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85044 and 35045. 



rrom Chile. Collected by Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry-. 

 Received February- 27, 1913. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Wight: 



36044. ViciA FABA L. Broad bean. 



"(30) Beans that look verj- ordinary to me, but the market woman aaj-a 

 they are extra fine and much prized by the English and Grermans." 

 35045. SoLAXt-M sp. 



•'An attractive ornamental shrub, on the way from Mendoza to Ixe Andes 

 Chilean side, at probably 6,000 feet altitude. Xo more seed available.'" 



35046. Peuxts brigaxttn a Villars. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received March 17. 1913. 

 See S. P. I. No. 34851 for previous introduction. 

 Scions. 



35049 to 35057. 



From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Mr. Basil Benzin. Department of 

 Agriculture. Received February- 3-15, 1913. 

 "Most of the samples are from Semirj-etchensk Government, northeastern part of 

 Turkestan, with high plateau and moderate climate.'' {Btnzin.\ 

 Seeds of the following: 



35049 and 35060. Chaetochloa itauca (L.)Scribner. Siberian millet. 

 {Setaria italica Beauv.) 

 "(26 and 27) Red Kursk millet." 



'* ^ese appear to be fairly good samples of the orange-seeded foxtail millet, 

 such as is ordinarily grown by the farmers of Russia." (H. X. Vinall.) 



35051. HoRDEUM DisTiCHOX NtTiAXS Schubl. Barley. 

 Two-row Kirghizian barley, from Tchimkent. S>T-Daria Government.'' 



35052. HoRDEiTM vuLGARE L. Barley. 

 "(19) A 6-row barley from Turbat, S\T-Daria (Government." 



35053. HoRDEUM DisTiCHOX xuTAXs Schubl. Barley. 

 "(100) Barley, unirrigated. from Pishpek District, Semiryetchensk Govern- 

 ment.'' 



35054 to 35056. PAXictrii mlliaceum L. Prose. 



35054. "(23) Black prose from Merke, Syr-D^ia Government." 



35055. "(24^) Black Turkestan prose from Pishpek District, Semint et- 

 chensk Government." 



35056. "(25) Red prose from Aulie-ata, Syr-Daria Government." 

 35037. Lixm usrrATissrauM L. Flax. 



"7133 » Flax, irrigated, from Tashkend, Syr-Daria Government." 



35058 to 35074. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Haage & Schmidt, through Mr. C. V. 

 Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry-. Received March 20. 1913. 

 Seeds of the following : 



35058. Chloris distichophylla Lagasca. 

 ^,6974.) 



