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SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPOETED. 



16175 to 1618S. Ipomoea batatas. 



From the Ai-Iingrou Farm of the United States 

 Eeceived November 1, 1905. 



Sweet potato. 



Department of Agriculture. 



Fourteen of the best varieties, selected by Air. W. E. Beattie. 



16175. Florida. 16182. Bed Nametnond. 



16176. McCoy. 16183. 



16177. Hamburg. 16184. 



16178. WIuieYam, 16185. 



16179. miesTani. 16186. 



16180. Earlif Getieral Grant. 16187. 



16181. Biq Stem Jerm- 16188. 



Bed Jersey. 

 Bermuda. Bed. 

 Van Nesl Bed. 

 Early Bed Carolma. 

 Bronze Spanish. 

 Southern Queen. 



16189. Oryza GLUTiyoSA. 



Grlutmous rice. 



From ELiangsu Provmce, China. Presented by Dr. S. P. Barchet, of Shanghai, 

 China. Received November 4, 1905. 



'•Doctor Barchet states that the glatinous rice of China brin^ a higher price and 

 has a better flavor than ordinary rice. He personally prefers it to the latter aiid 

 ad\"ises a mixture of the glutinous with the ordinary rice claiming that it adds dis- 

 tinctly to the flavor of the dish. This is not the red rice which is considered by our 

 planters as a weed, but is a distinct variety." {FairchUd. ) 



16190. Zea aiays. 



Com. 



From Leman. Caucasus.^ Russia. Received thru Mr. Frank Bentou. of the 



16191 to 16193. 



From the Bulgarian exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. 

 Received November 7, 1905. 



16191, 

 16192. 

 16193. 



ViCIA VILLOSA. 

 ViCIA Sp. 



Beassica xapus. 



Hairy vetch. 



Vetch. 



Rape. 



16194. CUECrAlA AAIADA. 



Mango ginger. 



From Madras, India. 



■?r. .June 26. 1903. 



Received thru G. Rajah Gropal Naidu, agricultural inspect- 

 Xumbered Xovember 10, 1905. 



16195. Zingiber sp. 



Origin in doubt.) Received in November, 1905. 



16196. CuPvCUMA LOXGA. Turmeric. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Presented by Mr. H. C. Heuricksen. horticulturist of 

 the Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 7, 1905. 



" This plant was introduced from the Orient many years ago and has escaped from 

 cultivation and become a troublesome weed in pastnres in the western portion of 

 Porto Rico. It flowers freely, but spreads only from the roots. It is one of the two 

 or three commercial turmerics, bnt has no sale in this coiuitry because the special 

 process by which it is prepared in the Orient is unknown here."' {Barrett. ) 



16197 to 16207. 



From Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum. Washington. D. C. 

 Received Novenal^er 7, 1905. 



16197. Yucca sp. 

 Lower California, 1905. (E. W. Nelson No. 7129.) 

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