24 SEEDS ANT) PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28942 to 29012— Continued. 



28998. Panicuw mii.iaceum L. Proso. 



From OrO E i and, Turkestan. "(No. 1398a, June 30, 1910.) A large 

 whitish-seeded variety of proso. Other remarks on preceding number apply 

 also to this." (. Meyer.) 



28999. Paxicum miliaceum L. Proso. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1399a, June 30, 1910.) A large 

 yellow-seeded variety of proso. To be tested like preceding numbers." 

 \feyer.) 



29000. CHAETOCHLOAiTALiCA(L.)Scribn. Italian millet. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1400a, June 30, 1910.) A white 

 variety of millet." (Meyer.) 



29001. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Siberian millet. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1401a, June 30, 1910.) A red 

 variety of millet. 



"The remarks made on preceding numbers apply also to these." (Meyer.) 



29002. Echixochloa frtjmentacea (Roxb.) Link. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1402a, June 30, 1910.) A local 

 variety of Japanese millet, used as food by the poorest classes. This seed was 

 sifted out of some rice. seed and is apparently a weed." (Meyer.) 



29003. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley. 



From Merv, Turkestan. "(No. 1403a, June 13, 1910.) Winter barley grown 

 with slight irrigation in the oasis of Merv. To be tested under irrigation in the 

 dry and hot sections of the United States." (Meyer.) 



29004. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley. 



From Merv, Turkestan. " (No. 1404a, June 13, 1910.) Summer barley grown 

 under irrigation in the oasis of Merv. To be tried like the preceding number. 



"Barley, in central Asia, takes the same place that oats do with us and is fed 

 everywhere to cart and riding horses, which apparently relish the food." 

 ( Meyer.) 



29005. Triticum durum Desf. Wheat. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1405a, July 3, 1910.) A fine 

 variety of winter wheat grown without irrigation in the oasis of Samarkand. 

 Very much in favor with the people for bread making; apparently rich in 

 gluten. To be tried in the drier sections of the United States." (Meyer.) 



29006. Triticum sp. Wheat. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1406a, July 3, 1910.) A fine local 

 variety of soft white wheat . " ( Meyer . ) 



29007. Triticum ep. Wheat. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1407a, July 3, 1910.) A good 

 local variety of hard white wheat. 



'The two preceding numbers should be tested like No. 1405a (S. P. I. No. 

 29005)." (Meyer.) 



29008. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 



From Pendshikent, Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1408a, July 7, 1910.) 

 A local variety of dark winter wheat grown on the mountain slopes without 

 irrigation. To be tested in the semiarid sections of the United States." 

 (Meyer.) 



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