10<l SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



12737. Sechii3I edule. Chayote. 



From Dallas, Tex. Received thru Texas Seed and Floral Comi^any. Januarv 18. 

 1905. 



12738. Dahlia mekckh. Dahlia. 



Fruin Edinburgh", Scotland. Eeceived thru Prrtf. Bayley Balfour, regius keeper, 

 Eoyal Botanic Garden, January 18, 1905. 



This species is hardy at Edinburgh. 



12739 to 12742. Saccharum OFFicrsARiiM. Sugar cane. 



Frr.m Kingston, Jamaica. Received thi'u Mr. William Fawcett. 'lirector of 

 Hope Gardens, January 16, 1905. 



12739. Bourbon. 12741. L. 99. 



12740. B. 306. 12742. B. 115. 



12743. Phaseolus vulgaris. - Bean. 



From Columbus. Ohio. Eeceived thru the Livingston Seed Company, January 

 18, 1905. 



Kern ley's Bustless Golden Wax. 



12744. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Santa Clai-a, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., January 19, 1905. 



"Grown on C. C. Morse & Co.'s farm at Gilroy, Cal., for the general trade. Not 

 the product of chemically analyzed roots, but rather from roots selected according to 

 shape, size, etc.. judged by their external appearance." (J. JE. W. Tracij.) 



12745. Beta vulgaris. Sugai' beet. 



From Fairfield, Wash. Received thru Mr. E. H. Morrison, January, 1905. Crop 

 of 1904. 



''Grown on E. H. Morrison's farm at Fairfield, Wash., for the general trade, from 

 roots selected according to shape, size, etc., judged for their external appearance 

 only." (/. E. W. Tracy.) 



12746. PiSTACTA vera. Pistache. 



From Tashkend, Eussian Centi-al Asia. Eeceived thru Mr. H. W. Diirrschmidt, 

 January 20, 1905. 



12747. ]Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 

 From Bilhngs, Mont. Eeceived thru Mr. I. D. r>'Donnell, Januaiy 19, 1905. 



12748. AIedicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Paris, France. Eeceived thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Januarj^ 20, 1905. 



Seed grown in the state of Hesse, Germany, and is known as ^-t"'-"- 7^^'-- 1-. /> in 

 the Ehine Province. 



12749 and 12750. Cucurbita sp. Squash. 



From Garrett Park, Md. Eeceived thru Mr. D. S. BUss, January 21, 1905. 

 Grown from S. P. I. ^o. 9481 during the season of 1904. 



12749. Large cylindrical sort. 12750. Crook-neck. 



'•The seeds of the large sort are from the first fruit that formed before any 

 blossoms showed on any other Ai^nes, and, so far as I know, there were no other 

 vines nearer than half a mile. The seeds of the smaller fruits are from a 

 dozen mixed." (Bliss.) 



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