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by Mr. William W. Canada, American consul, Vera Cruz, from 
Guatemala city, Guatemala, presented by Mr. George A. Bucklin, 
Jr., American consul-general, and of another from Guatemala 
City, presented by Mr. S. Billow, "said to be the largest and 
most delicious flavored variety that is grown in Guatemala, 
in season in February." For distribution later. 
PERSEA LINGUE. (Lauraceae.) 32694. Seeds from the state 
of Puebla, Mexico. Presented by Mr. William W. Canada, 
American consul, Vera Cruz. A Chilean tree introduced in the 
effort to secure all species of this genus for breeding pur- 
poses. For distribution later. 
PERSEA MEXICANA. (Lauraceae.) 32692. Seeds from the state 
of Puebla, Mexico. Presented by Mr. William W. Canada, Ameri- 
can consul, Vera Cruz. Introduced for the same purposes as 
the preceding. For distribution later. 
PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. ( Phoeni caceae . ) 32713-725. Suck- 
ers of dates from Egypt. Procured through Mr. A. Aaronsohn, 
managing director, Jewish agricultural experiment station, 
Haifa, Palestine, from the Department of Agriculture at Cairo. 
Suckers of thirteen varieties of dates, five of them drying 
dates from Upper Egypt, all selected by Mr. Aaronsohn during 
his investigations of the Egyptian date industry in September 
and October of last year. For distribution later. 
PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. ( Phoenicaceae . ) 32845-859. Seeds 
of dates from Gourara, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut , 
Algiers, at the request of Mr. W. T. Swingle, of this Deprt- 
ment . Fifteen varieties. For distribution later. 
PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. (Phoenicaceae.) 32894-900. Seeds 
of seven varieties of dates from Siwa Oasis. Procured by Mr. 
George J. Salem, Cairo, Egypt. For distribution later. 
PISTACIA VERA. ( Anacard iaceae . ) 32827-828. Seeds of 
the pistache from Russian Turkestan. Purchased from Mr. 
Vladimir F. Gnesin, Tashkent. From the northernmost range of 
this valuable nut tree. For distribution later. 
PRUNUS SPP. (Amygdalaceae . ) 32757-759. Seeds of plums 
from Souchodole, Tula government, Russia. Three wild plums, 
all from the Ussuri district, Eastern Siberia, obtained from 
Mr. D. D. Kashgaroff at Souchodole. (Meyer's introduction.) 
For distribution later. 
PYRUS COMMUNIS. (Malaceae.) 32733-747. Cuttings of 
