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of the Orel government. The grower made a practise of saving his own seed, and 

 hence this strain had been grown on the same estate for a number of years. 



According to Mr. Goegginger, the government of Orel furnishes the best red clover 

 seed obtainable in Russia. Its chief crops are winter rye and oats, and it is in rota- 

 tion with these that the clover is grown. A small quantity of winter wheat is also 

 grown. 



This variety is distinguished by the dustlessness of its hay, due to almost complete 

 absence of hairiness from all parts of the plant; by its heavy yields for the first crop; 

 by its leanness and the persistence of the basal leaves; by the succulence of the 

 stems, which improves greatly the quality of the hay and reduces the waste due to 

 woody, uneatable portions; by greater palatability than hay from domestic seed, and 

 by the fact that it comes to proper maturity for harvesting from ten days to two 

 weeks latjer than the ordinary American red clover. 



Except in certain sections and for certain purposes this variety is not recom- 

 mended for supplanting domestic red clover, but rather for supplementing the lat- 

 ter. See Bulletin No. 95 of the Bureau of Plant Industry entitled "A New Type of 

 Red Clover." ( Charles J. Brand. ) 



10533 and 10534. Trifolium prate^se. Red clover. 



From Riga, Russia. Secured by Mr. E. A. Bessey from Mr. Fr. Lassmann, Riga, 

 Russia. Received March 21," 1904. 



10533. 



From estate owned by Mr. Legsdin, Mohileff government, near Zhlobin. 

 10534. Courland. 

 From estate of Mr. Sillin, Neuhof, Courland government. A high-growing 

 sort. 



10535 to 10543. Vicia faba. Broad bean. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., March 21, 1904. 



10535. 



Large, common field va- 



10539. Windsor. 





riety. 



10540. Green Windsor, or Genoa. 



10536. 



Perfection. 



10541. Sm all Green Julienne. 



10537. 



Sevilla, long-podded. 



10542. Dwarf Early. 



10538. 

 4. 



Aguadulce, extra long- 

 podded. 



10543. Beck's Gem, green. 



Bean 



•iginally 



from Spain. Received thru Mr. 



Rosendo Torras, of Brunswick, Ga., 



10544 



March 20, 1904. 



Large white beans, slightly marked with red, varying in size. "Apparently 

 different from any raised in this country." ( Torras. ) 



10545. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From Vienna, Austria. Received thru Dr. Victor Lieb, Court Gardener to 

 Palace of Miramar, near Trieste, Austria, March 24, 1904. 



10546. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From Lulea, Sweden. Received thru Dr. Paul Hellstrom, March 24, 1904. 



Grown at Person Norrbattens Lau, Sweden, in 1901. Imported for the experi- 

 ments in the breeding of timothy at Ithaca, N. Y. 



10547 to 10550. Phleum spp. 



From Vienna, Austria. Received thru Doctor Weinzierl, Councilor, Seed Con- 

 trol Station in Vienna, March 24, 1904. 



Four species of Phleum from the experiment station in the Austrian Alps, known 

 as the Sandling-Alp Station, which has won a wide reputation for its work on 

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