70 



856. EoSA. 



From mountains near Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through. Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 May, 1898. (28 packages.) 



857. Rosa. Rose. 



From the mountains near Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Han- 

 sen, May, 1898. (lb packages.) 



Wild species. 



858. Tritictjm durum. Wheat. 



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

 packages. ) 



Kubanka for dry lands ; the best sort at Vernoe, Turkestan. 



859. Panicum miliaceum. Millet. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (1 package.) 

 Milled sample: inferior method. 



860. El^eagnus angustifolia(?). 



From Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (2 

 packages.) 



861. Apocynum cannabinum. Indian hemp. 



From Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 

 (2 packages.) 



Grows best on sandy steppes near Vernoe. 



862. Panicum miliaceum. Millet. 



From Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (1 

 package. ) 



Wild, black. 



863. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N, E. Hansen, May, 1898. (10 

 packages.) 



Red-fleshed, from Kuldja, China. 



864. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (1 package.) 

 " Kirghiz.'' 



The black sort. 



865. 



From the mountains at Vernoe. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. 

 (1 package.) 



Bush: not determined by anyone yet in Vernoe. 



866. Citrullus vulgaris. Watermelon. 



From Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (16 

 packages.) 



Originally Russian; modified by cultivation. 



867. Eosa ferox. Rose. 



From Vernoe, Turkestan. Received through Prof N. E. Hansen, May, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



