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92 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 12453 to 12547--Continued. 12464 to 12478 Continued. 12476. Rutn-ci paddy. From Madampe, North Central Province. Somewhat mixed with native varieties. 12477. Piduk-hsmbdu paddy. From Kegalle district. 12478. lidt-hel paddy. Up-country grain, inclined to be white, tho husk is rather dark. 12479 to 12488. Rice. From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. K. Derry, assistant superintendent of the Botanical Gardens. Received November 9, 1904. 12479. Arong paddy. Used tor making Hour, and when cooked is hard and white. Always used by the natives. Mr. Derry uses the term "paddy" to signify wet-land rice, and the term "pulot" to indicate dry-land rice. 12480. Kirncho (orKenmcho) paddy. Usedsameas 12479; price same also. 12481. (1u'i)iar<i-p)ttri paddy. Used same as 12479; price same also. 12482. Srri-bumi paddy. First-class Hour for making cakes; pure white when cooked. 12483. Scroupe paddy. First-class Hour for cakes and for the natives. 12484. Radin paddy. Used for rice by the natives. 12485. Bmiga-melong pulot. Used for making cakes of any kind, but when cooked is hard and white. 12486. Scong-ukir pulot. Use and price same as 12485. 12487. Mernli pulot (or paddy). Use and price same as 12485. 12488. Manek paddy. Used only for feeding turtledoves and ring- doves. 12489 to 12512. Rice. From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. B. Ilowell Jones. Received in August, 1904. 12489. Rice of the kind usually grown in .British Guiana. 12490 to 12511. Samples experimentally grown at the Georgetown Botanical Gardens from imported Ceylon rice. They are distinguished by number only. Nos. 12490 to 12503 are "OrdinaryVice." Nos. 12504 to" 12511 are what are known as "Hill rice." 12512. From the Berbice River district. 12513 to 12515. Rice. From Bulkeley, Randeh, Egypt. Presented by Hon. Lionel Sandars. Received during the summer of 1904. 12513. Yaba)) (or Yaj)to}i) paddy. From Daira Draneht .Pasha, Kafr-el-Dawar. 12514. Sonltuni (or Sultani) paddy. Same source as 1251'.). 12515. Sfdtahii (or S<d)hii) paddy. Same source as 1251."). 12516 to 12518. Rice. From Siam. Presented by the Arracan Company, of Bangkok, thru Dr. T. Hey wood Hays, of that place. Received October 21, 1904. 12516. Xaiehonchhee paddy. Usually considered the iinest quality in Bangkok. 12517. Sakakrang paddy. Good quality; long grain. 12518. PakiKt-mpho paddy. Medium quality. 97.