DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 209 



15821 to 15824. 



From Trebizond, Asiatic Turkey. Secured by Mr. Frank Benton, of the Bureau 

 of Entomology. Keceived' October 2, 1905. 



Seeds obtained from Mr. Dem. Ch. Papathopoulos, of Samsoun, Asiatic Turkey. 



16821. HoRDEUM sp. Barley. 



"Said to be of superior quality; not used as a forage crop, and the grain 

 exported for use in the manufacture of beer, being especially suited for this." 

 (No. 12. ) . . 



15822 to 15824. P.\paver somniferum. Opium poppy. 



15822. White-seeded. 



Grown near Samsoun, on the south coast of the Black Sea, Turkey in 

 Asia. (No. 13.) 



15823. Mixt. 



Grown near Samsoun, Turkey in iVsia. (No. 14.) 



15824. Blue-seeded. 



Grown near Samsoun, Turkey in Asia. (No. 15.) 



15825. Andropogon sorghum. Milo. 



From Mecca, Cal. Eeceived thru Brauckman Brothers, August 7, 1905. 



15826. Festuca gigantea. 



From Agricultural College, Mich. Received thru Dr. W. J. Beal, September 

 20, 1905. 



15827. Chaetochloa italica. Millet. 



From St. Louis, Mo. Grown bv Mr. W. J. Magee in 1904. Received Septem- 

 ber, 1905. 



"The grain of the Ainu Japanese people. This sample was grown from Ainu 

 seed." {Magee.) 



15828. ScHOENOCAULON OFFICINALE (?). " CebadiUa." 



From Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Hon. William W. Canada, United States 

 consul, October 5, 1905. 



15829. HoRDEUM YULGARE. Barley. 



From Manhattan, Kans. Received thru Mr. A. M. Ten Eyck, October 6, 1905. 

 Tennessee Winter. 



15830. HoRDEUM vuLGARE. Barley. 



From Westminster, Md. Received thru Mr. H. L. Rhinehart, October 6, 1905. 

 Tennessee Winter. 



15831. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



From Grazalema, near Ronda, Spain. Received thru Mr. David Fairchild, 

 October 9, 1905. 



"This almond, a single tree of which stands in the 'huerta' of Seiior Felix 

 Enriquez, is, altho small, the highest-priced almond raised in the region, and con- 

 forms in shape and texture to the Jordan almond of Malaga. Its unusually thin 

 shell and especially delicate kernel should make it of special value in California, 

 where the tendency of these introduced hard-shelled almonds seems to be to l)ecome 

 larger and coarser. This almond may develop in California into a larger sized supe- 

 rior type of Jordan almond." {Fairchild.) 



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