58 SEEDS A.\h PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28024 to 28029 Continued. 



28027. "Kowliang. Said to be the iine.-t variety on the inland." 

 (Ware.) 



"Brown Kowliang. Apparently the same as S. P. I. No. 22911." 

 (Carleton R. Ball.) 



"Please note that although sorgo is cultivated on an extensive scale the 

 Chinese have never used the stalk for sirup manufacture. It is sold on the 

 markets in bundles and chewed for the juice, and also fed to the pigs." ( Ware.) 



28028. Panic um miliaceum L. Proso millet. 



"Mixed millet. This is mixed ready for sowing. Unless mixed, each 

 variety would be too hard for domestic use, but in growing a mixed crop, one 

 kind is fructified by the other and a grain is produced which is much valued 

 as an article of diet. In many places it is ground and takes the place of flour." 

 (Ware.) 



28029. Chaetociiloa italica (L.) Scribn. 



"Yellow. Also highlv valued and used as the preceding (S. P. I. No. 

 28028)." (Ware.) 



28030. Rosa gigantea Collett. 



From Santa Barbara, Cal. Purchased from Dr. F. Franceschi. Received at the 

 Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., May 12, 1910. 



For previous introduction of this species, see No. 27301. 



28031 to 28033. Dolichos spp. 



From Poona, Bombay, India. Procured from Mr. T. F. Main, deputy director 

 of agriculture. Received May 23, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



28031. Dolichos biflorus L. 



"Kulthi." 

 28032 and 28033. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist "bean. 



28032. "Kadra Wal." 28033. "Local Wal." 



28034. PlNUS GERARDIANA Wall. 



From Fort Sandeman, Baluchistan. Purchased from Col. G. C. Trench, political 

 agent in Zhob. Received May 23, 1910. 

 See Nos. 21819 and 25316 for description. (Seeds.) 



28035. Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq. 



From Poona, Bombay, India. Purchased from Mr. T. F. Main, deputy director 

 of agriculture. Received May 23, 1910. 

 "Math." (Seeds.) 



28036 and 28037. 



From Russia. Purchased from Messrs. Vollmer & Co., Riga, Russia. Received 

 May 31, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



28036. Trifolium pratense L. Hed clover. 



Orel. 

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