DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



235 



16495 to 16505. 



From the White House Propagating Gardens, Washington, D.*C. Received 

 December 5, 1905. 



A collection of ornamentals. 



16495. Calathea orxata majes- 



tic a. 



16496. Xaxthosoma lixdexi. 



16497. Calathea pulchella. 



16498. Calathea vaxdex- 



heckei. 



16499. Calathea ixtermedia. 



16500. Calathea wARSCEwiczii. 



16501. Ischxosiphox hirslta. 



16502. Maraxta wallisi. 



16503. Maraxta amabilis. 



16504. homalomexa wallisi. 



16505. Calathea (?) sp. 



16506. Aralia cordata. Udo. 

 From Waseda, Tokyo, Japan. Received thru J. Ikeda & Co.. December 5, 1905. 



16507. Paxicum sp. 



From Pretoria, South Africa. Received thru Prof. J. Burtt Davy, of the Trans- 

 vaal Department of Agriculture, December 5, 1905. 



16508. ]\Iedicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Amasia, Turkey. Received thru Mr. H. Caramanian, Xovember 25, 1905. 



16509 to 16540. 



From Xancy, France. Received thru Victor Lemoine & Son, December 4, 1905. 



16509. Axe.moxe japoxica. 16512. Deutzia vilmorixae. 



16510. Axemoxe japoxica. 16513. Philadelphus lemoixei. 



16511. Deutzia myriaxtha. 



16514 to 16540. Phlox decussata. Perennial phlox. 



i^amed varieties. 



16541 to 16762. Paeonia spp. Peony. 



From Chenonceaux (Indre-et-Loire), France. Received thru Monsieur A. Des- 

 sert, December 2, 1905. 



16541 to 16642. Named varieties of the Chinese herbaceous section. 



16643 to 16659. Named varieties of the European herbaceous section. 



16660. Paeoxila axomala (or 16662. Paeoxia texuifolia 



SmOUTHII). FLORE PLEXO. 



16661. Paeoxia texuifolia. 



16663 to 16759. Paeoxia moutax. Named double varieties. 

 16760 to 16762. Paeoxia moutax. Named single varieties. 



16763 and 16764. 



From the Office of Gardens and Grounds, Department of Agriculture. Received 



December 8, 1905. 



16763. Calathea sp. 



Rough-pubescent petiole basal; 

 green thruout. 



16764. Maraxta sp. 



Near Maranta arundlnacea, but 

 with side shoots on culms. 



