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OAT CLASSIFICATION. 
The following classification consists of a revision of that. 
in the Station report for 1884. The changes made are not. 
very great, but many new varieties have been added, others. 
reduced to synonyms, and the number of species increased 
to three. 
A few explanatory remarks will be pertinent here regard- 
ing the relation existing between this and the 1884 classifi- 
cation. Alexander’s No. 2 oat, sent to the Station by Mr. 
Alexander under that number, has been christened by him- 
self, ‘‘ American Beauty,” which name is substituted for 
‘No. 2.” Challenge has been placed in the class under 
short berries, and White Champion as synonymous with 
White Eureka. White Probsteier has been classed ag 
synonymous with Probsteier, and Yellow or Golden Prize 
with Golden Flanders. American Triumph was in error 
placed under Sub-species (b), but has been changed to (a). 
New Australian has been located with White Australian, 
asa synonym. Mold’s Ennobled is no longer a synonym, 
but a variety by itself, while Mammoth Russian is classed 
with Rust Proof as a synonym of it. White Novelty and 
White Zealand have not shown themselves distinctive 
enough from White Russian to hold the place of separate 
varieties, and so have been classed as synonyms of the latter. 
It is to be noted that several varieties are termed winter 
oats. In the more Southern States, where the winters are 
not severe, some varieties of oats can be planted late in the 
fall, and live through the winter; the first foliage lying 
close to the surface of the ground, and being fine and grass 
like in appearance. In the Northern States we have no 
winter oats. 
The term peduncle, refers to the small branches of the 
head or panicle; glaucous means covered with a bluish coat 
or bloom; spikelets, the cluster consisting of two or three 
seeds, and the chaff (termed glume) which encloses them, 
borne on little stems, or pedicels. 
The following persons have kindly sent the Station seeds 
of varieties, for the favor of which credit is given after each 
variety, in abbreviations, as is explained and shown after’ 
each of the following names: O. H. Alexander, Charlotte, 
Vt., Alex.; Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C..,. 
Dep’t of Ag’l.; J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass., Greg. 
Prof. F. A. Gulley, Starkville, Miss., Gul.; Peter Hender- 
son, N. Y. City, Hend.; Johnson & Co., Atlanta, Georgia, 
John.; Johnson & Stokes, Phil., Pa., J. & S.; D. Landreth & 
Sons, Phil., Pa., Land.; Ohio Experiment Station, Columbus, 
Ohio., O. E.8.; Pringle & Horsford, Charlotte, Vt., P. & 
H.; Hiram Sibley & Co., Rochester, N. Y., Sib.; S. A. Tay- 
lor, Fitzwilliam Depot, N. H., Tay.; J. M. Thorburn & Co.,. 
N. Y. City, Thorb. 
