92 SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



12453 to 12547 — Continued. 

 12464 to 12478— Continued. 



12476. Ilafa-ri paddy. From Madampe, Xorth Central Province. 



Somewhat mixed with native varieties. 



12477. Pidid--hsinbaii paddy. From Kegalle district. 



12478. Riit-heJ paddy. Up-coiintry grrain, inchned to he Avhite. tho 



husk is rather dark. 



12479 to 12488. Rice. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented hy Mr. E. Derry. assistant 

 superintendent of the Botanical Gardens. Received Xovemher 9, 1904. 



12479. Aroiig paddy. Used for makmg flour, and when cooked is 



hard and white. Always used by the natives. 

 Mr. Derry uses thej:erm "paddy" to signify wet-land rice, and the 

 term "pulot"" to indicate dry-land rice. 



12480. Krrnclio (or Keroncho) paddy. Used same as 12479; price same 



also. 



12481. ( 'Jiciiuira-pntri irdddy. Used same as 12479: price same also. 



12482. Seri-bumi paddy. First-class flour for making cakes; pure 



white when cooked. 



12483. Semajye paddy. First-class flour for cakes and for the natives. 



12484. jRadi/i paddy. Used for rice by the natives. 



12485. Bunga-mdong pulot. Used for making cakes of any kind, but 



when cooked is hard and white. 



12486. Seong-ular pulot. Use and price same as 12485. 



12487. J/(?m/( pulot (or paddy "i. Use and price same as 12485. 



12488. Manek paddy. Used only for feeding ttirtledoves and ring- 



doves. 



12489 to 12512. . Rice. 



From Georgetown. Demerara, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. B. 

 Howell Jones. Received in August. 1904. 



12489. Rice of the kind usually grown in British Guiana. 

 12490 to 12511. 



Samples experimentally grown at the Georgetown Botanical Gardens 

 from imported Cevlon rice. Thev are distingruished bv number onlv. 

 Xos. 12490 to 12503 are '^Ordinary rice."" ^'os. 12504 to 12511 are M-hat 

 are known as "Hill rice." 



12512. From the Berbice River district. 



12513 to 12515. Rice. 



From Bulkeley, Ramleh, Egypt. Presented by Hon. Lionel Sandars. 

 Received during the summer of 1904. 



12513. Yahan (or Tapani) paddy. From Daira Draneht Pasha, 



Kafr-el-Dawar. 



12514. Soultani (or Sultani) paddy. Same soun-e as 12513. 



12515. Sahaiiii (or Sabini) paddy. Same source as 12513. 



12516 to 12518. Rice. 



From Siam. Presented by the Arracan Company, of Bangkok, thru Dr. 

 T. Hey wood Hays, of that place. Received October 21, 1904. 



12516. Xaichonchiset' paddy. Usually considered the finest quality 



in Bangkok. 



12517. Sakakrang -paddy. Good quahty; long grain. 



12518. Paknampho paddy. ^Medium quality. 



