JANUAKY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 



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37154 to 37167— Continued. 



37162. Phleum praten.se L. Timothy. 

 " Timothy grass, crop of 1912. Irkutsk, from Bajandai field." 



37163. Vicia amoena Fisch. Vetch. 

 " Wild vetch collected at Tulun, Irkutsk, 1913." 



37164. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 



(Triticum vulgare Vill.) 

 " Summer wheat. Province of Yakutsk, 1912." 



37165. Trifolitjm i/upinaster L. Clover. 

 "Wild clover collected at Tulun, Government of Irkutsk, 1913." 



37166. Fagopykum vulgare Hill. Buckwheat. 

 (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) 



" Native buckwheat, Irkutsk, Malta country, crop of 1913." 



37167. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 



(Triticum vulgare Vill.) 

 " Native summer wheat. Province of Yakutsk." 



37168 to 37213. Diospyeos kaki L. f. Persimmon. 



From Okitsu, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Tanikawa, in charge of the 

 Government Horticultural Experiment Station. Received February 19, 

 1914. 

 " We take great pleasure in sending you scions of all the kakis which we now 

 have in our garden. 



" These kakis were gathered from several localities of this country as prom- 

 ising varieties. We must confess that it is very difficult to collect all the 

 varieties named in our ' Special Bulletin No. 28,' because many of them are 

 seedlings of some varieties and named by the finder or the cultivator. Such 

 kakis are almost always inferior in quality and too scarce in number to be 

 recognized as a variety. For those reasons we regret that we can not send such 

 kakis to you." (Tanikawa.) v 



Sweet varieties, as follows: 



