APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1923 



29 



57515 to 57611— Continued. 



57537 to 57610. Triticum durum Desf. 

 Durum wheat. 



"All the 1920 crop, 

 irieties." 



taken from 



Marinpol 



57537. 



No. 28. 



57574. 



No. 105. 



57538. 



No. 29. 



57575. 



No. 106. 



57539. 



No. 30. 



57576. 



No. 108. 



57540. 



No. 32. 



57577. 



No. 114. 



57541. 



No. 34. 



57578. 



No. 120. 



57542. 



No. 36. 



57579. 



No. 121. 



57543. 



No. 37. 



57580. 



No. 122. 



57544. 



No. 40. 



57581. 



No. 123. 



57545. 



No. 41. 



57582. 



No. 125. 



57546. 



No. 42. 



57583. 



No. 128. 



57547. 



No. 43. 



57584. 



No. 129. 



57548. 



No. 44. 



57585. 



No. 130. 



57549. 



No. 48. 



57586. 



No. 131. 



57550. 



No. 50. 



57587. 



No. 134. 



57551. 



No. 52. 



57588. 



No. 135. 



57552. 



No. 53. 



57589. 



No. 138. 



57553. 



No. 54. 



57590. 



No. 139. 



57554. 



No. 55. 



57591. 



No. 140. 



57555. 



No. 58. 



57592. 



No. 144. 



57556. 



No. 60. 



57593. 



No. 148. 



57557. 



No. 64. 



57594. 



No. 150. 



57558. 



No. 65. 



57595. 



No. 151. 



57559. 



No. 66. 



57596. 



No. 185. 



57560. 



No. 70. 



57597. 



No. 195. 



57561. 



No. 74. 



57598. 



No. 204. 



57562. 



No. 75. 



57599. 



No. 211. 



57563. 



No. 81. 



57600. 



No. 212. 



57564. 



No. 83 



57601. 



No. 213. 



57565. 



No. 84. 



57602. 



No. 217. 



57566. 



No. 89. 



57603. 



No. 225. 



57567. 



No. 90. 



57604. 



No. 227. 



57568. 



No. 91. 



57605. 



No. 230. 



57569. 



No. 95. 



57606. 



No. 233. 



57570. 



No. 99. 



57607. 



No. 236. 



57571. 



No. 101. 



57608. 



No. 237- 



57572. 



No. 103. 



57609. 



No. 238. 



57573. 



No. 104. 



57610. 



No. 239- 



57611. Stepa pennata lessingiana (Trin. 

 and Rupr.) Richter. Poaceae. Grass. 



Many of the species of Stipa are valuable as 

 fodder grasses, and this native Siberian spe- 

 cies is introduced for testing in this country. 



57612^toI57664. 



From Egypt. Seeds collected by Dr. H.tV. 

 Harlan, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 June 20, 1923. Quoted notes by Doctor 

 Harlan. 



Introduced for department cerealists. 



57612 to 57627. Hordeum distichon pal- 

 mella Harlan. Poaceae. 



Two-rowed barley. 



"From the district of Mariut." 



57612. "(No. 76b. Eseila. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes from the field of Zein Mokhtar." 



57612 to 57664— Continued. 



57613. "(No. 77b. Sidi Shaher Roho. 

 May 7, 1923.) Spikes of barley col- 

 lected in a field." 



57614. "(No. 79b. Eseila. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in the field of Abdel 

 Kerim Olyan." 



57615. "(No. 80b. Behig. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in a field." 



57616. "(No. 81b. Behig. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in a second field near 

 Behig." 



57617. "(No. 83b. Burg el Arab. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the fields of 

 three farmers." 



57618. "(No. 84b. Burg el Arab. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the fields of 

 three farmers." 



57619. "(No. 87b. Abu Sir. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes collected in two fields in 

 Abu Sir." 



57620. "(No. 88b. Behig. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes selected in a field in Behig." 



57621. "(No. 90b. Hamaria. May 8, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields of 

 standing barley." 



«*«,. '(No. 91b. Hamaria. May 8> 

 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields of 

 standing barley." 



57623. "(No. 92b. Bring! Mariut. May 

 8, 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields 

 of standing barley." 



57624. "(No. 93b. Eringi Mariut. May 

 8, 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields 

 of standing barley." 



57625. "(No. 96b. Abu Sir. May , 

 1923.) Barley spikes from a depression 

 at Abu Sir, where the water table was 

 higher than at any other field seen. 

 The barley was not so ripe." 



57626. "(No. 99b. El Faish, Amria. 

 May 8, 1923.) Spikes from the field of 

 Sheik Abdel Halim, who has grown it 

 12 years. Supposed to be the original 

 Mariout variety." 



57627. "(No. 100b. Amria. May 8, 1923.) 

 Spikes from the field of Ali Abdel 

 Salsun, who has grown it 25 years. 

 Supposed to be the original Mariout 

 variety. Although badly mixed with 

 barley from the delta and from Asia 

 Minor, he was able to pick out what 

 he thought the original form. It was 

 similar to the California Mariout." 



57628 to 57652. Hordeum vulgare pallidum 

 Seringe. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



57628. "(No. 71. Minieh. May 4, 1923.) 

 Spikes from a field of ' Beladi' (' Beladi' 

 means village) . This local variety con- 

 tains several types. Grown under 

 canal irrigations." 



57629. "(No. 74. Shousha, Markaz Sa- 

 molut, Minieh. May 5, 1923.) Barley 

 from the basin where only the one Nile 

 irrigation is given. The seed in the- 

 basins is rarely or never changed. Un- 

 der canal irrigation the seed is often 

 changed." 



"The following are all from the district of 

 Mariut." 



57630. "(No. 76a. Eseila. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes from the field of Zein Mokhtar." 



57631. "(No. 77a.^ Sidi Shaher Roho. 

 May 7, 1923.) Spikeslof barley col- 

 lected in a field." 



