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SEEDS AND PLANTS KM PORTED. 



23930 to 24113— Continued. 



24087 to 24109— Continued. 



24091. "(No. 1117a. i Chinese name Tze chiang hsi la hua." 



24092. "(No. L148a.) Chinese name Nan hong chiang hsi la hua." 



24093. "(No. 1 1 19a. Chinesename Moohojunglchuchianghsilahua." 



24094. "(No. L150a. Chinesename Huayung tchu chiang hsila." 



24095. "(No. L151a.) Chinesename Fen yung tchu chiang hsi la." 



24096. "(No. L152a.) Chinesename Tze yung tchu chiang hsi la." 



24097. "(No. L153a.) Chinesename Bong yung tchu chiang hsi la." 



24098. "(No. L154a.) Chinesename Pai yung tchu chiang hsi la." 



24099. "(No. L155a.) Chinese name Pai hua pien chiang hsi la." 



24100. "(No. L156a. Chinesename Tze hua pien chiang hsi la." 



24101. " No. L157a. ' hinese name Chiang hsi chii." 



24102. "(No. L158a.) Chinese name Pai Tcwei choo chii." 



24103. "(No. L159a.) Chinese name Hong kwei chow chii." 



24104. "(No. L160a.) Chinese name Huang kwei chow chii." 



24105. "(No. L161a.) Chinese name Lang kwei chow chii." 



24106. "(No. L162a.) Chinese name Fen kwei chow chii." 



24107. "(No. L163a.) Chinesename Tz\ kwei chow chii." 



24108. "(No. L164a. Chinese name Hua kwei chov. chii." 



24109. "(No. L165a.) ' hinese name Mm, in, kwei chow chii." 



"The above are apparently various forms and varieties of our ordinary garden 

 asterj which i- beld in bigh esteem by t he Chinese as a garden flower. There 

 are said to be yellow-flowered varieties anions this collection, but in general 

 the seeds will be found to be very much mixed. 



"As the garden aster i of northern Asia there may be found some 



types among this lol thai may be of value for breeding purposes or for rather 

 uncongenial climates." I Meyer.) 



24110 to 24112. Panicum miliaceum L. Proso millet. 



From northern Korea. (September, 1906.) 



24110. "(Xo. llGSa.j A white-seeded drooping millet." 



24111. "(No. 1169a.) A red-seeded drooping millet." 



24112. "(Xo. 1170a. ) A black-seeded drooping millet." 



"Apparently rare forms of millet grown by the Koreans for food. These few 

 seeds were picked by me, while passing a few fields near the upper regions of 

 the Tumen River and I never came across them again later on." (Meyer.) 



24113. Panicum sp. 



From northern Korea. "(Xo. 1171a, September, 1906.) A millet grown on 

 very low lying lands; used by the poor peasants, when ground up, as a gruel. 

 Try it on low river bottoms as a late fodder crop; it stools out enormously on 



rich land. 

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(Meyer.) 



