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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



16980 to 16984. Oryza sativa. 



From Sivaganga, Madura district, South India. 

 Minor, January 4, 1906. 



16980. 



Rice. 



Received through Mr. A. P. 



.heragasamha. "(No. 1.) An elegant, very small-sized rice of exceptional 

 whiteness when properly cleaned. It requires an old, well-cultivated i^oil and 

 will then yield, say, 3,000 pounds per acre or more according to manure applied. 

 The straw is finer and less tough than that of the commoner kinds of paddy 

 and hence is especially valuable as fodder. In good soil itia a42 to 5 months' 

 crop. ' ' ( Minor. ) 



16981. 



Varikarudan. (No. 2.) 



16982. 



MUagi. "(No. 3.) Nos. 2 and 3 give fine white rice, preferred to all others 

 by the higher classes in this part of India. The flavor is supposed to be excep- 

 tionally good. Both are hardy and require no exceptional treatment. In an 

 average soil they yield 3,000 pounds per acre and in a well-manured soil up 

 to 5,000 pounds per acre. The straw is good fodder for cattle. The duration 

 of crop is ordinarily 4j to bh months." {Minor.) 



16983. 



Vellakattai, or Sirumanian. (No. 4.) 

 16984. 



Erangal, or Naryan. "(No. 5. ) Nos. 4 and 5 yield a large white rice which 

 is considered particularly nourishing by the lower classes; very hardy, vigor- 

 ous grower, even in a comparatively poor soil. An ordinary outturn, with little 

 or no manure, is 2,500 pounds per acre, which may be nearly doubled by 

 manuring. The straw is coarser than that olitained from Nos. 2 and 3. The 

 crop matures in 3j to 4 months, according to soil and other conditions." 

 {Minor.) 



16985 to 17034. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Received through 

 Seeds of forage crops, as follows : 



16985. Astragalus falcatus. 



16986. avena flavescens. 



16987. Bromus pratensis. 



16988. Dactylis glomerata. 



16989. Festuca arundinacea. 



16990. Festuca duriuscula. 



16991. Festuca el.\tior. 



16992. Festuca heterophylla. 



16993. Festuca ovina. 



16994. Festuca pratensis. 



16995. Festuca rubra. 



16996. Festuca tenuifolia. 



16997. luzula albida. 



16998. Lathyrus hirsutus. 



16999. Melilotus coerulea. 



17000. Melilotus altxssima. 

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Haage & Schmidt, December 28, 1905. 



17001. Melilotus officinalis. 



17002. Melilotus parviflora. 



17003. Melilotus segetalis. 



17004. Melilotus sulcata. 



17005. Phalaris arundinacea. 



17006. PiSUM JOMARDI. 



17007. Plantago psyllium. 



17008. Spartium scoparium. 



17009. ViCIA AGRIGENTINA. 



17010. ViCIA AMBIGUA. 



17011. ViciA biennis. 



17012. ViCIA CALCARATA. 



17013. ViciA cassubica. 



17014. ViciA cordata. 



17015. Vicia cornigera. 



17016. Vicia cuspipata. 



