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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38405 to 38407. 



From Zaria, Northern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. P. H. Lamb, director, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 1, 1914. 

 " These varieties are crops which occupy the land for about five months in 

 Nigeria, and the seed was obtained from Bornu, where it matured last season 

 with a rainfall of 10 to 20 inches. The soil on which they were grown is, 

 generally speaking, a light sandy loam, and the yield per acre here generally 

 varies between 300 and 600 pounds of clean corn per acre." {Lamh.) 



.38405 and 38406. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum. 

 {Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 38405. Kaura. 38406. Jan dawa, 



38407. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poaceae. Pearl millet. 

 {Pcnnisetum typJioidcum Rich.) 



" Maiica." 



38408 to 38414. 



From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by IVlr. A. Woeikoff, director, Bu- 

 reau d' Acclimatation. Received May 18, 1914. 



38408. Amygdalus peduxctjlata Pallas. Amygdalaceae. 

 {Prunus pedunciiluta Maxim.) 



Seeds from M. M. Timogovich, Tchita, Transbaikalia. See S. P. I. No. 

 37559 for previous introduction. 



38409. PiCEA OBOVATA Ledeb. Pinaceae. Fir. 

 Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Jakutsk. See S. P. I. 



Nos. 20319 and 36729 for previous introductions and description. 



" In its general appearance this species bears a considerable resem- 

 blance to the common spruce, having similar leaves and very downy 

 young shoots. It is, however, distinct in the cones, which are smaller 

 (about 3 inches long) and have the scales rounded and entire at the 

 apex (not jagged as in P. excelsa). It is widely spread in Siberia and 

 northeast Russia, and in places reaches a stature of 100 feet ; valuable 

 in supplying timber and fuel in cold, inclement regions. It has little 

 garden value, being less to be preferred than the common spruce." (Tr. J. 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 160.) 



38410. Pbunus padus L. Amygdalaceae. 



Yar. sibirica. Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Jakutsk. 

 38411 and 38412. Ribes spp. Grossulariaceae. Currant. 



38411. Ribes dikuscha Fisch. 



Yar. appendiculatum. Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia 

 and Jakutsk. 



38412. Ribes diacaxtha Pallas. 



Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Jakutsk. 



Distribution. — A bush bearing oblong, golden-red currants, found 

 in the Altai and Transbaikal regions of Siberia, in Songaria, and in 

 Mongolia. 



"A deciduous shrub. 4 to 6 feet high, armed with spines in pairs 

 one-eighth to one-fifth of an inch long, or sometimes unarmed; 

 young ^shoots not downy. Leaves obovate or rounded, often 3-lobed. 

 the lobes coarsely toothed, three-foui'ths of an inch to 2 inches wide. 



