Inventory 75, Seeds and Plants Imported 



PLATE II 



Fig. I. — Barley Growing in an Algerian Oasis (Hordeum vulgare 



PALLIDUM SERINGE; S. P. I. NO. 57052' 



In the endeavor to secure new cereal strains for use in improving varieties now being cultivated 

 in the Lmited States, the United States Department of Agriculture recently sent abroad an 

 experienced cerealist to look for promising types. Among the places visited were a number 

 of the larger oases in northern Africa. The illustration shows a plat of barley, probably a 

 winter variety, growing in the oasis of Temacin, Algeria. Seeds of this variety were obtained 

 for testing in the warmer portions of the semiarid Southwest. (Photographed by H. V. 

 Harlan, April 5, 1923) 



Fig. 2. - Mariout Barley in Its Original Home 'Hordeum vulgare 



PALLIDUM SERINGE; S. P. I. NOS. 57637 TO 57639 



The semiarid region in the vicinity of Lake Mariut, northern Egypt, 1ms the distinction of 

 being the home of the original Mariout barley, from which many selections have been made. 

 This region probably has the lowest rainfall of any in the world in which crops are grown, 

 and seed was secured here of a number of promising barley types which may prove of great 

 value in sections of the United States where drought resistance in cereals is essential. (Photo- 

 graphed by II. V. Harlan. Burg el Arab, Egypt, May 7, 1923) 



