26 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



25921 to 25925— Continued. 



Up to the third watering care must be used, after that the wheal is Btrong and 

 water ran be given at any time it is dry. The more water given the better the 

 crop. 



25922. HORDEUM sp. Hull-less barley. 

 The method of Bowing this is the same as for \\ heat, the only difference being 



that this can be sown late, as it ripens in two to three months. Flour is made 

 from it, but the bread is aol as good as the bread made from wheat (lour. Most 

 people use ii, therefore, .i- Sui too, which is made as follows: First, wash the 

 barley in cold water, after waiting one day put in the sunshine and let dry. 

 Then fry in an iron pol until brown, then take to a mill and have it ground into 

 flour, which is eaten with Ladaki tea; some eat it with water, some mix it 

 with butter, sugar, and tea, for there is no need to cook it again. If hot things 



can ti"! be had, it can be eaten with cold water. 



25923. Vicia paba I.. Horse bean. 

 Brownish black. 



25924. I. \ i in i;i - - \ in D8 L. 



This i- Bown with wheat. It ran be sown in places a little cold, and there is 



if ii 1 to use any manure. The Bowing methods are the same as those used in 



Bowing wheat. The seed is sown about the LOtfa of May and ripens in about 

 three months. A.1 the sowing time the seed needs more moisture than wheat 

 or it will do! grow well. 



25925. I'm m A.RVENS1 I Field pea. 

 This is sown in hot places, and does best in sandy soil. It is sown here about 



the U<ith or the 25th of April, and ripens in about three months. The method 

 of so* in'.' is the Bame as that of wheat, except that no manure is put on the field. 

 [f manured the plants grow very large bul without beans. The stalks are good 

 to feed i" animal-. Before Bowing, the ground Bhould be wetter than when 

 wheat i- sown or the beans will not do well. 



25926 and 25927. 



Prom Igatpuri, India. Presented by Mrs. KHie Pylc Fisher, through Miss Audrey 

 Gobs. Received August 31, 1909. 

 Seeds of the following: 



25926. Feronia I'.i.i than i i \i < orrea. 

 See No. 25888 for description. 



25927. Anona reticulata L. Custard- apple. 

 See S. P. I. No. 5210 for description. 



25928. Colchicum sp. 



From Alpine heights of Geovje Dagh, above Hassanbeyli, Amanus Mountains. 

 Presented by Mrs. F. A. Shepard, Aintab, Turkey. Received August 19, 1909. 

 "A wild colchicum having large, pink, very showy blossoms in September. Fruit 

 ripens in May." (Shepard.) 



25929 to 25931. Cuctjmis melo L. Muskmelon. 



From Columbia, Mo. Presented by Mr. G. C. Broadhead. Received August 21, 

 1909. 

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