﻿58 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28024 
  to 
  28029— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28027. 
  "Kowliang. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  variety 
  on 
  trie 
  island." 
  

   (Ware.) 
  

  

  "Brown 
  Kowliang. 
  Apparently 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  22911." 
  

  

  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  "Please 
  note 
  that 
  although 
  sorgo 
  is 
  cultivated 
  on 
  an 
  extensive 
  scale 
  the 
  

  

  Chinese 
  have 
  never 
  used 
  the 
  stalk 
  for 
  sirup 
  manufacture. 
  It 
  is 
  sold 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  markets 
  in 
  bundles 
  and 
  chewed 
  for 
  the 
  juice, 
  and 
  also 
  fed 
  to 
  the 
  pigs." 
  ( 
  Ware.) 
  

  

  28028. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  Proso 
  millet. 
  

   "Mixed 
  millet. 
  This 
  is 
  mixed 
  ready 
  for 
  sowing. 
  Unless 
  mixed, 
  each 
  

  

  variety 
  would 
  be 
  too 
  hard 
  for 
  domestic 
  use, 
  but 
  in 
  growing 
  a 
  mixed 
  crop, 
  one 
  

   kind 
  is 
  fructified 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  and 
  a 
  grain 
  is 
  produced 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  valued 
  

   as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  diet. 
  In 
  many 
  places 
  it 
  is 
  ground 
  and 
  takes 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  flour." 
  

   (Ware.) 
  

  

  28029. 
  Chaetochloa 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Scribn. 
  « 
  

   "Yellow. 
  Also 
  highly 
  valued 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

  

  28028)." 
  (Ware.) 
  

  

  28030. 
  Rosa 
  gigantea 
  Collett. 
  

  

  From 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  Cal. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  Franceschi. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  

   Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  May 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   For 
  previous 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  see 
  No. 
  27301. 
  

  

  28031 
  to 
  28033. 
  Dolichos 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Poona, 
  Bombay, 
  India. 
  Procured 
  from 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  F. 
  Main, 
  deputy 
  director 
  

   of 
  agriculture. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28031. 
  Dolichos 
  biflorus 
  L. 
  

  

  "Kulthi." 
  

   28032 
  and 
  28033. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  "bean. 
  

  

  28032. 
  "Kadra 
  Wal." 
  28033. 
  " 
  Local 
  Wal" 
  

  

  28034. 
  PlNUS 
  GERAKDIANA 
  Wall. 
  

  

  From 
  Fort 
  Sandeman, 
  Baluchistan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Col. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Trench, 
  political 
  

   agent 
  in 
  Zhob. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  21819 
  and 
  25316 
  for 
  description. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  28035. 
  Phaseolus 
  aconitifolius 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  From 
  Poona, 
  Bombay, 
  India, 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  F. 
  Main, 
  deputy 
  director 
  

   of 
  agriculture. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "Math." 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  28036 
  and 
  28037. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Vollmer 
  & 
  Co., 
  Riga, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28036. 
  Trifolium 
  pratense 
  L. 
  Red 
  clover. 
  

  

  Orel. 
  

   203 
  

  

  