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cultivated in the low-lying districts of Scotland and England, and its 
grain 1s said to make a superior class of meal. ; 
No. 17. Mold’s Ennobled. Synonyms, Mammoth Russian ; Mold’s 
Selected Black Tartarian (Bliss). Average height two feet eight 
‘inches. Culm erect, medium stout. Leaves average less than one- 
half an inch in width, attain a length of ten inches; linear, taper 
pointed; slightly white at base of leaf-blade. Average length of panicle 
five and one-half inches. This variety produces previous to the 
growth of the culms, a dense, foliaceous mat on the surface of the 
ground. ‘The seeds are of large size, and the tips of the flowering 
glumes are as a rule quite ragged. Said to be an improved form of 
Black Tartarian. 
++ Color white. 
Varieties. No. 18. American Triumph (Gregory). Average 
height three feet six inches. Culm very stout and erect. Leaves 
lance-linear, attaining a length of nearly seventeen inches, and an 
average width of over one-half an inch; sparingly white at base of 
leaf-blade. Panicles average ten inches in length. Claimed to be 
an impregnation of the Waterloo, with pollen of the Excelsior, by 
©. G. Pringle, and introduced by B. K. Bliss & Sons, New York. 
No. 19. White Novelty (Sibley). Average height three feet six 
inches. Culm medium stout and erect. Average width of leaves 
one-half inch, and in length occasionally exceeding fourteen inches ; 
bases of leaf-blades so slightly white not perceptible, unless care-, 
fully looked for; linear. Average length of panicles nine inches ; 
flowering glume not usually awned. Berry of medium size, long, 
but not very plump. Introduced by A. H. Goddard, Fort Atkin- 
son, lowa, and originally brought to this country by German immi- 
grants, settling in Lowa. 
No. 20. White Russian (Gregory). Average height three feet 
six inches. Culm erect, medium stout. Leaves linear, attaining a 
length of fourteen inches, and an average width of less than one-half 
an inch; base of leaf-blade not noticeably white. Average length 
of panicles nine and one-half inches; flowering glumes rarely 
awned. Berry of good size, being long, but not markedly plump. 
No. 21. White Zealand (Gregory). Average height three feet 
six inches. Oulms usually erect. . Leaves linear to lance-linear, 
having an average width of one-half an inch, and a maximum 
length of fifteen inches; white spot at base of leaf-blade nearly 
absent. Berry of medium size. It is said to have been introduced 
from Russia. 
Spectres II. Avena nuda, L. The spikelet contains one or two or 
more flowering glumes than does satwva, and the flowers are more 
widely separated, as the pedicels of the flowering glumes are more 
elongated. The empty glumes are longer than those of satiwa, and 
at maturity they are unable to hold the flowers, which to a slight 
extent hang pendent from the glumes by their angled or elbowed 
pedicels. The berry becomes easily detached at maturity, and falls 
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