•>•_' SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



12453 to 12547 Continued. 

 12464 to 12478 Continued. 



12476. Raia-ti paddy. From Madampe, North Central Province. 



Somewhal mixed with native varieties. 



12477. IWuk-hsmban paddy. From Kegalle district. 



12478. Rut-hel paddy. Up-country -rain, inch 1 in bewhite, tho 



husk i- ratlin- dark. 



12479 to 12488. Rice. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. R. Derfy, assistant 

 superintendent of the Botanical Gardens. Received November 9, 1904. 



12479. Arong paddy. Used (or making flour, and when cooked is 



hard and white. Always used by the natives. 

 Mr. Derry uses the term "paddy" to signify wet-land rice, and the 

 i. Tin • pul .t " to indicate dry-land rice. 



12480. Krench rKeroncho) paddy. l T sedsaineas L2479; pricesame 



also. 



12481. Chemara-pidri paddy. I sed -aim' a- 12479; price same also. 



12182. Seri-bumi paddy. First-class Hour for making cakes; pure 

 white w hen cooked. 



12483. Seroupi paddy. First-class flour for cakes and for the natives/. 



12484. Radin paddy. Used for rice by the natives. 



12485. Bunga-melong pulot. I teed for making rakes of any kind, but 



when < keel is hard and white 



12486. Seong-ular pulot. Use and price same as 12485. 



12487. Merah pulol (or paddj I. Use and price same as 12485. 



12488. M.n,,h paddy. Used only for feeding turtledoves and ring- 



doves. 



12489 to 12512. Rice. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. I'.. 

 Howell Jones. Received in August, L904. 



12489. Rice of the kind usually grown in British Guiana. 



12490 to 12511. 



Samples experimentally grown at the < reorgetow n Botanical < rardens 

 from imported Ceylon rice. The) are distinguished by number only. 

 Nos. L2490 t.. 12503 are "Ordinary rice." Nos. 12504 to' 12511 are what 

 an- known a- "Hill rii 



12512. From the Berbice River district. 



12513 to 12515. Rice. 



From Bulkeley, Ramleh, Egypt. Presented by lion. Lionel Sandars. 

 Received during the summer of 1904. 



12513. Yaban (or Yapani) paddy. From Daira Draneht Pasha, 



Kafr-el-Dawar. 



12514. Soultani (or Sullani) paddy. Same source as 12513. 



12515. Sabaini (or Sabini) paddy. Same source as 12513. 



12516 to 12518. Rice. 



From Siam. Presented by the Arracan Company, of Bangkok, thru Dr. 

 T. Heywood Hays, of that place. Received October 21, 1904. 



12516. Xaichonclrisee paddy. Usually considered the finest quality 



in Bangkok. 



12517. Sakakrang paddy. Good quality; long grain. 



12518. Paknampho paddy. ^Tedium quality. 



