42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



17520. Glycine hispida. Soy bean. 



From Richmond, Va. Received through T. W. Wood & Sons, February 16, 1906. 



Hollybrook Early. "A particularly valuable strain of soybeans, which matures 

 its crop three weeks earlier than the Mammoth Yellow soy, and is consequently better 

 adapted for planting in sections north of Virginia, or for planting late in order to 

 make a crop of shelled beans. The yield from the Hollybrook Early soy is very 

 nearly equal to that of the Mammoth Yellow, and they are sure to make a crop of 

 beans. The Mammoth Yellow soy requires the full growing season to mature its crop, 

 and frequently an early frost will cut short the yield of the crop of beans. There is 

 no such danger with Hollybrook Early soys, and they will prove to be a distinct and 

 valuable acquisition." ( Wood & Sons.) 



17521. Passiflora quadrangularis. Granadilla. 



From Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Elmer Stearns. Received 

 February 15, 1906. 



17522. Cucumis melo. Winter muskmelon. 



From Ispahan, Persia. Received through Mr. Frank Benton, February 14, 1906. 



' ' Bears transportation long distances over bad roads; good quality, very juicy, fairly 

 sweet. Long, oval, light yellow or straw colored outside with rather fine brown net- 

 ting. Rind thin; flesh light straw colored, with a watery or semitransparent appear- 

 ance. Ispahan is on a great plateau, 5,400 feet above sea level." (Benton. ) 



17523 and 17524. 



From Bagdad, Turkey. Presented by Hon. Rudolph Hurner, United States 

 vice-consul. Received February 8, 1906. 



17523. Zea mays. Corn. 

 u Edreh Scham" (Damascus Edreh). Small, yellow flint corn. 



17524. Andropogon sorghum. Sorg-hum. 



' 'Edreh Trak " ( or Irak ) . 



17525 to 17527. 



From Geneva, Idaho. Received through Mr. F. W. Boehme, February, 1906. 



17525. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 

 Beardless. 



17526. A vena sativa. Oat. 

 Swedish Select. 



17527. A vent a sativa. Oat. 

 Sixty-Day. 



17528 and 17529. 



From Mu-chwang, China. Received from the Chinese magistrate of the Hai- 

 cheng district, through Mr. Thomas Sammons, United States consul-general 

 at Niu-chwang, February 12, 1906. 



17528. Cannabis sativa. Hemp. 

 ' ' Manchurian fine thread hemp seed. ' ' (Sammons. ) 



17529. Abutilon avicennae. China jute. 

 "Manchurian coarse rope hemp seed." (Sammons.) 



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