80 SEEDS AND PLAKTS IMPORTED. 



12358. NicoTiANA sANDERAE. Floweriiig tobacco. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru J. M. Thoi-burii t^ Co., December 14, 

 1904. 



Carmiue-ffoicered. "This variety is the result of crossing the dwarf purple-flowered 

 X forgeticma, from Brazil, with X. affinis, tlie well-known, fragrant white-flowered 

 garden annual." {Sander cO Sons. ) 



12359. Lathyrus odoratus. Sweet pea. 



From Covent Garden, W. C, London, England. Received thru Watkins & 

 Simpson, 12 Tavistock street, December 9, 1904. 



(Ihidyii Vnwrn. 



12360. Afzelia quanzensts. 



From Cape Town, Cape Colony, Africa. Received thru Dr. Peter MacOwan, 

 government botanist, November 28, 1904. 



12361. Lathyrus syeyestris. Flat pea. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru J. M. Thorburn c*c Co., November 21, 

 1904. 



12362 and 12363. 



From Bangkok, Siam. Presented by His Excellency Phya Akharaj Varadhara, 

 the Siamese minister, to Dr. B. T. Galloway. Received December 2, 1904. 



Plants used extensively in Bangkok as a condiment. 



12362. 12363. 



Kraivan. (No name given.) 



12364. JLiLiuM GiGANTEUM. Lily. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry & Lee, December 13, 1904, 



12365. Panicum maximum. G-uinea grass. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru the Agricultural F'.xperiment Station, 

 December 21, 1904. 



12366. Sechium edule. Chayote. 



From New Orleans, La. Received thru the J. Sleekier Seed Companv, Decem- 

 ber 16, 1904. 



12367. Dahlia sp. Dahlia. 



From "La Trinidad," Guerrero, .Mexico. Received thru ]Mr. Federico Chisolm, 

 December 13, 1904. 



12368. Gladiolus gandayexsis. Gladiolus. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Henrv A. Dreer, Incorporated, Decem- 

 ber 16, 1904. 



^yhiie Lady. 



12369. Pachyrhizus sp. 



From Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico. Received thru Dr. Edward Palmer, Decem- 

 ber 21, 1904. 



"There are two forms of this Pachyrhizus, one called Agua (water) and the other 

 LecJie (milk ) . These two forms have been long recognized, but not as separate species. 

 At Santa Maria del Rio I saw several fields of this plant cultivated on ridges so that 

 the plants might be irrigated. I was informed that both forms were grown in the 

 same patch and could not be distinguished either by their foliage or flowers, and that 



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