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1111. Pyrus communis. Pear. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (2 

 packages.) 



1112. Pyrus communis. Pear. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



1113. Pyrus communis. Pear. 



From Djarkent, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, 



May 24, 1898. (2 packages.) 



1114. Elaeagnus angustifolia. Oleaster. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (2 

 packages.) 



Form known as E. hortensis. Fruit 1 to H inches long, edible, and much eaten by 

 the natives of Turkestan and western China. A nutritious meal is made from the 

 dried berries, but it will scarcely find favor as a food plant in America {Professor 

 Hansen's notes). 



1115. 



From China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen May 24, 1898. (2 packages.) 

 Thorny leguminous bush on low steppes between the Chinese boundary and Kuldja. 



1116. Pyrus communis. Pear. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages. ) 



1117. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (6 

 packages.) 



Small melon ; very early. 



1118. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



1119. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



"Bel-za-sek." Large and sweet. 



1120. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



Size of the Whitney crab; yellow, blushed, flesh very red throughout. (See No. 

 1109.) 



1121. Glycyrrhiza glabra. Licorice. 



Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (See No. 1011.) 



1122. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Mav 

 24, 1898. 



1 Spring variety from Auiie-ata (latitude 43 c ), about 188 miles northeast of Tashkend. 



