64 seeds and plants imported. 



6163. Spirostachis occidentals. 



From Byron, Cal. Received through Prof. J. Burtt Davy, April 1, 1901. 



6164. Cannabis ixdica. Hemp. 



From Calcutta, India. Received through Prof. D. Prain, superintendent of the 

 Sibpur Botanical Garden, April, 1901. 



Hasheesh, the well-known opiate, is extracted from the resin of this plant. 



6165 to 6168. Beta vulgaris. Chard. 



From San Giovannia a Teduccio, Italy. Received through Daniinann & Co., 

 April 1, 1901. 



6165. 6167. 



Chilean scarlet-ribbed. Chilean yelloiv-ribbed. 



6166. 6168. 



Silver-ribbed (yellowish white) . Silver-ribbed, curled. 



6169. Raphanus sattvus. Radish. 



From Acneta, Cal. Received March 25, 1901. Seed grown from No. 1237, 

 Inventory No. 2. 



6170. CiTRULLUS vulgaris. Watermelon. 



From Forestburg, S. Dak. Received through Mr. H. C. Warner, March 19, 1901. 

 Seed grown from No. 61, Inventory No. 1. 



"This was the best in quality of 80 varieties in two different seasons. Medium 

 size, oblong, light and dark-green striped, sometimes all light. Flesh dark red, 

 sweet, very rich, early." (Warner.) 



6171. Citrullus vulgaris. Watermelon. 



From Forestburg, S. Dak. Received through Mr. H. C. Warner, March 19, 1901. 

 Seed grown from No. 105, Inventory No. 1. 



"Medium size, round, light and dark-green striped, flesh red, sweet; productive, 

 early. ' ' ( Warner. ) 



6172. Zea mays. Corn. 



From Summerville, S. C. Received through Mr. H. A. Jamison, March, 1901. 

 Egyptian. Seed grown from No. 3998, Inventory No. 8. 



6173. Ipomoea batatas. Sweet potato. 



From Manatee, Fla. Received through Mr. A. J. Pettigrew, March, 1901. 



6174. A VENA sativa. Oat. 



From Mustiala, Finland. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild ( No. 

 425), April 3, 1901. 



North Finnish Black. "Dr. Gosta Grotenfelt, director of the Agricultural Institute 

 of Mustiala, has grown this Black oat from seed imported from Tornea, Paavola, and 

 Umea (this latter in Sweden). He finds the seed from Tornea and Uinea very sim- 

 ilar, but the Paavola variety is somewhat browner, not black and gray in color like 

 the other two sorts. He has also compared the North Finnish Black with Canadian 

 oats, which he got through the seed-breeding institute of Svalof, Sweden. The 

 comparison is as follows: Canada took one hundred and thirteen days to ripen, 

 while the North Finnish Black took only ninety-eight ;days. The latter is the average 

 for four years (1892-1895). In comparison with all sorts of foreign-grown varieties 

 the figures for the four years stand as 9S.9: 111.8 days for ripening period. Dr. Groten- 

 felt says that the yield is small. For 1895, 42.4 kilos of dried straw and grain (air 

 dried) per are. The foreign sorts yielded in the same year 49.1 kilos per are. The 



