8 BULLETIK 1074, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
did not publish the descriptions of any varieties at that time. The 
application of the terminology was partly illustrated by plates ac- 
companying the article. 
Williams, in 1905 (204-), listed and partly described about 60 
varieties of wheat which were under experiment at the Ohio Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station at that time. 
Hume, Center, and Hegnauer, in 1908 (122') , briefly classified the 
wheat varieties grown in experiments in Illinois, and gave the history 
and partial descriptions of some of the Russian and American 
varieties. 
Scherffius and Woosley, in 1908 (171)^ published illustrations of 
36 varieties of wheat grown by the Kentucky Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station. 
Noll, in 1913 {H9) ^ presented a tabular description of varieties 
grown by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Leighty, in 1914 {1S8) ^ gave a list of the leading varieties of wheat 
grown in the eastern half of the United States, arranging them in 
classified groups by kernel and spike characters. 
Schafer and Gaines, in 1915 (170)^ recorded brief descriptions of 
the principal wheat varieties of Washington, together with their 
histories. 
Nelson and Osborn, in 1915 {H8)^ gave a brief tabular description 
of the wheat varieties groAvn at the Arkansas Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station during the period from 1908 to 1914. 
Reisner,^ in 1915, compiled much valuable information on the 
description and history of New York varieties. 
Ball and Clark, in 1915 {39)^ presented keys to the groups of hard 
red spring wheat and the durum wheats grown in the United States 
and described and gave the histories of the more important varieties. 
Carleton, in 1916 {61), listed the leading wheat varieties of the 
world, including American varieties. They were grouped into the 
botanical groups used by Koernicke and Werner. No attempt was 
made to distinguish between the closely related agricultural varieties. 
Stanton, in 1916 (185)^ grouped a large collection of wheat vari- 
eties grown in experiments in Maryland and Virginia, in accordance 
with some of the most obvious taxonomic characters. 
Jones, in 1916 (129)^ presented a brief key to the groups of common 
spring and durum wheats grown in experiments in Wyoming. 
Ball and Clark, in 1918 (^^), published a key to the groups and 
varieties of durum wheat grown in the United States. 
Grantham, in 1918 (99) , listed a large number of varieties which 
were being grown at the Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station 
- Reisner, .Tolin H. Wbeat in New York. 1915. Unpublished thesis, Cornell Univer- 
sity. The writers wish to here acknowled2:e the use of this manuscript, credit being due 
to both the author and the Farm-Crops Dcpaitmcnt of Cornell University, 
