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neighbors (District of Tashkent.) It is not pure and contains 

 some other varieties mixed with the ' Ssarymaguis . "' (Schroe- 

 der). For distribution later. 



TRITICUM DURUM. (Poaceae.) 33285-288. Seeds of summer 

 wheats from St. Petersburg, Russia. Four varieties of summer 

 wheats, some grown under irrigation, some without, all from 

 the hot and dry Syr-Daria district of Russian Turkestan. 

 (Meyer's introductions.) For distribution later. 



VITIS VINIFERA. (Vitaceae.) 33376-378. Cuttings of 

 grapes from Almeria, Spain. Procured by Mr. James Murison, 

 acting consular agent, at the request of Mr. Walter T. Swingle. 

 "Uva de Einbarque , (white grape)", "Uva de Casta (Melinera 

 variety)", and "Uva de Casta (Rosada variety)". For distri- 

 bution later. 



ZEA MAYS. (Poaceae.) 33448-457. Seeds of maize from La 

 Paa, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Horace G. Knowles, American 

 minister. "Cuzco corn. The grains of this corn are twice the 

 size of the largest I ever saw in the United States, and its 

 snow-white color and fine flavor make it superior to our 

 American white corn. Another and very important advantage that 

 it has over our American corn is that it produces on the same 

 number and length of ears from 10 to 30 per cent more corn. 

 Thus its increased yield would be about one quarter more than 

 thfi average of the American variety of corn in the United 

 States, and if it will grow as well there as here, and my 

 belief is that it will produce even better there than here, it 

 would have an enormous effect on the total corn production of 

 our country. Another great advantage it has is that it thrives 

 in a climate similar to that of our northern states, and it may 

 be that it can be grown in sections of our country that will 

 not produce our American varieties. Another feature of this 

 corn is its very fine texture. I believe it would grind as 

 fine as wheat flour, and as corn flour it would be far superior 

 to meal in many respects and for many uses it would be equal to 

 wheat flour." (Knowles.) Included in this lot are white, 

 variegated red, white and black, black corns, and variegated 

 red sweet, corn , and a white sweet corn, of which Mr. Knowles 

 says, "A sweet or sugar corn which is so very sweet that sugar 

 or syrup could be made from it." For distribution later. 



