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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



33406 to 33422. 



From India, Presented by Mr. John D. Shanahan, Spencer Kellogg & Sons, 

 Buffalo, N. Y., who procured them from the Allahabad Exhibition, India, 

 unless otherwise noted. Received April 2, 1912. 

 The following oil seeds; quoted notes by Mr. Shanahan: 



33406. LiNUM usiTATissiMUM L. Linseed. 

 "A white linseed from Government Experiment Farm, Central Provinces." 



33407. Pap AVER somniferum L. Poppy. 

 33408 to 33417. Ricinus communis L. Castor bean. 



"There is one feature about the castor bean which all the evidence the 

 writer could collect seems to bear out, and that is that the smaller bean is very 

 much more desirable for commercial use than the larger one, as it is generally 

 given credit for producing a larger yield and better quality of oil. This, of 

 course, is only in a general way. In India, where the gi'eater part of the com- 

 mercial castor is obtained, the product grown in the territory surrounding 

 Cawnpore is usually very large, and in commercial contracts this bean is 

 baiTed on account of its large size and insignificant yield of oil. 



''The castor-bean plant gi'ows very lai'ge in some sections, reaching a height 

 of from 25 to 30 feet, and in India it is mostly grown as a hedge plant, surround- 

 ing fields and dooryards. The manufacture of castor oil is growing in this 

 country, and it seems to the writer that the production of beans in this country 

 should be encouraged." 



33408. "From Agra." 



33409. "From Agra." 



33410. " From Cawnpore.** 



33411. "From Ghazipur.'? 



33412. -'From Gondo." 



33413. 'From Lucknow." 



33414. 'From Manipur. (Bronze medal.)" 



33415. "From Government Experiment Farm." 



33416. 'From Government Experiment Farm. (Big Kharif.)" 



33417. "Sample of commercial seed secured at a native mill at Cal- 

 cutta, March, 1911. Said to have come from Madras and to be the best 

 quality for yield and quantity of oil used in Calcutta." 



33418 to 33420. Sesamum orientale L. Sesame. 

 {Sesamum indicum L.) 



33418. "From Government Experiment Farm, Central Provinces." 

 Brown seeded. 



33419. White seeded. 



33420. "From Government Experiment Farm, Native Provinces. 

 (Native Til . ) " Yellowish seeded. 



33421. Brassica sp. Mustard. 



" (Sarson.)" 



33422. GuizoTiA abyssinica (L.) Casa. Niger. 

 "Niger seed from Cawnpore." 



