4.2 SEEDS ANH PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



17520. Glycine hispida. Soybean. 



From Richmond, Va. Received through. T. W. Wood & Sons, February lti, 1 * #t »* » . 



Hollybrook Early. "A particularly valuable strain of soybeans, which matures 

 its crop three weeks earlier than the Mammoth Yellow soy, and is consequently better 

 adapted for planting in sections oorth of Virginia, or for planting laic in order to 

 make a crop of Bhelled beans. Tin- yield from the Hollybrook Early soy is very 

 nearly equal to that of the Mammoth Yellow, and they are sure in make u crop of 

 The Mammoth Yellow soy requires the full growing season in mature its crop, 

 and frequently an early frost will rut short the yield of the crop of beans. There is 

 no such danger \\ ith Hollybrook Early s<>\>. and they \\ ill prove t<> be a distinct and 

 valuable acquisition." ( Wood dc Sons.) 



17521. Passiflora qi LDRANGULARI8. G-ranadilla. 



Prom Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Presented bj Mr. Elmer Stearns. Received 

 February l">. 1906. 



17522. CUCUMIS Mil". Winter muskmelon. 

 From Ispahan, Persia. Received through Mr. Frank Benton, February 14, 1906. 



•■ Bears transportation long distances over, bad roads; \i<»><\ quality, very juicy, fairly 

 Bweet Long, oval, light yellow <>r straw colored outside with rather fine brown net- 

 ting. Rind thin; flesh light straw colored, with a watery or Bemitransparent appear- 

 ance, [spahan is on a great plateau, 5,400 feel above sea level." i Benton, i 



17523 and 17524. 



From Bagdad, Turkey. Presented bj Hon. Rudolph Hurner, Qnited States 

 vice-consul. Received February s . 1906. 



17523. Zba Corn. 



■ / dreh Scham" D I Ire) Small, yellow flint corn. 



1752 1 p i SORGHUM. Sorghum. 



•/ . / <.' '• (or Irak). 



17525 to 17527. 



Fron i iho. Received through Mr. F. W. Boehme, February, 1906. 



17525. Hordeum vvlqakb. Barley. 

 Beardless. 



17526. Avi\\ 3ATIVA. Oat. 

 5 lish s, led. 



17527. A VENA BATIVA. Oat. 



Sixty-Day. 



17528 and 17529. 



From Niu-chwang, China. Received from the Chinese magistrate of the Hai- 

 cheng district, through Mr. Thomas Sammons, United States consul-general 

 at Niu-chwang, February 12, 1906. 



17528. Cannabis sattva. Hemp. 

 "Manchurian fine thread hemp seed." {Sammons. i 



17529. Abitilon avicennae. China jute. 

 "Manchurian coar.-e rope hemp seed." (Sammons.) 



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