. Vigorous climber, fruiting in three months from the seed and annually from 

 a perennial rootstock in warm climates.''* (Lyon.). 



17718 and 17719. Vitis vixifera. Grape. 



From Salonica, Turkey. Received through Rev. J. Henrv House, February 15, 

 1906. 



Cuttings, as follows : 



17718. White Kapadjulari. 17719. Black Kapadjulari. 



17720. Avena sativa. Oat. 



From Aberdeen, S. Dak. Received through Mr. Isaac Lincoln, February 28, 1906. 

 Sixty-Day. 



17721. Pappophorual nigricans. 



From Victoria, Australia. Presented by Prof. Hugh Pye, of the Dookie Agri- 

 cultural College. Received February 21, 1906. 



17722. Phaseoeus radiatus. Mung bean. 

 From Terrell, Tex. Received through W. C. Porter & Co., February 28, 1906. 



Probably grown from 2s o. 10527. 

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