Letters on the Diseases of Plants. 



240 Webb's ChaUeuge. 



241 Eclipse. 



242 Hornblende. 



243 Jock. 



244 Porcelain. 



245 Trap. 



246 Buby. 



247 Wright's R.R. 



248 Feldspar. 



249 White Russian. 



250 White Fife. 



251 Adamant. 



252 Fluorspar. 



253 Improved Fife. 



XXVI. Defiance Group. 



254 Clark's R.E. 



255 Beryl. 



256 Pringle's No. 5. 



257 Australian R.R. 



258 Thomas' R.E. 



259 Leak's Defiance. 



260 Pringle's Defiance. 



261 Russian. 



262 Pearl or Velvet. 



263 Murray River. 

 564 Defiance. 



265 Bega. 



266 1 Al 



267 Little Wonder. 



268 Inglis' Success. 



269 Blount's Lambrigg. 



XXV 11. Golden Drop Group. 



274 Pringle's No. 6. 



275 Opal. 



276 Hallett's Pedigree. 



277 Goldsmith's Pedigree. 



278 Carter's New Hybrid. 



279 Golden Drop. 



XXVIII, Square Head Group. 



280 Berseler's Club. 



281 Scholey's Square Head. 



282 Bestehorn's Dividend. 



283 Emerald. 



284 Red Altkirche. 



285 Majorica carusa. 



286 Webb's King Red. 



287 Carter's A. 



289 Dwarf Humboldt's. 



290 Ble a epi carri^. 



291 Red Chaff Square Head. 



292 Sicilian Square Headed Red. 



293 Four-rowed Sheriff. 



294 Rimpan. 



295 Carter's G. 



296 Mould's Red. 



XXIX, Allora Spriiir/ Group. 



297 Clubbed Indian. 



298 Indian Alpha. 



299 Budd's Early. 



300 Allora Spring. 



301 ~ " 



270 Trump. 



271 Carter's K. 

 772 „ H. 

 223 „ 107. 



XXX. Ward's Prolific Group. 



302 Golden Prolific. 

 393 Australian Wonder. 

 304 Marshall's No. 3. 



305 Marshall's No, 8. 



306 „ No. 10. 



307 „ No. 2. 



308 Ward's Prolific. 



309 Hercules. 



310 Red Clawson. 



311 Ward's White. 



312 Marshall's No. 5. 



313 Rousselin. 



314 Robins R.R. 



315 Cui-rell. 



XXXI. Bed Provence Group. 



316 Odessa. 



317 Red Bordeaux. 



318 Pool. 



319 Clawson. 



320 Prince Albert. 



321 Red Province. 



322 Willett's. 



323 Spaulding's Prolific. 



324 Banham's Browick. 



325 Red Russian. 



326 M'Ghee's White. 



XXXIJ. Riu-alNeio Yorker Group 



327 Rural New Yorker. 



XXXIII. Rye Wheat Group. 



328 German Emperor. 



329 Rye Wheat. 



330 Early Genesee. 



331 Stewart. 



332 Rye Wheat (for gi-ain). 



Miscellaneous. 



333 Tuscan Island. 



When the reader has examined the foregoing list, he will very likely 

 wonder at its length, and no doubt ask, " Is it possible that there are so 

 many distinct varieties of wheat?" To which the ready answer is, " Yes, it 

 is true ; there are more than three hundred varieties of wheat." I do not 

 mean to imply that every name in the foregoing list represents a distinct 

 variety, for it is beyond question that a number of these so-called varieties, 

 especially in the Purple Straw, Lammas, Pife, and Defiance groups, are 

 identical. These are kept in our plots only out of deference to well-known 

 popular names. 



One moment more and we will return to the subject of naming wheats. 

 I only wish, first, to explain the nature of the nomenclature plots, which 

 have now become such an established institution. Eows of wheat, each row 

 containing only a single sort, are sown side by side in the order given in the 

 above Hst. Each row is plainly labelled, and all the wheats of a kind (that 

 is, closely related to each other) are gathered together into a plot, as shown 

 in the illustration Fig. 2, p. 7, and the plot is labelled by means of a large 

 sign bearing the name of the group or family. 



These wheats are the result of six years of careful study and selection. 

 They have been chosen from over 1,000 samples obtained from all parts of the 

 world — Australia, New Zealand, United States, Great Britain, Eussia, India, 

 Japan, China, South Africa, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Hungary, 

 Turkey, Algiers, Mexico, Chili, and Canada. The whole world has been 

 drawn upon for these samples. 



Hundreds of farmers visit these plots annually, and are invariably found 

 ready to admit their value in educating the community up to a better know- 

 ledge of the names of varieties of wheat. These plots and the stud-plots 

 mentioned on a later page have arisen out of my investigation into the 



