226 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



8798. Gossypium sp. Cotton. 



From Arabia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild, June 7, 1902. 



''Probably from the garden of Abdul Kader Kederrv, on the Tigris River." 

 (Fairehild.) 



8799. Capsicum annul m. Red pepper. 



From Bassorah, Arabia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild (No. 



852, February 26, 1902), June 7, 1902. 



' ' A lance-shaped variety of red pepper from the market of Bassorah. The fruits are 

 not over 1 inch to H inches long." (Fairehild: ) 



8800. PlSTACIA VERA X (?) ButUITi. 



From Bagdad, Arabia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild (No. 

 874, March 9, 1902), June 7, 1902. 



"A small packet of seeds from the market of Bagdad. These may be hardier 

 than the European butum." (Fairehild. ) 



8801. Pistacia mtjtica. Menengech. 



From Bagdad, Arabia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild (No. 



874, March 9, 1902), June 7, 1902. 



" Sample of seed from Bagdad market. These may prove hardier stocks than the 

 European sorts." (Fairehild. I 



8802. (Undetermined.) Sissi. 



From Bagdad, Arabia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild (No. 



875, March 11, 1902), June 7, 1902. 



'Seeds brought from the mountains of Persia beyond Mosul. They are edible 

 and are eaten by the Arabs as the Chinese eat melon seeds. The flesh is sweet, but 

 there is little of it. The plant which produces these fruits is said to be a shrub and 

 likely to withstand desert conditions." (Fairehild.) 



8803. Amaranthus hypochoxdriacus ( () Chagoggee. 



From Wonsau, Korea. Presented by Mr. C. F. S. Billbrough, of WOnsau, 

 through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild (Xo. 773), June 10, 1902. 



■' Used in Korea as an ornamental, having masses of bright red foliage. The 

 plant is an annual. 6 feet high. It is used by the natives for food, being boiled like 

 cabbage. It is, further, much relished by stock. It should be grown for identifica- 

 tion and may prove a new thing as an ornamental or may be of use as a fodder plant." 

 | Fairehild.) 



8804. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Niuchwang, China. Presented by Hon. Henry B. Miller, United States 

 consul, through the Department of State. Received June 10, 1902. 



K"n a Tzu. "Dry land rice, sown the last of April or the first of May and har- 

 vested early in September. It grows best on low land or on rich yellow soil. It 

 must not be Hooded, but requires rain at the time the grain is forming. It will not 

 grow on 1 1 1 *rl i , dry clay land." (Miller.) 



8805. Panicum miliaceum. Broom-corn millet. 



From Bassorah, Arabia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairehild (Xo. 



853, February 25, L902), June 7, 1902. 



Dukkhn. 'A kind of millet which is sown on the mud after flooding the soil 

 with irrigation water and left to mature its crop without further watering. It is said 

 to produce and ripen its heads in forty days, so that two crops are generally grown 

 each year on the same soil. This is sent for trial in the Colorado Desert region and 

 western Texas." I Fairehild. | 



