DECEMBER, lUOS, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 209 



15821 to 15824. 



From Trebizoiid, Asiatic Turkey. Secured by Mr. Frank Benton, of tlic Bureau 

 of Entoinoloiry. Heceived October 2, 1905. 



Seeds obtained from Mr. Dem. Ch. Papathopoulos, of Samsoun, Asiatic Turkey. 



15821. HoKDELM sp. Barley. 



"Said to be of superior quality; not used as a forage crop, and the jrrain 

 exported for use in the manufacture of beer, being especially suited for this." 

 (No. 12.) 



15822 to 15824. Tapaver somnifekum. Opium poppy. 



15822. White-seeded. 



Grown near Samsoun, on the south coast of the Black Sea, Turkey in 

 Asia. (No. 18.) 



15823. Mixt. 



( irown near Samsoun, Turkey in Asia. (No. 14.) 



15824. Blue-seeded. 



Gro\vn near Samsoun, Turkey in Asia. (No. 15.) 



15825. AXDROPOGON SORGHUM. Milo. 



From Mecca, Cal. Receiyed thru Brauckman Brothers, August 7, 1905. 



15826. Festuca gigantea. 



From Agricultural College, Mich. Receiyed thru Dr. W. J. Beal, September 

 20, 1905. 



15827. Chaetochloa italica. Millet. 



Froni St. Louis, Mo. Cirown by Mr. W. .7. Magee in 1904. Receiyed Sei)tem- 

 ber, 1905. 



"The grain of the Ainu Japanese people. This sample was grown from Ainu 

 seed." (Magee.) 



15828. ScHOENOCAULON OFFICINALE (?). '' Ccbadilla." 



From Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Hon. William W. Canada, United States 

 consul, October 5, 1905. 



15829. HoRDEUM vuLGARE. Barley. 



From Manhattan, Kans. Received thru Mr. A. M. Ten Eyck, October 6, 1905. 

 Tennessee Winter. 



15830. HoRDEUM vuxGARE. ' Barley. 



From AVestminster, Md. Received thru Mr. H. L. Rhinehart, October 6, 1905. 

 Tennessee Winter. 



15831. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



From Grazalema, near Ronda, Spain. Received thru 3Ir. David Fairchild, 

 October 9, 1905. 



"This almond, a single tree of which stands in the 'huerta' of Sefior Felix 

 Enriquez, is, altho small, the highest-priced almond raised in the region, and con- 

 forms in shape and texture to the Jordan almond of Malaga. Its unusuallv thin 

 shell and especially delicate kernel should make it of special value in California, 

 \vhere the tendency of these introduced hard-shelled almonds seems to be to become 

 larger and coarser. This almond may develop in California into a larger sized supe- 

 rior type of Jordan almond." [Fairchild.) 



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