46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24828 to 24833. Gossypium barbadense L. Cotton. 



From Egypt. Presented by F. Fletcher, esq., School of Agriculture, Ghizeh, 

 Egypt, at the request of Mr. T. H. Kearney. Received February 27, 1909. 



24828. Ashmuni. 24831. Sultani. 



24829. MitAfifi- 24832. Jannovitch. 



24830. Abbasi. 24833. Nubari. 



These cottons were obtained for Mr. T. II. Kearney's experimental work in the 

 Southwest. 



24839 and 24840. Glycine iiispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



Grown at the Arlington Experimental Farm, Virginia, from seed obtained from 

 Dr. S. P. Barchet, Shanghai, China, in' 1906. 

 Seed of the following: 



24839. Greenish. Grown in 1908 under temporary numbers 0578 and 0579, 

 which proved to be identical. 



24840. Yellow. Grown in 1908 under temporary number 0580. 



24845 to 24851. 



From China. Received through Mr. E. II. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass., in cooperation with 1 his Department, February 4, 1909. 

 The following seeds: 



24845. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 



"(No. 1381.) The wheal commonly cultivated around Tatienlu, China, 

 at altitudes between 8,000 and 11,000 feet." {Wilson.) 



24846 and 24847. Avena nuda L. Oat. 



"(Nos. L382 and L.'i82a.) These are the oats cultivated in the neighborhood 

 of Tatienlu, China, at from (J, 500 to 11,000 feet altitude." (Wilson.) 



24848. Hordeum vulgare himalayense Ritl ig. Barley. 

 Distribution. — Cultivated in the mountains of the Chinese Empire, at ele- 

 vations from 9,000 to 14,000 feet. 



24849. Hordeum vulgare violaceum Koern. Barley. 

 "(Nos. 1379 and 1380.) These are barleys cultivated in the highlands west 



of Tatienlu, China. No. 1380 (S. P. I. No. 24849), a purple kind, is capable 

 of cultivation at greater altitudes than any other cereal both in west and north- 

 west Szechwan, China. Its belt is 11,000 to 13,000 feet." (Wilson.) 



Distribution. — Cultivated in the mountains of the Chinese Empire. Also 

 reported as cultivated in Sweden. 



24850. Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. Buckwheat. 

 "(No. 1383.) Ku ch'iao is the buckwheat commonly cultivated to the west 



and southeast of Tatienlu, China." (Wilson.) 



Distribution. — Cultivated in the mountains of China, and in India and to 

 some extent in Europe. 



24851. Rheum sp. Rhubarb. 

 "(No. 1247.) This medicinal rhubarb is fairly common in the uplands to 



the west and southeast of Tatienlu, China, at altitudes between 10,000 and 

 12,000 feet. It prefers moist, rocky ground. I have sent it that you may 

 compare it with the rhubarb sent from Hupeh, China, last year (S. P. I. No. 

 21319). Personally I consider the plants identical." (Wilson.) 

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