SKl'TKMHKK. IHOO. To DKCKMliKK, \'Ml. 



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tioii shows tlieiii to lu' remarkably mealy, ami we were told they are exported into 

 Ainwcrp and l)imkirk, France, for beer-makintr pnrposes. The Beljjian beer is not 

 noted for its tiin' (jnality, and from tlie appearanee of tlie ;.'rain 1 do not believe it 

 will i)rove as <:ood a brewing; barley as many American sorts. The fact, lunvever, 

 that it is <;rown in snch a warm clin)ate and has ni'vertheless a certain reiiumme as 

 a brewing barley, entitles it to a preliminary trial. The types will be fonnd more 

 or less mixed, as no process of selection has been i>racticed. Kesistance to dron^ht 

 will be found one of its primary characteristics. Pnrchaseil of Mr. (J. Kyf, manager 

 of the (ieneva Company of Setif. This latter ]>lace is on tlu' high jilatean, liJM) feet 

 aliove the sea, where the thermometer falls to about zero and where snows of con- 

 siderable <lei)th sometimes occur. This variety will be found to have much of the 

 'wild' character ol>jectionable to barley breeders, but may show <|ualities of hardi- 

 ness in spring droughts which will be of value. It should be tested in the South- 

 west and in California." ( Fairchild and iScoJidd.) 



7797. Andkopogon sorghum. 



Sorghum. 



From El Outaya, Algeria. Received through Mr. C. S. Scotield, Novend)er 14, 

 1901. Obtiiined June 16, 1901. 



BeKhna. "White sorghum. 8anii)le from Kl Outaya in the edge of the Sahara 

 Desert, where it is used as a summer growing .^oiling crop. Seed probably came 

 from Kabylie, where this crop is very generally grown. The seed is sometimes used 

 as human food." {Scofield.) 



7798. Phoenix dactylifeka. Date. 



From Paris, France. Receive<l through Mr. C. S. Scotield. Novend>er VA, 1901. 

 Detjlet noor, probably. Seeds of dates bought in Paris. 



7799 to 7847. 



From Erfurt, (iermany. Received through Haage <k Schmidt, imrserymen, 

 November 4, 1901. The nomenclature is, in the main, that of the seedsmen. 



A collection of plants as follows: 



7799. ("aladium aoamantinim. 



7800. Cai.adium albanense. 



7801. Caladium assunguy. 



7802. Caladium hila.ntka. 



7803. Calauium cacapava. 



7804. Caladium. 

 Conite de Germiny. 



7805. Caladium. 

 Duchesse de Mortemartc. 



7806. Caladium. 

 Ibis Rose-. 



7807. Caladium. 

 L'Insolite. 



7808. Caladium. 

 Mavambda. 



7809. Caladium. 

 Marif Freeman. 



7810. Caiaoium. 

 (litrii Finn. 



7811. Caladium. 

 Rio (le Jdueiru. 



7812. Caladium venosum. 



7813. RiCHAKDIA elliottiana. 



7814. RiCHAKDIA NELSONI. 



7815. richakdia pentlandi. 



7816. Epipremnum mikakile. 



7817. Phyllostachys aukea. 



7818. Bambusa aukeo-striata. 



7819. Akundinaria .taponica. 



7820. Phyllostachys mitis. 



7821. Bambusa disticha. 



7822. Phyllostachys ni(;ka. 



7823. Akundinaria Simoni. 



