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134596. Triticum durum var. fere-alexandrinum Jacub. and Nikol. 

 Poaceae. Wheat. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by G. Grossman, 

 Chief, Bureau of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received December 4, 1939. 



Originally from Syria. A smooth-awned wheat. 



For previous introduction see 115855. 



134597. Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. Phoenicaeeae. 



Indian date palm. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by L. W. Bryan, Department of Forestry, Hilo, 

 through the Fairchild Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla. Received in November 

 1939. Numbered in December 1939. 



For previous introduction see 124801. 



134598. Olea sp. Oleaceae. Olive. 



From India. Seeds presented by Captain A. E. G. Davy, Assistant Political 

 Agent, Fort Sandeman, Zhob, Baluchistan. Received November 29, 1939. 



Wild olives which grow under very dry conditions and great range of annual 

 temperature. 



134599 and 134600. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Dr. Willmar Schwabe, Director of the 

 Botanical Garden, Leipzig. Received November 29, 1939. 



134599. Peunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Sweet cherry. 



134600. Pruntjs mahaleb L. Mahaleb cherry. 



134601 and 134602. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by William Robb, Scottish Society for Research 

 in Plant Breeding, Craigs House, Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Received 

 December 9, 1939. 



134601. No. 289-5-A-1-C-2-A. 



134602. No. 289^5-A-l-C-2-C. 



134603. Diosptrossp. Diospyraceae. 



From Maryland. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Glenn Dale. Received December 26, 1934. Numbered in December 1939. 



134604 and 134605. 



Prom England. Seeds purchased from Gartons, Ltd., Warrington. Received 

 December 12, 1939. 



134604. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 

 Royal Scot, a new white oat. 



134605. Sec ale cere ale L. Poaceae. Rye. 

 Re-Selected Giant Large-Grained Winter rye. 



134606. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



From Iowa. Scions presented by H. L. Lantz, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Ames. Received December 13, 1939. 



Tioma pear. Originally from Manchuria. 



134607 to 134666. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by W. V. Harlan, collaborator, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture.- Received Novem- 

 ber 25, 1939. 



134607. Aegilops sp. Poaceae. 



September 2, 1939. Collected south of Khanabad at 4,000 feet altitude. 



