96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



18627 and 18628. Medicago sattva. Alfalfa. 



3S rah, Arabia, Received from Mr. Herbert W. Poulter, through Mr. 

 Davi I Fairchild, June 12. 1906. 



bian alfalfa or Jet. 



1862 7. Seed from irrigated plants . 



18628. Seed from unirrigated plants. 



18629. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



:. Buffalo. N. Y. Received through the Hai y See ' June 13, 



;■-< '■>-,. 



Canadian grown alfalfa. 



18630. Phoenix dactyufera. Date. 



Fi m Morocco. Re I ti _ ' I ' :_. Gilchrist & Co., Glasgow S :- 



land. May 28, 1906. 



7 - a* of this date occur in the oases of the region of Tafilalt. and this 



- - posed to be the largest variety _ - there. It is in any case ths 

 which is most largely exported from Moi especially to the English market-" 



/ 



18631. Ipomoea batata-. Sweet potato. 

 From Paoli, Ind. Pres 1 by Braxtan Brothers. . T m le 1. 1906. 



This variety is of a peculiar and unusual shape, resembling a muskmelon. ' ' Raised 

 from a swe plant and bought by us in a lot of sweet potatoes last December 



and kept since- _ thesi .re whatever as to its - .uion, 



while our aweet potat es rol ghtalong." . /i.) 



18632. Cannabis sativa. Hemp. 



From Shinmintong District, Manchuria. through the Yokohama 



INfursery I )mj any, Yokohama. Japan. M: 



■Manchurian he::. - - a the lis trict of Shinmintong, some 200 miles 



southwest of Kirin 1 ( Yokohama Nursery Company.) 



18633. Andropogois sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Turks-Island, West Indies Pres y Mr. J. A. II wells, United States 



nsul rived June 4, 1906. 



't ea corn, the principal crop on this island for grain and fodder." H veils.) 



18634. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



From Chiapas, soul l Mexico. - : : Chi- 



cago, 111. I; ril 26, 1906. A 



R tsof a semiwild yautia found growing wild in Chiapas: said to be eaten by 

 the natr es, it not cultr : them. 



"These ped from the ci( - Joan Bautista, Tal as ,M ::. and it 



»htin1 - gath 



at immediate vicinity. It is further understood that th< is ] 

 apt made to cultivate them, and that they practically grow wild under vai 

 circumstances, which might in some measure account for variations found in them."' 

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