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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12819. LiPPIA REPENS. 



From Santa Barbara, Cal. Eeceived thru Dr. F. Frauceschi, February 10, 1905. 



12820. ']Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Clearwater, Nebr. Received thru Mr. G. E. Miller, Feliruarv 7, 1905. 



12821. PSIDIUM MOLLE. 



Griiayabillo. 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, February 

 4, J905. 



12822 to 12831. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



From Girgenti, Sicily. Received thru Mr. T. H. Kearney, February 6, 1905. 

 Varieties of almond cuttings selected by Mr. Casa from his collection of 25 varieties. 



12822. 



Sweet; 



big fruit. 





12828. 



Tender, sweet; good for 



12823. 



Sweet; 



long fruit. 







table. 



12824. 



Sweet; 



fruit dark red 





12829. 



Early flowering, sweet, 

 hard-shelled. 



12825. 



Sweet; 



fruit double. 





12830. 



Not frost resistant. 



12826. 



Bitter. 







12831. 



Late flowering; resistant 



12827. 



Sweet, 



with "a point 



at 





to frost. 



one side" (end). 



Received thru INIr. T. H. Kearney, February 8, 1905. 



12832 to 12842. 



From Catania, Sicily. 

 12832 to 12835. 



Received from Salvatore Leanza, nurseryman, Catania, Sicily. 



12832. Eriobotrya japonica. Loquat. 



"A valuable and distinct, semiseedless grafted variety, which may be 

 especially recommended. Fruit especially large, pear-shaped, with a 

 fleshy, juicy, sugary pulp; with a few small seeds, which are in some 

 cases extremely small according to the modification produced by their 

 surroundings, whether in pots or in open ground with a ball of earth." 

 {Kearney.) 



12833 and 12834. Corylus avellana. Filbert. 



Castiglione. 



12835. PiSTACiA vera. Pistachc. 

 BroHte. 



12836 to 12842. Opuntia spp, Prickly pear. 



Presented by Doctor Cavara, of the Catania Botanical Gardens, Sicily. 



12836. Opuxtia tomextosa. 



A variety of opuntia that holds its fruit all winter. (Doctor Cavara' s 

 No. 5.) 



12837. Opuxtia ficus ixdica. 



" Fructu albo, vulgo ' Zuccherina.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 2.) 



12838. Opuxtia ficus ixdica. 



'' Fructu albo, vulgo 'Sipala.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 1.) 



12839. Opuxtia ficus ixdica. 



•"Fructu flavo, vulgo 'Figu d' India.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 4.) 



12840. Opuxtia ficus ixdica. 



" Fructu rubro, vulgo ' Sanguigua.' " (Doctor Cavara's No. 3.) 

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