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844. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



Label missing. Very likely from Semipalatinsk, Siberia. 



845. Apocynum cannabinum. Indian hemp. 



From Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 1898. 

 (2 packages.) Fiber plant. 



" Much used for ropes, mats, etc. Shiny, silky cloth can be made from it, and the 

 Russian Government several years ago comtemplated using it as fiber threads in their 

 paper money, as we use silk, but it was not used, as I understand, on account of 

 expense of preparation, it not being a commercial product. The Kirghiz Tartars 

 are expert in making ropes from it; the fiber is used direct from the dry stems with- 

 out previous preparation." 



846. Blank. 



847. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Kuldja region, western China. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 May, 1898. (2 packages.) 



"Seven-branched spring wheat from China, which is to be sown thinly, " says the 

 interpreter. 



848. Paxicum miliaceum. Millet. 



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



849. Pyrus pruxifolia. Apple. 



From Yernoe (capital of Semiretchinsk province, Russian Turkestan). Received 

 through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (92 packages.) 



" Mixed wild apples. ' Over thirty sorts mixed ' said Xiedzwetsky, who gathered 

 the seed, and perhaps the red- wooded Chinese apple, with both the skin and the 

 flesh of the fruit red, is among the lot. He called the mixed seed 'Pyrus mains 

 pruni/oHa.'" 



850. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From China. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May, 1898. 



851. Ch^tochloa italica. Italian millet. 



From the Kirghiz steppes near Yernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. 

 Hansen, May, 1898. (2 packages.) 



Cattle fodder. Variety germanica. 



852. Rosa. Rose. 



From mountains near Yernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 May, 1898. (15 packages.) 



853. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Yernoe. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (2 packages.) 



854. Acer semenoyii. Maple. 



From mountains near Yernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 May, 1898. (2 packages. ) 



855. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Yernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 

 (8 packages.) 



Seed from best winter apples of the Aport or Alexander type. 



