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4433- Early evergreen sweet corn. 



4434. Early mammoth sweet corn. 



4435. Potter's excelsior sweet corn. 



4436. Crosby twelve-rowed sweet corn. 



4437. Early Narragansett sweet corn. 



4438. Henderson's early metropolitan sweet corn. 



4439. Cosmopolitan sweet corn. 



4440. Early Fordhook sweet corn. 



4441. Marblehead sweet corn. 



4442. Moore's colored sweet corn. 



4443. Perry's hybrid sweet corn. 



4444. Melrose sweet corn. 



4445. Early red sweet corn. 



4446. Light red sweet corn. 



4447. Golden bantam sweet corn. Grown and presented by H. H. Rusby, of 



Newark, New Jersey. 



4448. Millo maize. — The fruiting tops of a cultivated variety of Holcus Sorghum L. 



{Gramineae — Grass Family). Cultivated for its grain. Native of the 

 Old World tropics and the staple cereal food of a large part of the human 

 race. Grown and presented by Martin Ball, of Sparkhill, New York. 



4449. Kaffir corn. Dhouro. Guinea corn. — Another variety of the preceding. 

 Same source. 



4450. Another variety of the same. Acquired by N. L. Britton on the Island of 



Curacoa. 



4451. Another sample of the same. Acquired by L. M. Underwood in Porto Rico, 

 West Indies. 



4452. Black Philippine sorghum seeds. — The seeds of Holcus saccharatus L. 



{Gramineae — Grass Family). Cultivated in the Philippine Islands. Pre- 

 sented by E. B. Southwick. 



4453. Red Philippine sorghum seeds. A red variety of the preceding. Same 

 source and donor. 



4454. Another sample from Costillo, Sorsogon, Luzon. 



4455. Philippine millet. Mijo. An edible seed or grain of undetermined botanical 

 origin. Philippine Islands. Presented by E. B. Southwick. 



Rice 



Rice is the grain of Oryza sativa L., of the grass family 

 (Gramineae), native of southern Asia and cultivated in all 

 tropical and warm-temperate regions. It is naturally a 

 marsh-plant, growing during a part of its life wholly or 

 partially submerged by water. Under cultivation, it is 

 largely grown so as to supply these conditions, the ground 

 being artificially flooded at suitable times. This form of 

 rice is known as "Lowland," and of it there are many 

 cultivated varieties. By selection and breeding, another 



