JULY, 1906, TO DECEMBER, 1907. Ill 



20521 to 20795— Continued. 



20673. Bromus steeilis. 



From Poltava province, Russia. "(No. 153.) If sown in the fall the 

 seeds may scatter so that it becomes a very bad weed ; but if sown in the 

 spring it gives a fine grass for cutting by June and July. It seeds in 

 August and hence should be cut early." (Hansen.) 



20674. Zea mays. Corn. 



From Khokand, Russian Turkestan. "(No. 154.) Indian corn grown 

 by the Mohammedans at Khokand. This white, rather flinty corn has 

 probably been selected for drought resistance. The kernels are small." 

 (Hansen.) 



20675. Panictjm crus-galli. Barnyard millet. 



From Ussurie province, Siberia. "(No. 155.) This is our barnyard 

 grass as found native in the Ussurie province of the Pacific coast sec- 

 tion of Siberia. It is considered a good forage plant there, although 

 coarse. A Japanese form of this species has been introduced by a western 

 seedsman as Billion-Dollar grass." (Hansen.) 



20676. Phleum boehmeri. 



From Samara province, Russia. "(No. 156.) Seed gathered by Mr. 

 Klingen, government agronomist, in 1904. See No. 147 (S. P. I. No. 

 20667)." (Hansen.) 



20677. Chaetochloa alopecuroides. 



From Ussurie province, Siberia. "(No. 157.) See No. 133 (S. P. I. No. 

 20653)." (Hansen.) 



20678. Panicum miliaceum. Broom-corn millet. 

 From Manchuria. "(No. 158.) The common millet of Manchuria. The 



present seed was brought by a Russian student-soldier from Manchuria 

 after the Russo-Japanese war." (Hamen.) 



20679. Stipa pennata. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 159.) Variety grafflana. The Kirghiz 

 Tartar horses are fond of it and will dig away the snow in winter to get 

 at it. It is best for pasture and should be cut after the seeds, which 

 are heavy, fall. The long-tailed seeds are hygroscopic, and when they 

 get into the wool of a sheep they screw their way into its flesh, sometimes 

 killing the animal. After the seeds blow away the grass is found to be 

 nutritious. The present seed is No. 2476 of Professor Williams, of the 

 Moscow Agricultural College, and is the first generation from the original 

 seed gathered in 1904 from Turgai province, in western Siberia, east of 

 Orenburg, which is on the boundary line of European Russia and Siberia." 

 (Hansen.) 



20680. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Kargopol, Olonetz province, Russia. "(No. 160.) Winter wheat 

 from Kargopol, which is about 210 miles southwest of Archangel, hence 

 almost up to the Arctic Circle, where there is often not much snow." 

 (Hansen.) 



20681. Chaetochloa viridis. Green foxtail. 

 From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 161.) This is an annual grass very 



good for hay in the Caucasus and Siberia, but considered a weed in 

 central Russia. In the Caucasus the natives call it ' timothy grass hay.' 

 The present seed is the sixth or seventh generation under cultivation by 

 Professor Williams, of the Moscow Agricultural College, of the forms of 

 the species from Kharkov and Don provinces. At Moscow it would be re- 

 garded rather as a weed because it is not cultivated and timothy is 

 better ; in fact, timothy becomes very near being a perennial at Moscow." 

 (Hansen.) 

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