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1170. Zea mays. Maize. 



From Peru. Sent by a friend of the Assistant Secretary of War, Hon. G. L. 

 Meiklejohn, and presented by him to this Department, June 25, 1898. (70 

 packages.) 



Yellow. 



1171. Zea mays. Maize. 



From Peru. Sent by a friend of tbe Assistant Secretary of War, Hon. G. L. 

 Meiklejohn, and presented by him to this Department, June 25, 1898. (40 

 packages.) 



Red-striped, with yellow ground. 



1172. Zea mays. Maize. 



From Peru. Sent by a friend of the Assistant Secretary of War, Hon. G. L. 

 Meiklejohn, and presented by him to this Department, June 25, 1898. (2 

 packages.) 



WTiite. 



1173. Pisum. Pea. 



From Moscow, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, June 4, 1898. 

 (150 packages.) 



Large Victoria field variety. Said to have been originally English, but selected 

 for many years in Russia. 



1174. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Moscow, Russia. Received through Prof. N. R. Hansen, June 4, 1898. (90 

 packages.) 



"A fine native variety of Turkestan and a drought resister. Will stand intense 

 heat, and I trust that western Kansas, Nebraska, and the South will find it useful." 

 {Professor Hansen.) The native name is " Szul-bugh-dai." (See No. 1073.) 



1175. Lathyrt :s sativus. Bitter vetch. 



From Moscow, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, June 4, 1898. (360 

 packages.) 



"The peasant name is ' tre-granui ' (three-sided). Much cultivated in the Volga 

 River provinces of Samara and Saiatof, where the common field peas do not do well. 

 It stands severe droughts and is much used for stock. The peasants use it for the 

 table, but only in sections where the common Held peas fail, as it is of poorer quality. 

 Too free use of this pea has resulted in cases of a peculiar paralysis, both in man 

 and beast (leguminosis). Good stockmen feed it in moderation with coarse fodder." 

 (Professor Hansen.) Also referred to as the "Tschina" pea. 



1176. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Moscow, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, June 4, 1898. 

 (190 packages.) 



Winter variety. 



1177. Onobrychts onobryohis. Esparsette. 



From Moscow, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, June 4, 1898. 

 (10 packages.) 



1178. A YEN A SAT I Y A. Oat. 



From Moscow, Russia. Received through Prof. N, E. Hansen, June 4, 1898. 

 (1,200 packages.) 



Shatilof oat. 



