1018. Trifolium fragiferum. Clover. 



From Valujka, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 

 (1 package.) 



Native of the steppes. 



1019. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Saratof, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 

 (4 packages.) 



A Kalmuck Tartar winter variety, with black irregular striping and white netting; 

 flesh white; 11£ by 8 inches in diameter. 



1020. Phleum boehmbei. Boehmer's timothy. 



From the Botanic Gardens at Kazan, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. 

 Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 package.) 



Professor Williams, of Moscow, thinks this species promising for dry climates 

 as a fodder grass. {Professor Hansen.) 



1021. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Saratof, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 

 (4 packages.) 



"Bokhara" yellow summer muskmelon. Flesh delicious, white. Largest speci- 

 men weighing 14.4 pounds. Thirty-four and one-half by 27^ inches in circumfer- 

 ence, 9 by 13 inches in diameter. Grown at Astrakhan, Russia, and shipped by boat 

 up the Volga River. 



1022. Trifolium fragiferum. Clover. 



From Valujka, near Rovna, Russia. Received through Prof. N". E. Hansen, May 

 24,1898. Same as No. 1018. (1 package.) 



1023. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Paris. Sent by James H. Kyle to the Secretary of Agriculture. (2 

 packages.) 



Said by Mr. Kyle to be from fruit of superior quality. 



1024. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From the Marinskii Agricultural School and Experiment Station, near Saratof, 

 Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 



u Ghirka" (a south Russian spring variety), soft, medium, and hard. 



1025. Pisum sativum. Pea. 



From Kief, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. Bought 

 at the Kief Agricultural Exposition, September, 1897. (1 package.) 



1026. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Samara, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (3 

 packages.) 



Yellow, medium size, delicious. 



1027. Prunus. 



From Kharkof, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 

 package. ) 



From original tree. 



