50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



5995. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy. Received through Dammann&Co. (No. 1), 

 March 12, 1901. 



Scavurso. 



5996. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy. Received through Dammann&Co. (No. 2), 

 March 12, 1901. 



lumilio. 



5997. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy. Received through Dammann & Co. ( No. 3) , 

 March 12, 1901. 



Biancolilla. 



5998. Boronia megastigma. 



From Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Carolin & Co. Received March, 1901. 



"Sow in spring in seed pans in light, loamy soil. Plant out in autumn from 2 to 4 

 feet apart. Use no manure. The plants come into bearing the second year, and live 

 six or seven years." ( Carolin. ) 



5999. Triticum durum. Wheat. 



From Proskurow, Russia. Presented bv Dr. S. de Mrozinski. Received March 

 19, 1901. 

 Kuhanka. A sample packet of this well-known variety of macaroni wheat. 



6000 to 6110. 



From Russia, Hungary, and Roumania. Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, 



November, 1900. 

 A collection of seeds secured during the season from June to September, 1900. 



6000. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Odessa, Russia. "A semihard red wheat; of good quality for milling, 

 but not commonly exported. Adapted for cultivation in the middle States of 

 the Plains. ' ' ( Carleton. ) 



6001. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Odessa, Russia. Ulta. "A hard or semihard red spring wheat of excel- 

 lent quality for milling, forming a large part of the wheat that is ex]3orted from 

 the Kherson and Ekaterinoslav governments through Odessa." {Carleton. ) 



6002. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Odessa, Russia. Ghirka. "This is the principal beardless variety of 

 red spring wheat grown in Russia, particularly in south Russia and the Volga 

 River region. It differs from the usual varieties of Russian spring wheat in 

 being beardless and not quite so hard grainetl. It forms a large part of the- 

 w 1 1 eat ex ported from Russi a. " ( Carleton. ) 



6003. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Berdiansk, Russia. Berdiamk: "A red, hard-grained, bearded winter 

 wheat with white chaff, very similar to Crimean. It is grown in the region 

 nortli of the Sea of Azov. It is an excellent variety for cultivation in the 

 middle prairie States." (Carleton.) 



6004. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Berdiansk, Russia. Belokoloska. "A red, hard-grained, beardless 

 spring wheat with white chaff, very similar to No. 6001. Grown in the vicin- 

 ity of the Sea of Azov. ' ' ( Carleton. ) 



