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ECHINACEA. 24435. Presented by Mr. W.C. Egan, Highland Park, 
Til., Jan. 2, 1909. "Some jrears a S° a German seedsman sent 
out seeds claimed to be the result of a oross between the 
sunflower and the Echinaoea and called the new red sunflower. 
There is but little resemblance to the Helianthus, but as 
it grows with me it might be termed an improved Echinacea, 
Like all hybrid seedlings there is considerable difference 
in the habit of the plant, some being stocky plants of 
moderate height, others tall and slender. The prevailing 
color is various shades of red; in some the ray petals droop 
from the first, in others when some age is attained and some 
remain standing out flat until they drop. The flowers last 
a long time and a group of them on the margin of the woods 
or shrubby bed has a natural woodsy effect." 
EVERGREEN. 24417. Prom Hanchau, China, through P. N. Meyer. 
"A very ornamental evergreen tree bearing leaves like the 
camphor tree, but darker green and producing blue black 
berries on red petioles." Seed sent to Chioo. 
PRAGRAIA. 24416. White strawberry. Plants presented by 
Rev. J.M.W. Parnham, Shanghai, China, Dec. 16, 1908. 
GARC1N1A DULCIS. 24419. Prom Dr. M. Treub, Buitenzorg, Java, 
Dec. 30, 1908. Introduced to test as stock for the raango- 
steen. 
HIPPEASTRUM SP. 24349. Presented by Senor Enrique Gigoux, 
Caldera, Chile, Dec. 18, 1908. "A yellow flowered orna- 
mental form." 
IHDIGOPERA ANIL. 24440. Prom Wm. Harris, Kingston, Jamaica, 
Jan. 5, "Indigenous to West Indies and extending through 
continental America from Carolina to Brazil. A shrub sev- 
eral feet high. Pods sickle- shaped, short, compressed. 
One of the principal indigo plants under cultivation both 
in the eastern and western hemispheres. 
MBDICAGO SATIVA. 24353. Alfalfa from Jose D. Husbands, 
Limavida, Chile, Deo. 17, 1908. 
MBDICAGO SATIVA. 24430. Prom Messrs. Borger & Guzman, 
Arequipa, Peru, Jan. 2. Peruvian alfalfa. 
