140 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



7402 to 7413. 



From Mexico. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, August 20, 1901. 



A collection of native plants, bulbs, and seeds, as follows (the numbers given by 

 Doctor Rose are retained for identification) : 



7402. Zephyeaxthes sp. (No. 268.) 



7403. CoTYLEDoxsp. (No. 300.) 

 ' ' Large red flowers. ' ' ( Rose. ) 



7404. Argemoxe sp. (No. 301.) 

 " Large white flowers. " (Hose.) 



7405. Zephyeaxthes sp. (No. 302.) 



7406. CucuEBiTAsp. (No. 5287.) 



7407. Ri-Bussp. (No. 5380.) 



' 'A beautiful flowering shrub. ' ' (Rose. ) 



7408. Pithecolobium sp. (No. 5840.) 

 "A shrub." (Rose.) 



7409. Clcuebita sp. (No. 5899 ?.) 



7410. Solanum sp. ( No. 5944. ) 

 "Large purple flowers." (Rose.) 



7411. Sphaeralcea sp. (No. 5945.) 



"A large, beautiful flowering shrub much used in Mexican parks." (Rose. ) 



7412. OxALissp. (No. 5956.) 



7413. [Undetermined.] (No. 303.) 



"Forty-nine bulbs of a beautiful white flowering water lily. The flowers 

 stand up' above the water. ' ' ( Rose. ) 



7414 to 7421. 



From Naples, Italy. Received from Dammann & Co., August 20, 1901. 

 A collection of seeds as follows (the nomenclature is in large part Dammann's): 



7414. AXACARDIOI OCCIDEXTAJLE, 7419. GAZAXIA HYBRIDA. 



7415. Ixga DULCIS. 



_. . m „ m 7420. Gazaxia hybrida. 



7416. Trachycarpus excelsus. ^. 



Diana. 



7417. FlCUS ELASTICA. M(l1 .-, 



742 1. Gazaxia hybrida. 



7418. Ficus macrophylla. Blondine. 



7422. Tkiticum sp. Wheat. 



From Girgeh Province, Egvpt. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild ( No. 655), 

 August 20, 1901. 



"Selected Egyptian wheat secured through the kindness of Sir William Willcocks, 

 from typical ' basin ' irrigated lands of the upper Nile. This is especially for trial in the 

 Colorado Desert experiments. It is a winter wheat in Egypt, but matures by the 

 first (or middle at latest) of May. Probably will be more or less mixed and contain 

 both hard and soft varieties." [Fairchild.) 



