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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37733 and 37734^Continued. 



throughout the summer two varieties of sorghum should be sown, a 

 very early kind, lantar, which can be first cut at the beginning of 

 July, and a rather late kind which yields well, such as Orange Kansas, 

 which can be cut for the first time at the end of July." (Bulletin 

 Agricultural Intelligence and Plant Diseases, vol. 3, No. 6, p. 1308, 

 1912.) 



87735. Pelargonhtm radula (Cav.) L'Heritier. Geraniacese. 



Rose geranium. 



From Algeria. Presented by A. Mermier Boyer, Chabet el Ameur. Re- 

 ceived April 15, 1914. 



" The rose geranium, a plant with an exquisite odor, grown and distilled in 

 France, Spain, Algiers, and the island of Reunion, deserves some considera- 

 tion with regard to cultivation, inasmuch as the oil distilled from the plant 

 is of such a nature as to make it almost indispensable in the perfumery indus- 

 try. Unlike that of lavender, the odor of the rose geranium resides in the 

 leaves, the flowers being almost odorless. Experiments in a preliminary way 

 are now being carried on to determine the quality of the oil capable of being 

 distilled from this plant. As in the case of the rose and lavender, the most 

 suitable location can be learned only by a system of tests in localities with 

 different climatic and soil conditions." (Rabak, Frank, The Production of 

 Volatile Oils and Perfumery Plants in the United States, U. S. Dept. of Agr., 

 Bur. of Plant Ind. Bull. 195, p. ^1-42, 1910.) 



It is for the experiments above mentioned that these cuttings were introduced. 



37736. Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Solander. Geraniaceae. 



Rose geranium. 



From Erfurt. Germany. Procured from Haage & Schmidt. Plants re- 

 ceived April 14, 1914. 



37737 to 37740. Oryza sattv a L. Poaceae. Rice. 

 37737 and 37738. 



From Batum, Russia. Presented by Mr. Leslie A. Davis, American 

 consul. Received March 30, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Davis. 



37737. " Swamp rice. This is a better variety than the mountain 

 rice, and was formerly cultivated here to some extent, but its cul- 

 ture is now prohibited in the Province of Batum as one of the 

 measures being taken to eradicate malaria from this district. I 

 understand that this variety is now cultivated on the other side 

 of the Turkish frontier and in the Lenkoran district on the Caspian 

 Sea." 



37738. " Mountain rice. This variety is inferior to the swamp 

 rice, but it is the only variety now cultivated here." 



37739 and 37740. 



From Marseille, France. Presented by Mr. Alphonse Gaulin. American 

 consul general. Received March 2G, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Gaulin. 



Rice is cultivated in France only in the departments of Bouches du 

 Rhone, Gard, and Aude. The total area devoted to this crop, which was 

 about 3,000 acres 10 years ago, has been steadily decreasing in recent 



