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135938 to 135954— Continued 



135948. Religiosum RA8-12. 



135949. BA1-8A. St. Kitts Sea Island. 



135950. Tl 9. Sea Island Crinkled. 



135951. Type 18. Sea Island Contorta. 



135952. Typel. Super- Crinkled. 



135953. BA1-1. Sea Island Normal. 



135954. Super Okra. 



135955. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



From Sweden. Seed presented by Allmanna Svenska Utsadesaktiebolaget, Svalof. 

 Received March 7, 1940. 



Sun. 

 135956 and 135957. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by Arthur M. 

 Palmer, Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Received January 26, 1940. 



Collected in Kherson, Ukraine, and said to be typical of the cottons introduced 

 into Turkistan from Iran about the twelfth century. 



135956. Guza Geratkaya. 



135957. Guza Kuldjinskaya. 



135958 and 135959. Melilotus alba Desr. Fabaceae. 



White sweetclover. 



From Canada. Seed presented by the University of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Sas- 

 katchewan. Received March 8, 1940. 



135958. Melana S-121. 



135959. Pioneer S-898. 



135960. Poa sinaica Steud. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Syria. Seed collected by Dr. W. C. Lowdermilk, Soil Conservation Service, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received March 4, 1940. 



Collected on the Syrian steppe, about 258 miles east of Damascus. A perennial 

 grass with erect, tufted stems about 1 foot high. Native to Syria. 



135961 and 135962. 



From Japan. Material presented by the Imperial Horticultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Okitsu, Shizuokaken. Received March 13, 1940. 



135961. Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh. Malaceae. 

 Scions. 



135962. Malus prunifolia var. rinki (Koidz.) Rehder. Chinese apple. 



A handsome small tree, native to China, with obovate leaves, pink or pinkish- 

 white flowers, and yellow edible apples often 2 inches in diameter. Seeds. 



135963. Podocarpus NAGI (Thunb.) Pilger. Taxaceae. 



From Japan. Seed purchased from the Chugai Nursery Co., Yamamoto, near 

 Kobe. Received March 8, 1940. 



For previous introduction see 71249. 



135964. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. 



From Sweden. Seed presented by Dr. Gosta Tometorp, Allmanna Svenska Utsa- 

 desaktiebolaget, Svalof. Received March 7, 1940. 



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