DECEMBEE, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 117 



12911 to 12917— Continued. 



12912. Caragana .microphylla. 



12913. Caragana ARBORESCENS. Siberian pea tree. 



12914. Salix sp. Niobe weeping- willow. 



12915. Rosa RUGOSA. _ Pasture rose. 



12916. Salix sp. Ural willow. 



12917. Salix viminalis regalis. 



12918. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Fort Collins, Colo. Received thru the Colorado Experiment Station, 

 February 14, 1905. 



Klelnwanzlehen. - 



12919. Raphaxus satitus. Radish. 

 From Fairfield, "Wash. Received thru Mr. E. H. Morrison, February 13, 1905. 



Crimson Giant Forcing. Grown from S. P. I. No. 9487. 



12920. XicoTiAXA TABACU3I. Tobacco. 



From Washingtonboro, Lancaster County, Pa. Received thru ]Mr. Frank C. 

 Wittmer, February 14, 1905. 



12921 to 12926. 



From Sfax, Tunis, North Africa. Received thru INIr. T. H. Kearnev, Februarv 

 17, 1905. 



12921. Olea ei:ropaea. Olive. 



"The Chemlali variety, being probably the best adapted of all olives to a 

 dry, hot climate, will be useful as a stock even if it does not succeed with us as 

 an oil variety. ' ' ( Kearney. ) 



12922. PisTACiA vera. Pistache. 

 White-skinned variety. 



12923. PisTACiA VERA. ^ Pistache. 

 Red-skinned variety. 



12924. PisTACiA VERA. Pistache. 



Male. 



"Through the kindness of Mr. Leonardi, British vice-consul, I was able to 

 visit a garden here (Sfax) belonging to two Italian Jews, where there are 16 

 pistache trees (one male). The gardeners told me there are three kinds of 

 pistaches here, all with green kernels, but one having a white, one a red, and 

 one a red-and-white streaked skin. The first is considered the best, and from 

 a tree of this kind, said to bear very heavily, was taken most of the grafting 

 wood (12922). Grafting can be done successfully here up to the end of 

 February . " ( Kearney. ) 



12925. PuxiCA GEANATUM. Pomegranate. 



^ "Pomegranate cuttings taken from a single bush, said to be a very fine, 

 large, red-fruited one. Here it is propagated by cutting off the vigorous root 

 shoots where they are about a half inch thick and sticking them into the 

 grotmd so that the main stem is horizontal and is covered with earth, wliile 

 the stiff, divergent branches stick up vertically. In this way a good-sized 

 bush, beariijg well, is obtained in two years." {Kearney.) 



12926. (Undetermined.) : 

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