SEPTEMBER, 1900, TO DECEMBER, 1903. 281 



9474. PlSTACIA MUTICA (?) 



From Smyrna, Turkey in Asia. Purchased from Mr. B. J. Agadjanian, at the 

 request of Mr. W. T. Swingle (No. 121). Received March 21. 1903. 



"The celebrated turpentine tree of Chios, from which a kind of turpentine is 

 extracted by making incisions in the bark. It grows to a large size, reaching a diam- 

 eter of 5 feet 2\ inches and a height of 40 to 60 feet. The seeds yield an oil used for 

 culinary purposes and in making toilet soaps. This tree is of great promise for use 

 as a stock on which to graft the pistache, especially for semiarid regions in the South- 

 west, where this tree would be able to grow without irrigation. Worthy of trial as a 

 shade and timber tree in warm dry regions. It is deciduous." (Swingle. ) 



9475. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Capt, C. W. Livermore. Received March 

 21, 1903. 



Paprica. 



9476. Myrica faya. 



From St. Michaels, Azores Islands. Presented by Hon. George H. Pickerell, 

 United States consul. Received March 21, 1903." 



9477. Pistacia vera. Pistache. 



From Catania, Italy. Presented by Hon. Alexander Heingartner, United States 

 consul, at the request of Mr. W. T. Swingle. Received March 16, 1903. 



Sicilian. "From grafted pistache trees at Bronte, on the slopes of Mount Etna, 

 The only sort likely to succeed in America for commercial purposes. Not large, with 

 a bright-green kernel." (Swingle.) 



9478 and 9479. Triticum durum. Wheat. 



From Brookings, S. Dak. Received through Mr. James H. Shepard, March 14, 

 1903. Grown from seed originally imported from Russia. 



9478. 9479. 



Kubanka. Velvet Don. 



9480. Citrus nobilis X citrus bigaradia. Tangerine. 



From Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government 

 Botanist. Received March 19, 1903. 



Clementine. 



9481. Cucurbita sp. Squash. 



From Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government 

 Botanist. Received March 21, 1903. 



Courge bedouine. 



9482. Trichilia dregei. 



From Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa. Received through Messrs. Lathrop 

 and Fairchild (No. 1094, February 1, 1903), March 13 and 21, 1903. 



Freda. "A handsome shade tree which is being used for avenue planting and 

 which deserves trial as a shade tree in tropical gardens and also in Florida. It grows 

 in almost pure sand, but requires water. Its seeds may be objectionable when they 

 fall, as they are abundant and covered with a red arillus." {Fairchild. ) 



