92 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12453 to 12547— Continued. 

 12464 to 12478— C'ontimu'd. 



12476. Ji(il(i-ri paddy. From Madampe, North Central Province. 



Somewhat mixed with native varieties. 



12477. Puluk-hsmbaii paddy. From Kegalle district. 



12478. lliit-liel paddy. Up-cniintry fzraiii, incline<l to be white, tho 



husk is rather dark. 



12479 to 12488. Rice. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. R. Derry, assistant 

 superintendent of the Botanical Gardens. Keceived November 9, 1904. 



12479. Arong paddy. Used for makmg flour, and when cooked is 



hard and white. Always used by the natives. 



Mr. Derry uses the term "paddy" to signify wet-land rice, and the 

 term "pnlot" to indicate dry-land rice. 



12480. A'/v'//c/(o (or A>rfmc7/o) paddy. Used same as 12479; pricesame 



also. 



12481. < 'hciiKira-pvtri paddy. I'sed same as 12479; price same also. 



12482. Seri-bumi paddy. First-class Hour for making cakes; pure 



white when cooked. 



12483. iSeroupe paddy. First-class flour for cakes and for the natives. 



12484. Radin paddy. Used for rice by the natives. 



12485. Biinga-melong pulot. Used for making cakes of any kind, but 



when cooked is hard and white. 



12486. Seong-ular pulot. Use and price same as 12485. 



12487. MeraJi pulot (or paddy). Use and price same as 12485. 



. 12488. Manek paddy. Used only for feeding turtledoves and ring- 

 doves. 



12489 to 12512. Rice. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Presented by I\Ir. B. 

 Howell Jones. Received in August, 1904. 



12489. Rice of the kind usually grown in British < iuiana. 



12490 to 12511. 



Samples experimentally grown at the Georgetown Botanical Gardens 

 from imported Ceylon rice. Thev are distinguished bv number only. 

 Nos. 12490 to 12503 are "Ordinary Vice." Nos. 12504 to 12511 are what 

 are known as " Hill rice." 



12512. From the Berbice River district. 



12513 to 12515. Rice. 



From Bulkeley, Ramleh, Egypt. Presented liy Hon. Lionel Sandars. 

 Received during the summer of 1904. 



12513. Yaban (or Yapani) paddy. Fnjiu Daira Draneht Pasha, 



Kafr-el-Dawar. 



12514. SonUani {or Sidi an i) paddy. Same source as 12513. 



12515. Saba'mi (or Sabiiii) ]>addy. Same source as 12513. 



12516 to 12518. ' Rice. 



From Siam. Presented by the Arracan Companv, of Bangkok, thru Dr. 

 T. Hey wood Hays, of that place. Received October 21, 1904. 



12516. Naichonchisee paddy. Usually considered tlie finest quality 



in Bangkok. 



12517. Sakah'iDig li&ddy. Good quality; long grain. 



12518. PahiampJii) paddy. .Medium quality. 

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