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3090. The same, in small cakes. 



3091. Another form of the same. 



3092. Soft maple sugar. — The sap partially boiled down. 



3093. Maple syrup, grade A. 



3094. " ' " " AA. 



3095. " " extra AA., variously bottled. 



3096. Commerical maple syrup. Presented by B. A. Bowker, of Bloomfield, 



Vermont. 



3097. Refined, stirred dry maple sugar. Same donor. 



3098. Commerical maple sugar, from Chilsom Lake, New York. 



Numbers 3099-3104 represent manna, a saccharine exudation from incisions in 

 the bark of the manna ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior L.). (Oleaceae — 

 Olive Family), native of southern Europe and cultivated. Presented by 

 Pietro Orlando, of Palermo, Italy, and New York City. 



3099. Section of the stem of the tree. 



3100. Twigs with leaves and fruits of the same. 



3101. Large flake manna. — The best grade, consisting of large and clean masses. 



3102. Small flake manna. — Consists of smaller fragments, removed after sepa- 



ration from the larger flakes. 



3103. Manna in sorts. — The small fragments scraped off of the bark after the 



removal of the large and small flakes, and containing considerable impurity. 



3104. Mannit. — The sugar resulting from the refining and purification of manna. 



Fodders 



The term "Fodder" is applied to herbage gathered for 

 feeding to grazing animals, in either the fresh or dried 

 state. It is often used also to include other foods than 

 herbage fed to such animals, and to the herbage as eaten 

 by them from the living plant, although it is more cus- 

 tomary to call the latter forage or pasture. 



THE GRASS FAMILY (Gramineae) 



3105. Corn stalks. — The straw of Indian corn or maize, Zea Mays L. Native of 



tropical America and cultivated in all but cold countries. The leaves and 

 husks are the parts chiefly eaten. 



3106. Brown beard grass. — Andropogon scoparius Michx. Native of the north- 



eastern United States. 



3107. Sweet beard grass. — Andropogon saccharoides Sw. Native of temperate 



and tropical America. 



3108. Forked beard grass. — Andropogon furcatus Muhl. Native of North 



America. 



3109. Virginia beard grass. — Andropogon virginicus L. Native of the eastern 



United States. 



3 1 10. Slender Paspalum. — Paspalum setaceum Michx. Native of the eastern 



United States. 



