DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



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of the Orel government. The grower made a practise of saving his own seed, and 

 hence this strain had been grown on the same estate for a number of years. 



According to ?Jr. Goegginger, the government of Orel furnishes the best red clover 

 seed obtainable in Russia. Its chief crops are winter rye and oats, and it is in rota- 

 tion with these that the clover is grown. A small quantity of winter wheat is also 

 grown. 



This variety is distinguished by the dustlessness of its hay, due to almost complete 

 absence of hairiness from all parts of the plant; by its heavy yields for the tirst crop; 

 by its leaiiness and the persistence of the basal leaves; by the succulence of the 

 stems, which improves greatly the quality of the hay and reduces the waste due to 

 woody, uneatal)le portions; by greater palatability than hay from domestic seed, and 

 by the fact that it comes to proper maturity for harvesting from ten days to two 

 weeks lat^r than the ordinary American red clover. 



Except in certain sections and for certain purposes this variety is not recom- 

 mended for supplanting domestic red clover, but rather for supplementing the lat- 

 ter. See Bulletin No. 95 of the Bureau of Plant Industrv entitled "A Xew Type of 

 B^edCloyer." {Charles J. Brand.) 



10533 and 10534. Trifolium pratexse. 



Red clover. 



From Riaa, Russia. Secured bv Mr. E. A. Bessev from Mr. Fr. Lassmann, Riga, 

 Russia^ Received March 21,^1904. 



10533. 



From estate owned by ]\Ir. Legsdin, Mohileff government, near Zhlobin. 

 10534. Courland. 

 From estate of Mr. Sillin, Xeuhof, Courland government. A high-growing 

 sort. 



10535 to 10543. Yicia faba. Broad bean. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Yilmorin-Andrieux & Co., March 21, 1904. 



10535. 



Large, common field va- 



10539. 



Windsor. 





riety. 



10540. 



Green Windsor, or Genoa 



10536. 



Perfection. 



10541. 



Small Green Julienne. 



10537. 



Serilla, long-podded. 



10542. 



Divorf Early. 



10538. 



Aguaduke, extra long- 

 podded. 



10543. 



Bed'' 8 Gem, green. 



10544. 



Originally from Spain. 

 March 20, 1904. 



Bean. 



Received thru Mr. Rosendo Torras, of Brunswick, Ga., 



Large white beans, slightly marked with red, varying in size, 

 different from any raised in this country." ^ ( Torras. ) 



"Apparently 



10545. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From Vienna, Austria. Received thru Dr. Victor Lieb, Court Gardener to 

 Palace of Miramar, near Trieste, Austria, March 24, 1904. 



10546. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From Lulea, Sweden. Received thru Dr. Paul Hellstrom, March 24, 1904. 



Grown at Person Norrbattens Lau, Sweden, in 1901. Imported for the experi- 

 ments in the breeding of timothy at Ithaca, N. Y. 



10547 to 10550. Phleum spp. 



From Vienna, Austria. Received thru Doctor Weinzierl, Councilor, Seed Con- 

 trol Station in Vienna, March 24, 1904. 



Four species of Phleum from the experiment station in the Austrian Alps, known 

 as the Sandling-Alp Station, which has won a wide reputation for its work on 



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