DECEMBER, 1903^ TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



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12405 to 12407— Continued. 



12406. Spergula akvensis. 



An annual plant of especial value on dry, sandy lane 



12407. Ornithopus sativus. 



An annual legume for growing on dry, sandy land. 



Spurry. 

 Serradella. 



12408. Ulejx: europaeus. 



G-orse, -whin, or furze. 



From Dublin, Ireland. Received thru Hogg & Robertson, December 29, 1904. 



"The cultivation of this plant is suited only to waste lands which are unlit for 

 more profitable cultures. In portions of northern France, the Netherlands, Eng- 

 land, and Ireland the plant is utilized successfully as fodder, being cut and passed 

 thru a special shredding machine, which reduces the spines to a harmless pulp. 

 In the Madeira Islands, J. B. Blandy informed me that it was very keenly relished 

 by cattle and furnished an excellent fodder for milk-producing purposes. The plant, 

 allho not a tender species, will probably not be hardy in the Northwest, but should 

 be tried in regions with a climate similar to that of England and Ireland, on rocky, 

 barren hillsides where other plants will not thrive." {Fairckild.) 



12409. Medicago sativa. 



Alfalfa. 



From Ogden, Utah. Received thru the C. A. Smurthwaite Produce Companv, 

 December 30, 1904. 



This seed was grown on the ranch of Mr. E. M. Brimall, Diamond Fork, Spanish 

 Fork Canyon, Utah County, Utah, on land without irrigation, above water line in 

 section 1, township 9 south, range 4 east. This land has grown alfalfa seed for 

 nineteen yeare in succession, and this seed is from the nineteenth crop. 



12410 to 12448. 



Drug and medicinal seeds and plants ordered for the cooperative work conducted 

 by Dr. R. H. True, of this Department. 



12410 to 12422. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., 4 Quai 

 de la Megisserie, December 29, 1904. 



12410. ACONITUM NAPEL- 



12411. ACONITU-M NAPEL- 



i.rs. 



12412. Hyoscyamus Ni- 



ger. 



12413. Lavandula vera. 



12414. Carum carui. 



12416. PYRETHRr>r ro- 

 seum. 



12416. Pyrethrum cixe- 

 rariaefolium. 



12423. Salvia officinalis. 



12417. Thymus vul- 



garis. 



12418. Rosmarinus offi- 



cinalis. 



12419. Satureja horten- 



SIS. 



12420. Delphinium sta- 



phisagria. 



12421. ECBALLIUM ELA- 



terium. 



12422. Origanum yul- 



GARE. 



Sage. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Xovem- 

 ber 30, 1904. 



Broad-leaved. 



12424 and 12425. Echinacea an(ustifolia. 



From Manhattan. Kans. Received thru Mr. II. W. Baker, November 28, 

 1904. 



12424. Plants. 12425. Seeds. 



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