(NOTE: Applications fbr material listed in this "bulletin 
may "be made at ; iny ti$Se to this offf-ce^ As they:, are received 
they are filed and when the materia;! is ready for the use of 
experTmenters it is ^sentlto ^t&c^e oh the fist of applicants 
who can show that they are "prepared fo care for it, as well 
as to others- ^selected*, "because of their special fitness to 
experiment with the particular %lahts imported*-) 
AGAVE P0T0S1NA x SISALANA. (Amaryllidaceae. ) 30189- 
190. BulMls and seed from Algiers, Algeria. Presented "by 
Dr, ,L. Trabut. "In a crossing of the great Agave of San 
Luis Potosi with Sisal I obtained forms very interesting as 
textiles. The plants being bulbiferous, it- was very easy to 
fix the best variations obtained. The hybrids are very much 
more resistant to cold than the Sisal . The fibers are more 
brilliant, finer and more abundant." (Trabut>) For distri- 
bution later. 
AMYGDALUS ARMENTACA. (Amygdalaceae.) 30463. Scions of an 
apricot from Tai Ming Fu, North China. Presented by Mr, 
Horace W, Houlding. "this apricot is called the ♦Mam- 
moth* ." (Houlding.) For distribution later. 
AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. (Amygdalaceae.) 30314. Scions from 
Ehotan, Chinese Turkestan. "An almond called 'Badam'f fruit 
small, hard-shelled, able to stand much drought, alkali and 
neglect.* 1 (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution later. 
AMYGDALUS PERSICA. (Amygdalaceae.) 30319, 303S4, 30333 , 
30337-340, 30357-358. Cuttings of peaches from Chinese Tur- 
kestan. Among these nine numbers are some unusually fine 
peaches, numbers 30357-358 from Kashgar being especially re- 
commended by the British consul, Mr. Macartney, No f 30333 
stands shipping well, but does not keep well. RIPENS IN OCTO- 
BER. No. 30340 is said locally to KEEP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. 
(Meyer* s introductions.) For distribution later. 
