16175. 



Florida. 



16176. 



McCoy. 



16177. 



Hamburg. 



16178. 



II 7, ,7, Fan*. 



16179. 



Vilest Yam. 



16180. 



! i ,, a, ml i , 



16181. 



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222 SEEDS AXU PLANTS [MPORTED. 



16175 to 16188. [pomoea batatas. Sweet potato. 



From the Arlington Farm of the United states Department of Agriculture. 

 i;. eived November I. 1905. 



Fourteen of the best varieties, selected by Mr. W. K. Beattie. 



.16182. Red Nansemond. 



16183. Red Jersey. 



16184. Bermuda Red. 



16185. Van Nest Red. 



16186. Early Red Carolina, 



16187. Rronzt Spanish. 



16188. Southern Queen. 



16189. Oryza <ii nNOSA. Glutinous rice. 



From Kiangsu Province, China. Presented by Dr. S. P. Barchet, of Shanghai, 

 ( 'liina. flee sived November I. 1905. 



"Doctor Barchet states thai the glutinous rice of China brings a higher price and 

 ha- a better flavor than ordinary rice. He personally prefers it to the latter and 

 advises a mixture of the glutinous with the ordinarj rice claiming that it a< 1< Is dis- 

 tinct!) to the flavor of th<- ■ li>h. This is nol the red rice \\ hich is considered by our 

 planters as a weed, bul is a distinct variety." [Fairchild.) 



16190. Zr. \ MATS. Corn. 



From Leman, Caucasus, Russia. Received thru Mr. Frank Benton, of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, November 2, 1905. 



16191 to 16193. 



From the Bulgarian exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. 

 Ri eived November 7. 1905. 



16191. Vni\ villosa. Hairy vetch. 



16192. Vi. i \ Bp. Vetch. 



16193. Brass* \ n ipi s. Rape. 



16194. Curcuma amada. Mango ginger. 



From .Madras, India. Received thru G. Rajah Gopal Naidu, agricultural inspect- 

 or, June 26, 1903. Numbered November 10, L905. 



16195. Zingiber sp. 



■ _r i 1 1 in ihiiilit. | Received in November, 1905. 



16196. Curcuma longa. Turmeric. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Presented by Mr. H. ('. Henricksen, horticulturist of 

 the Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 7, 1905. 



••This plant was introduced from the Orient many years ago and has escaped from 

 cultivation and become a troublesome weed in pastures in the western portion of 

 Porto Rico. Ir flowers freely, but spreads only from the roots. It is one of the two 

 or three commercial turmerics, but has no sale in this country because the special 

 process by which it is prepared in the Orient is unknown here." (Barrett.) 



16197 to 16207. 



From Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United State— National Museum, Washington, D. C. 

 Received November 7. 1905. 



16197. Yucca sp. 

 Lower California, 1905. (E. W. Nelson No. 7129.) 



