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12022. Garcinia mangostaxa. 



Mangosteen. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by jNIr. R. Derry, assistant 

 superintendent of the Botanic Gardens. Received November 9, 1904. 



12023. HoKDEUM DI8TICHUM. Two-row barley. 



From Fresno, Cal. Received thru Mr. George C. Roediug, December 22, 1904. 

 White S/ni/rna. Grown from S. P. I. No. 7969. 



Chayote. 



Silliman at the request of Di-. 



12024 and 12025. Sechium edule. 



From Saltillo, Mexico. Presented by Mr. J. R. 

 Edward Pahner. Received November 7, 1904. 



" An unusually large and line variety of the chayote, representing two doubtful 

 subvarieties, the one a darker green in color than the other and considered a sweeter 

 sort. This is considered one of the best, and is indeed one of the most commonly 

 grown vegetables in Mexico and Central America. The particularly large size of 

 these varieties makes them promising for introduction into the warmer regions of 

 this country. Bulletin No. 28 of the Bureau of Plant Industry gives a full descrip- 

 tion of the methods of planting, etc." {FairchUd.) 



12026 and 12027. Zea mays. 



From Saltilk 

 7, 1904. 



Mexico. Presented bv Mr. J. R. Sil 



Corn. 



Received November 



12026. Genuine white ITexiccoi 

 June. 



12027. Genuine red Mexican 

 June. 



"I am sending you four ears of genuine Mexican June corn grown by myself. This 

 corn was planted in June and harvested about the 15th of October. The natives mix 

 their seed very much and are not at all careful with it, so a great deal of the so-called 

 Mexican June corn is not strictly such. Of the white variety there are two classes — 

 one with white cob, the other with red cob. The grains are long and thin, the cob very 

 small. It is a great drought register and very sw^eet, the Mexican children chewing 

 the stalks as they do sugar cane. Cattle are very fond of the green stalk and it 

 produces a fine flow of rich milk in cows. The stalk reaches a height of 8 to 12 

 feet and is very slender; therefore we plant it quite thick. The dark variety, or 

 Man j^into, is considered more hardy and better for resisting dry weather. It is 

 shorter and more stocky in its growth. It is not so sweet. It will give a crop when 

 all else fails. While not considered so fine for general use, it is equal to any for all 

 stock." [SiUintan.) 



Peony. 



Received thru Messrs. Kelway & Son, 



12028 to 12103. Paeonia spp. 



From Langport, Somerset, England. 

 November 12, 1904. 



Peonies imported for testing on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture at 

 Arlington, Ya., 76 varieties, as follows: 



12028. 



Maria Kehcay. 



12039. 



Padereuski. 



12029. 



Agnes Mary Kehcay. 



12040. 



Mad Calot. 



12030. 



Lady Cnrzon. 



12041. 



Torquemada. 



12031. 



Princess Beatrice. 



12042. 



Glory of Somerset 



12032. 



Mrs. Chamberlain. 



12043. 



Prince of Wales. 



12033. 



Mounlehank. 



12044. 



Leonard Kehvay. 



12034. 



Festiva Mcixima. 



12045. 



Dorothy WeUh. 



12035. 



Princess Irene. 



12046. 



Alonzo. 



12036. 



Du'ke of Clarence. 



12047. 



(j'rizzel Muir. 



12037. 



Lady Beresford. 



12048. 



Solfaterre. 



12038. 



LJmosel. 



12049. 



Lottie Collins. 



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