DECEMBER, VMi, TO DECEMBER, l!>Or). 



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10349 to 10351. SoRiiUs domestica. Service tree. 



From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. Presente<l to Mr. K. A. Bessey hy Mr. 

 The( ii>liil Kalaida, head irardener of tlic Imperial ( lardens at Nikita. Receiv i'«l 

 * January 29, 1004. 



10349. (irossfriichtUje. 



A sort with pear-shaped fruits, 1', to U inclif!.! hy 1 to 1', iinlie.-. 



10350. (iewohnliche. 



A sort with apple-sliape.l fruits, alxnit 1 iucli in diameter. U<>th this and 

 No. 10;}4!t ripen rather hite. 



10351. 



Seedlings about 18 inches hi^h. 



10352. Trikolum .iohnstom ( ?). Uganda clover. 



From Uganda, East Africa. Received thru -Mr. D. (i. Fairchild from Mr. K. N. 

 Lyne, Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, East Africa, January 80, 1904. 



"The identification of this species has not been definitely made, l)ut according to 

 a letter of December 29 from Mr. Lyne this is the Uganda clover, which may be 

 of value for breeding experiments iii this country. The high plateau of Uganda, 

 upon which this clover grows, altho in the Tropics, has a comparatively mild cli- 

 mate. It is, of course, (|uite frosthss. Mr. Lyne reports nothing further regarding 

 the usefulness of this species, but remarks that Mr. Ainsworth, who secured the seed 

 for him, had great dilliculty in collecting it." {Fairchild.) 



10353. Phaseolus vulgaris. Bean. 



From (iarrettsville, Ohio, lieceived thru Mr. (ieorge J. Streator, February 1, 

 1904. (h-own from 8. P. L No. .•i3S2. 



Mr. Streator reports that these beans are far superior to the ordinary white bean, 

 for the reason that they do not spot so badly in wet weather. 



10354 to 10363. 



From Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England. Presented by T. and J 

 for testing at the experiment stations. Received February 1, 1904. 



10354. AVEN.\ SATIV.\. 



Yellou: (No. 1.) 



10355. AvEX.\ s.vTivA. 

 Gray. (No. 2.) 



10356. AVENA SATIVA. 



Black: (No. 3. ) 



10357. AVEXA SATIV\. 



Black. (No. 4.) 



10358. AVENA SATIVA. 



White. (No. 5.) 



10359. AvENA SATIVA. 



White. (No. 6.) 



10360. HORDEUM HE.XASTICHUM. 



(No. 7.) 



10361. HoRDEUM HEXASTICHUM. 



(No. 8.) 



10362. HoRDEUM DISTICHUM. 



(No. 9.) 



10363. HORDEUM DISTICHUM. 



(No. 10.) ■ 



97 



. ( iarton 

 Oat. 



Oat. 



Oat. 



Oat. 



Oat. 



Oat. 



Six-row barley. 



Six-row^ barley. 



Two-rowr barley. 



Two-row barley. 



