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2836. Trisetum pratense. Yellow oat-grass. 



From the experiment grounds of the Agricultural Academy at Moscow, Russia 

 Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



A rather slender, loosely tufted perennial, about 2 feet high. It is a good pasture 

 grass for rich soils. 



2837. Secale cereale. Rye. 



From Shugnan, in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia. Donated bv Professor Korzhinskii, 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



Adapted for trial in the Great Plains and the Palouse country. 



2838. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Roshan, in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia. Donated bv Professor Korzhinskii, 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



Short-eared sort. Adapted for trial in the middle prairie States and in the Palouse 

 country. 



2839. Hordeum yulgare. Barley. 



From Roshan, in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia. Donated bv Professor Korzhinskii, 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



Adapted for trial in the middle prairie States and the northern Pacific Coast States. 



2840. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Shugnan, in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia. Donated bv Professor Korzhinskii, 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



Adapted for trial in the middle prairie States and the northern Pacific Coast States. 



2841. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 



From Shugnan, in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia. Donated bv Professor Korzhinskii, 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



Adapted for trial in the middle prairie States and the northern Pacific Coast States. 



2842. Triticum yulgare. Wheat. 



From Roshan, in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia. Donated by Professor Korzhinskii, 

 through Mr. M. A. Carleton, March, 1899. 



Adapted for trial in the middle prairie States and the Palouse country, Washington. 



2843 to 2850. Citrullus vulgaris Watermelon. 



This collection of varieties of watermelons was received in March, 1899, through 

 Mr. M. A. Carleton. They were donated by Professor Williams, of Moscow, and are 

 from the Kakhanov experiment field at Groznii, in Ter government, North Caucasus, 

 Russia, as follows: 



2843. Big Kakhanov Watermelon. 



2844. Kakhanov. 



2845. Yellow-seeded Kakhanov. 



2846. Early Kakhanov. 



2847. Kamishin. 



2848. Astrakhan. 



2849. Kamishin, changed by long culture in Groznii. 



2850. Korea. 



2851. Madia* satiya. Tarweed. 



From Russia. Received through Mr. M. A. Carleton, 1898. (See No. 2825.) 



2852 to 2867. Lactuca satiya. Lettuce. 



This collection of varieties of lettuce was received in 1899. The seeds were used 

 for cooperative experiments conducted under the direction of the Division of Vege- 

 table Physiology and Pathology. 



