U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY— BULLETIN No. 54. 



B. T. GALLOWAY, Ch iff of Bureau. 



PERSIAX GULF DATES 



AND THEIR INTRODUCTION INTO AMERICA. 



BY 



DAVID G. FAIKCHILD, Agricultural Explorer. 



SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION. 



Issued December 19, 1903. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1903. 



