150 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



13576 to 13582. 



I'r Christiania, Norway. Presented byMr.C. Doxrud, thru .Miss Carrie Har- 

 rison, of this Department. Received April 13, L905. 



13576. Avena sativa. Oat. 

 White. Cultivated in L898 under the Arctic Circle. 



13577. Avena sativa. Oat. 

 Him!:. Cultivated at northern latitude of 64°. 



13578. Hordedm vulgare (?). Barley. 

 Cultivated in I S '- IS under ( 1 i. ■ Antic Circle. 



13579. 1'isim sativum. Pea. 

 Cultivated al northern latitude of 63}°. 



13580. Phledm pratense. Timothy. 

 Cultivated al aorthern latitude of 63 J°. 



13581. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 

 Cultivated al northern latitude of 63 



13582. Vicia sp. Vetch. 



Cultivated at northern latitude of 63}°. 



" Wi'ur, informed that these seeds have been collected within the Arctic 

 1'inl •, and it i- probable that the} represenl very short-seasoned types, which 

 an- likely to be of unusual value in northern Alaska ami possibly in portions 

 ,.i' ..in- Northern States." I Fairchild. ) 



13583 to 13585. 

 From Peru. Rec 



13583. Viiarte. 



Smooth cotton seed from Vitarte; represents the seecl <>f cut tun grown in the 

 valleys of Peru. This cotton is similar to Egyptian and is known as "Egyplo" 

 cotton. It i- used by the various cotton mills in this country in the manufac- 

 ture of "domestics." The Burplus is shipped to Liverpool, where it finds a 

 market at a price a little over American cotton, say 0. 10a. per pound. There 



i< • cro]> of this cotton .very year, the same as with American cotton. The 



Beed is planted in September or < October an. I the cotton is gathered in May or 

 Augusl tie- following year. The annual crop is aboul 7,500,000 pounds. 



13584. Palpa. 13585. Nazca. 



Palpa, Nazca, and /<■" (No. 14801 I represenl seed of Peruvian cotton grown 

 in these different places, which are in the southern part of Peru. Here the 

 crop is twice a year, same seasons as the "Full rough." Crop varies from 

 6,000 hales i of loo pounds) in a dry year to 15,000 bales in a good year. The 

 cottonseed of the ••Full rough" (No. 12938) and "-Moderate rough" (Palpa, 

 Nazca, and ]<<i I U exported to England, while the seed of the "Egypto" is 

 presi here and the cotton-seed cake, known as "Pasta," is shipped to Liver- 

 pool. The oil is sold here chiefly for use in mines, and portions of it as 

 Italian salad oil. 



13586. Piiai.auis canabtjensis. Canary grass. 



From Patras, Greece. Presented by Mr. S. Xanthopoulo, of the Station Agricole. 

 Received April 19, 1905. 



In his letter of April 1, Mr. Xanthopoulo stated that this seed was procured by 

 him from Turkey. 



13587 to 13599. 



From Chelsea, England. Received thru James Yeitch & Sons, March 28. 1905. 

 Flower seeds. 

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i. (SSI I'M M Sp. 





Cotton. 



ed thru \V. I;. 1 .race &Co 



. New York, N. Y. 



April Pi, L905. 



