80 SKIDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28306 to 28324 Continued. 



28310. Trifolium PEATBN8B L. Red clover. 



"(No. 281.) The same notes as for No. . P. I. No. 28309) apply to this, 



epl that this sample is from the Va.-a Province, Finland." 



28311. Trifolium montanum L. 



"(No. 282.) Native clover of Moscow Province, Russia. This is No. 617 of 

 the plant-breeding numbers of Professor Williams, of the Imperial Agricultural 

 College of Moscow, Russia." 



Distribution. — Southern Europe and western Asia, extending from Spain 

 through Italy, Dalmatia, central Russia, and the Caucasus region to the Ural 

 Mountains in Siberia and the Savalan Mountains in northern Persia. 



28312. Trifolium pannonicum Jacq. 



"(No. 283.) A wild clover from the village of Lutovka, Kharkof Province, 

 southern Russia. Sample obtained by Professor Williams, of Moscow. Should 

 prove hardier than the Hungarian form of this species." 



Distribution. — Southern Europe, extending from northern Italy through the 

 Balkan Peninsula and southern Russia to Asia Minor. 



28313. Trifolium lupinaster-L. 



"(No. 284.) This is a selection made from seed of wild clover gathered near 

 Tomsk, Siberia. The original wild form was very low, 1 to 1£ feet, consisting 

 of a single stem. The present sample is selection No. 1, and is the third genera- 

 tion from one plant grown by Professor Williams, of the Imperial Agricultural 

 College, Moscow, Russia; it is rather high and bushy, with slender stalks and 

 plenty of leaves." 



28314. Pisum sativum L. Pea. 



Field variety. "(No. 288.) A remarkable mutation appearing in the plant- 

 breeding experiments at the Imperial Agricultural College, Moscow, Russia. 

 It is No. 576 of Professor Williams, and was selected by his assistant, Rozinsky. 

 It forms a single stem with all the seed at the top with 50 per cent of the weight 

 going to seed. Value undetermined." 



28315. Vicia sativa L. 



"(No. 289.) A native vetch from Pskov Province, near Beloscrsk in the 

 Baltic Sea region south of St. Petersburg. The peasants grind it for bread. 

 They say it is good food for the table as well as for fodder and grain. Seed 

 obtained by Professor Williams, of Moscow." 



28316. Cucurbita maxima Duch. 



"(No. 290.) A field pumpkin from Simbirsk Province, eastern Russia. 

 Sample procured by Professor Williams." 



28317. Physalis alkekexgi L. 



"(No. 291.) From seed saved by me from fresh fruit purchased in a bazaar 

 at Samarkand, Turkestan, December, 1908. This is commonly sold strung on 

 long threads. The bright-red inflated pods are quite ornamental." 



Distribution. — Western Europe, through central Asia and in Japan; often 

 cultivated. 



28318. Lathyrus tuberosus L. 



"(No. 292.) Seed gathered forme from plants growing wild in the dry 

 steppe region at Orenburg in 1908 by courtesy of Mr. W. S. Bogdan, agronomist 

 of the Turgai-Ural region, Orenburg Province, on the extreme eastern border 

 of European Russia." 

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