98 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



6507 to 6646— Continued. 



6578. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



(No. 79.) "A glutinous rice, ripening a little eariier than No. 6584. The 

 hull is very thin and gives a large proportion of hulled rice. Hulls very long. 

 Mostly used for making candy." {Brill.) 



6579. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



(No. 80.) "A hard rice that does not swell a great deal in cooking. Sown 

 in May, transplanted in June, harvested in September. Hulls thin, giving a 

 large per cent of clean rice." {Brill. ) 



6580. Oryza sativa. Rice. 

 (No. 81.) "A hard rice with long awns and brown, thick chaff." {Brill.) 



6581. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



(No. 82. ) "Around, short-grained, glutinous rice, with small, compact 

 heads. Ripens a week earlier than No. 6578, or about the middle of July." 

 {Brill.) 



6582. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



(No. 83.) "Straw large and coarse. Hull quite thick. Best rice of this 

 section." {Brill.) 



6583. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



(No. 84.) "A hard rice; straw short and small, but tough; hulls thin; 

 yields well." {Brill.) 



6584. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



(No. 85. ) "Grows 3J to 4 feet high. The seed is sown in March and it is 

 ripe in July. Field is then flooded after harve.st and suckers start out which 

 produce a smaller crop in September. Yields heavy crop of good rice. More 

 of this is sown than of any other variety around Hankow." {Brill.) 



6585. Oryza sativa. Rice. 

 From Ichang. (No. 86.) "A brown-hulled rice." {Brill.) 



6586. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Ichang. (No. 87.) "It is said to ripen three months from sowing 

 the seed." {Brill.) 



6587. Ory'za sativa. Rice. 

 From Ichang. (No. 88.) 



6588. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Shasi. (No. 89.) "A glutinous rice sown on the overflowed lands. 

 The plants are said to stand an excess of water and to keep their heads above 

 it better than any other variety." {Brill. ) 



6589. Chaetochloa italica. Millet. 



From Sai Tseo. ( No. 90. ) " Much used by the people as porridge in place 

 of rice in the north of the province." {Brill. ) 



6590. Chaetochloa italica. Millet. 

 From Sai Tseo. (No. 91.) "Used in same way as No. 6589." {Brill.) 



6591. Chaetochloa italica. Millet. 



From Ichang. (No. 92.) "Grown in the mountains and much used as a 

 substitute for rice. " {Brill.) 



