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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



16980 to 16984. Oryza satiya. 



From Sivaganga, Madura district, Smith India. 

 Minor, January 4, 1906. 



Receive) 



Rice, 

 through Mr. A. r. 



16980. 



Jeeragasamba. "(No. l.) An elegant, very small-sized rice of exceptional 

 whiteness when properly cleaned. It requires an old, well-cultivated soil and 

 will then yield, say, 3,000 pounds per acre or more according to manure applied. 

 The straw is finer and less tough than that of the commoner kinds of paddy 

 and hence is especially valuable as fodder. In good soil itis a4£ to 5 months' 

 crop." I Minor. ) 



16981. 



Varikarudan. (No. 2. 



16982. 



Milagi. " No . •"• I Nbs. 2 and 3 give fine white rice, preferred to all others 

 by the higher classes in this pari of India. The flavor is supposed t<> be excep- 

 tionally g 1. Both are liar.lv and require in > exceptional treatment In an 



average .-nil they yield 3,000 pounds per acre ami in a well-manured soil up 

 to 5,000 pounds per acre. Thestrav* i- ■_'<>. "1 fodder for cattle. The duration 

 of crop is ordinarily 4J t.> r>.\ months." [Minor. \ 



16983. 



Vettakaltai 



16984. 



Eranqal, or Naryan. "| No. 5. Nbs. t and ■> \ ield a large white rice which 

 is considered particularly nourishing by the lower classes; very hardy, vigor- 

 ous grower, even in a comparatively poor soil. An ordinary outturn, with little 

 or no manure, is 2,500 pounds per acre, which may be nearly doubled by 



manuring. Tin- straw is coarser than that obtained from Xns. 2 and 3. The 

 crop matures in .".' to 4 months, according to Boil and other conditions." 

 {Minor, i 



or Sirumanian. i No. 4.) 



16985 to 17034. 



1>. pm Erfurt, < rermany. Received throu-. 

 •Seeds of forage crops, as follows: 



16985. ASTRAGALI B FALCATI s. 



16986. Avi \\ ii.avlm ENS, 



16987. BbOMUS PRATEN8I8. 



16988. I'M I'.ll- GLOMEBATA. 



16989. Pestdi a aim ndinacea. 



16990. Festi i a i.i an scula. 



16991. Festuca elatior. 



16992. Festuca heterophylla. 



16993. Festcca ovtna. 



16994. Festuca pratensis. 



16995. Festuca rubra. 



16996. Festuca tenuifolia. 



16997. Luzula albida. 



16998. Lathvrus hirsutus. 



16999. Melilotus coerulea. 



17000. Melilotus altissima. 

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Haage & Schmidt, December 28, 1905. 



17001. Melilotus officinalis. 



17002. Melilotus parviflora. 



17003. Melilotus segetalis. 



17004. Melilotus sulcata. 



17005. phalaris arundinacea. 



17006. PlSUM JOMARDI. 



17007. Plantago psyllium. 



17008. Spartium scoparium. 



17009. VlCIA AGRIGENTINA. 



17010. VlCIA AMBIGUA. 



17011. Vicia biennis. 



17012. Vicia calcarata. 



17013. Vicia cassubica. 



17014. Vicia cordata. 



17015. Vicia cornigera. 



17016. Vicia cuspidata. 



