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SEEDS AXD PLAXTS I:MP0ETED. 



12854. HoKDEUM ^TXGAEE. Barley. 



From Geneva, Idaho. Eeceived thru Mr. F. W. Boehme. March 15, 1905. 



12855. Secale ceeeale. Rye. 

 From Geneva, Idaho. Eeceived thru ]\Ir. F. W. Boehme, March 15, 1905. 



12856 to 12861. 



From Vomero, Xaples. Presented by Dr. Carl Sprenger thru Mr. E. A. Bessey. 

 Eeceived Januarv. 1905. 



12856. Eicixrs zaxzibaeiexsis. 

 Package of mixed varieties. 



12857. Sesbaxia tripetii. 



"One of the finest flowering shrubs.*' 



12858. Ehamxus alateexus calabeica. 



12859. MOEUSALBA. 



Ciuna. 



12860. SIDERITIS 3IASSOXIAXA. 



Castor-oil plant. 

 Red acacia. 



White .mulberry. 



12861. PiCEASMA AILAXTHOIDES. 



12862 to 12864. 



From Paris. France. Eeceived thru Vilmorin-Andrieux c\: Co.. Februarv 10, 

 1905. 



12862. Cyxaea s-colymus. 

 Large flat Brittaioj. 



12863. CucuMis SATivrs. 



12864. Saxvitalia proci'mbexs floee plexo. 



Artichoke. 

 Cucumber. 



12865 to 12871. Ortza satita. Rice. 



From Calcutta, India. Presented by I. H. Burkill, esq., M. A., ofliciating 

 reporter on economic products to the government of India, Indian Museum, 1 

 Sudder street. Eeceived February 9, 1905. 



12865. Masiu.a ghaiya. From Bengal Province. 



12866. Bhadai ghaiya. red. From Bengal Province. 



12867. Tiw-<ar Bhadai gJiaiya, white. From Bengal Province. 



12868. Pakhasali Bhadai. From Bengal Province. 



12869. Augua Bhadai. From Bengal Province. 



12870. Small red variety. From Bengal Province. 



12871. Tahnaroo gJiaiya. From Bengal Province. 

 This paddy was grown by the Lepchas and Bhootias. 



12872. Chrysanthemum axethieoliu3I. Chrysanthemum. 



From Merrilield, X. Dak. Presented by Mrs. H. E. Bancroft. Eeceived Feb- 

 ruary, 1905. 



Mrs. Bancroft writes that this is a perennial there, but blossoms early the first year 

 from seed. The largest blossoms are the early ones, being three times as large as 

 those sent, which were gathered on Xovemljer 18, 1904. 



Califomia poppy. 



Bancroft. Eeceived Feb- 



12873. Eschscholtzia califorxica. 



From Merrifield. X. Dak. Presented by Mrs. H. E. 

 ruary, 1905. 



INIra. Bancroft writes that by constant selection she has developed a strain of Cali- 

 fornia poppy with flowers much larger than the ordinary, which continue in bloom 

 much later than the common kind. 



