VARIETIES OF SORGHUM CULTIVATED IN THE UXITED STATES. < i 



lyenga Imphee. Dundemuka Impliee. 



Ufataua Imphee. Uukunvana Imphee. 



Ubehlana Imj)hee. Hlogonde Imphee. 



Uudemlebule Imphee. Umgatubanda Amabele. 



Also from Dr. Dalzell, of the Gordon Memorial Mission, Xatal, tlie 

 following list of rijiened panicles : 



U-Dwe Imphee. Diudemuka Imphee. 



M-behlana Impliee. Hlogonde Imphee. 



lyeuga Imphee. Ukabane Amabele. 



U-fengkule Imphee. Umquatiibanda Amabele 



Ihlosa Imphee. 

 The diiferences in the spelling, of what are obviously the same 

 names in the several lists, is retained. 



It will lie observed that there are twelve varieties in the two lists 

 of ripe panicles, and that f "ur of the varieties in the list of seeds are 

 not represented among the lists of panicles. 



We have then sixteen named varieties received from Xatal in these 

 several lots, although the natives knew, of only six. as was reported. 



This is the exact number of varieties which 3Ir. Wray brought from 

 Natal in 1854; but it is to be noticed, that of his list only four of 

 his varieties, in name, bear any resemblance to those in the above 

 lists, viz: 



lyeuga, which may be his E-en-gha. 

 Hilosa, which may be his E-thlo-sa. 

 Ibothla, which may be his E-both-la. 

 Hlogonde, which may be his Shla-goon-de. 



Supposing the above four to be identical, it would seem that at least 

 28 named varieties have already been received from Xatal. 



The thirteen specimens of seed received were planted, and twenty- 

 six varieties were observed among them, and not one resembled either 

 of the numerous varieties grown in America the past thirty years, and 

 which have been grown at the Department of Agriculture, in Wash- 

 ington. Either the effect of climate and cultivation has been such 

 as to materially change the character of those varieties introduced by 

 Mr. Wray, or else there must exist, under cultivation in South Af- 

 rica, a much larger number of varieties than those already received 

 from there. Since ^Er. Wray so readily recognizes his old varieties 

 from the plates published in the reports of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, it would hardly seem possible that any change has resulted ; 

 and the conclusion appears well founded, that these numerous varieties 



