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832. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Samarkand, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 

 1898. (8 packages.) "Hockja." 



833. Cuctjmis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Samarkand, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 

 1898. (5 packages.) " Leherim pishack"' (the sweetest of them all). 



834. Cucumis 31ELO. Muskmelon. 



From Khiva, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. 

 (5 packages.) "Kara-karee" (old and black). 



Early sort. 



835. Agropyron cristatum. 



From Walujka Experiment Station (in the dry steppes about 50 miles east of 

 Rovnava, south of Saratof on Volga River), Russia. Received through Prof. 

 N. E. Hansen, May 25, 1898. (3 packages.) 



" Native dry steppe grass. Seed from plants cultivated one year. Director Bogdan 

 regards this species promising for cultivation." 



836. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Bokhara. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (176 packages. ) 



837. Agropyron cristatum. 



From Walujka Experiment Station (east of Volga River; see No. 835), Russia. 

 Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 25, 1898. (3 packages.) 



Native grass; seed gathered wild from dry sandy steppe. 



838. Agropyron cristatum. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (3 packages.) 

 Native grass ; seed gathered wild on dry sandy steppe. Same as No. 837. 



839. Glycyrrhiza glabra. Licorice. 



From Uralsk. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (4 packages.) 

 See No. 186. 



840. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (2 packages.) 



841. Triticum ramosum. 



From Walujka, Russia (see No. 835). Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 May, 1898. (3 packages. ) 



u Native dry steppe grass. Director Bogdan, of the Walujka Experiment Station, 

 said: "A weed, but makes very good hay." 



842. Medicago falcata. Medick. 



From Walujka, Russia (see No. 835. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 May, 1898. (2 packages.) 



Seed gathered from wild plants. Regarded by Director Bogdan, of the Walujka 

 Experiment Station, as promising fodder plant for dry steppes, where it is found 

 native at Walujka. 



843. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



No label. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen. 



Very likely the lot of arnautka or beloturka hard wheat secured at Semipalatinsk, 

 Siberia. 



