﻿24 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28998. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  Proso. 
  

   From 
  OKI 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1398a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  whitish-seeded 
  variety 
  of 
  proso. 
  Other 
  remarks 
  on 
  preceding 
  number 
  apply 
  

   also 
  to 
  this 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  28999. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  Proso. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1399a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  yellow-seeded 
  variety 
  of 
  proso. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29000. 
  Chaetochloa 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Scribn. 
  Italian 
  millet. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1400a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  white 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  millet." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29001. 
  Chaetochloa 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Scribn. 
  Siberian 
  millet. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1401a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  red 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  millet. 
  

  

  "The 
  remarks 
  made 
  on 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  apply 
  also 
  to 
  these." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29002. 
  Echinochloa 
  frumentacea 
  (Roxb.) 
  Link. 
  

  

  From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1402a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  

   variety 
  of 
  Japanese 
  millet, 
  used 
  as 
  food 
  by 
  the 
  poorest 
  classes. 
  This 
  seed 
  was 
  

   6ifted 
  out 
  of 
  some 
  rice 
  seed 
  and 
  is 
  apparently 
  a 
  weed." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29003. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   From 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1403a, 
  June 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  Winter 
  barley 
  grown 
  

  

  with 
  slight 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Merv. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  

   dry 
  and 
  hot 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29004. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   From 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (No. 
  1404a, 
  June 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  Summer 
  barley 
  grown 
  

  

  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Merv. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Barley, 
  in 
  central 
  Asia, 
  takes 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  that 
  oats 
  do 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  is 
  fed 
  

   everywhere 
  to 
  cart 
  and 
  riding 
  horses, 
  which 
  apparently 
  relish 
  the 
  food." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29005. 
  Trlticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1405a, 
  July 
  3, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  winter 
  wheat 
  grown 
  without 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Samarkand. 
  

   Very 
  much 
  in 
  favor 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  for 
  bread 
  making; 
  apparently 
  rich 
  in 
  

   gluten. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  the 
  drier 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29006. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1406a, 
  July 
  3, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  local 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  soft 
  white 
  wheat." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29007. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1407a, 
  July 
  3, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good 
  

  

  local 
  variety 
  of 
  hard 
  white 
  wheat. 
  

  

  "The 
  two 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  1405a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   29005)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29008. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Pendshikent, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1408a, 
  July 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  dark 
  winter 
  wheat 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  without 
  

   irrigation. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

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