1037. APOCYXUM YEXETTTM. 



From Department of Agriculture at St. Petersburg. Received through Prof. 

 N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (2 packages.) 



A fiber plant. 



1038. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Kazan, Russia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen. May 24, 1898. (12 

 packages.) 



" Winter Bokhara." Sold by a Tartar fruit vender. Does not ripen fully on 

 vines. Dark, very large, oval; 15 by 18 inches in diameter. 



1039. Clematis. Clematis. 



From Nerchinsk, Transbaikalia, Siberia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 May 24, 1898. 



1040. Eibes grossularia. Gooseberry. 



Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 package.) 

 Russian variety, originated by Yaroslav Xiemetz from English gooseberry seed. 



1041. Ehododendrox. Rhododendron. 



From Xerchiusk. Transbaikalia, Siberia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 May 24, 1898. (1 package.) 



1042. Leontopodum leontopodittm. Edelweiss. 



From the Ural Mountains, Siberia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hausen, May 

 24,1898. (1 package.) 



1042a. Leontopodittm alpinum. Edelweiss. 



From the mountains of Siberia. Received through Prof. X. E.Hansen, May 

 24,1898. (3 packages.) 



1043. Pyrus. Apple. 



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



1044. Eibes (?). Currant. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 package. ) 

 Prolific. 



1045. Paeonia. Peony. 



From Xerchiusk. Siberia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898, 

 under the name Paeonia eileri, which we are unable to verify. (1 package.) 



1046. Panicfm miliaceum. Millet. 



From Orenburg. Russia. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 

 package.) 



"Best for dry sections/' 



1047. Vicia yillosa. Sand vetch. 



From Kief, Russia. Obtained at the Kief Agricultural Exposition. September, 

 1897. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 package.) 



