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met with a most cordial reception on the part of the station aiiilioi'- 

 ities, and it is felt that these visits and consultations will lead to 

 greater etliciency in the ijrosecntion of the work and investigations of 

 immense value to the farmers and stock raisers of the country. 



DISTRIBUTION OP SEEDS AND SPECIMENS. 



During the j'ear the Division has distributed seeds of 200 varieties 

 of grasses and forage plants in 3,000 packages, chiefly to experiment 

 stations and correspondents in the United States. In a number of 

 instances seeds have been sent to foreign correspondents and institu- 

 tions in exchange for those of grasses and forage plants of other coun- 

 tries that were likely to be of value here. As in previous years the 

 seeds distributed by the Division were chiefly of native varieties, col- 

 lected for the most part througli field agents. 



Nearly 4,500 herbarium specimens of grasses and a lai'ge number of 

 sample sheaves have been distributed during the j^ear. Of the her- 

 barium specimens, 2,200 were sent to institutions in this country and 

 the remainder to those in foreign lands. In exchange, we have 

 received some fine collections of grasses, particularly from India, 

 Japan, France, Brazil, and South Africa. The sheaves were sent to 

 museums and other public institutions where they will be used for 

 educational pui-poses. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications issued by the Division during the past fiscal year 

 are as follows: 



Divisional Bulletins. — No. 2 (revised). Fodder and Forage Plants, 

 Exclusive of the Grasses, by Jared G. Smith; No. 7 (third revision), 

 American Grasses — I, by F. Lamson-Scribner; No. 14 (revised). Eco- 

 nomic Grasses, by F. Lamson-Scribner; No. 19 (revised). The Struc- 

 ture of the Caryopsis of Grasses with Reference to their Morphology 

 and Classification, by P. Beveridge Kennedy; No. 20, American 

 Grasses — III, Descriptions of the Tribes and Genera, by F. Lamson- 

 Scribner; No. 21, Studies on American Grasses, The North American 

 Species of Cha^tochloa, by F. Lamson-Scribner and Elmer D. Men-ill; 

 No. 22, Cooperative Experiments with Grasses and Forage Plants, by 

 P. Beveridge Kennedy; No. 23, Studies on American Grasses, a 

 Revision of the North American Species of Bromus North of jVIexico, 

 by Cornelius L. Shear. 



Fanners' Balletins. — No. 50 (revised), Sorghum as a Forage Crop, 

 by Thomas A. Williams; No. 58 (revised), The Soy Bean as a Forage 

 Crop, by Thomas A. Williams, with an appendix on Soy Beans as a 

 Food for Man, by C. F. Langworthy; No. 108, Saltbushes, by P. 

 Beveridge Kennedy. 



Circulars. — No. 15, Recent Additions to Systematic Agrostology, 

 by F. Lamson-Scribner; No. 16, New Species of North American 

 Grasses, by F. Lamson-Scribner; No. 17, Crimson Clover, by Thomas 

 A. Williams; No. 18, Smooth Brome Grass, by P. Beveridge Ken- 

 nedy; No. 19, New or Little Known Mexican Grasses, by F. Lamson- 

 Scribner; No. 20, Experiments with Forage Plants in Ontario, by P. 

 Beveridge Kennedy; No. 21, Cooperative Range Grass and Forage 

 Plant Experiments at Highmore, S. Dak., by F. Lamson-Scribner; 



