GRAINS IN CULTIVATION IN GUJERAT. O/ 



receive a few pounds of Polish wheat. Of the lat- 

 ter a specimen was sent me, and the cultivators 

 of an extensive wheat district were most anxious 

 to procure a supply of it for seed. From the 

 appearance of the grain, they calculated that it 

 would be likely to produce a return half greater 

 than that of the common field wheat. The speci- 

 men unfortunately did not vegetate. A small 

 parcel sent by the Overland route, would be more 

 likely to succeed. 



The Talavera wheat, I succeeded in raising from 

 Havanna seed. 



It seemed a poor and red grain as compared to 

 the best wheats of this country. 



The Bajri (Holcus spicatus) common in these 

 provinces, being a productive and rather hardy 

 grain, well fitted for the food of man and of animals, 

 could probably be easily naturalized in Australia. 



The Toor, or Cytisus Cajan, if not already culti- 

 vated in Southern Europe, would succeed well 

 there, as also in Australia. In the West Indies, it 

 has long been pretty extensively cultivated. As to 

 the introduction of any of the Cereal or Legumi- 

 nous grains from Europe to India, I think that 



little can be done. 



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