238 SEEDS AM' PLANTS IMPORTED. 



16789 to 16796 -Continued. 



indoors. All thru the winter these blades arc keenly relished by horses 

 and donkeys. Then the seeds are gathered, combed out, and marketed. 

 Several varieties of alcohol and wines are made from these seeds, and the 

 deadly native drink 'sam-shu' — al least one variety of it — is made from 

 'kaoliang' seed. The seed makes excellent feed for stock of all kinds. The 

 long stalls arc thrown <>n the thrashing floor, rolled Hat by heavy stone 

 roller-, carefully cleaned of all particles of pith, and woven into a greatvariety 

 of mats and matting, suitable for use on Hours, lor window shades, or for the 

 roofs of native houses and sheds. These stalks are also extensively used for 

 fuel by the farming class. It is a most valuable crop and may he found thru- 

 out all the northern provinces. Not grown much as far south as Hang-chow. 

 "The yellow bean (16789 is the ' bean-cake ' bean so extensively grown in 

 the Manchurian provinces and is a most valuable crop. May lie gruwn south- 

 ward, hut flourishes best in colder latitudes." (Cloud.) 



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