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28022 and 28023. 



From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricul- 

 tural explorer. May 12, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



28022. Prunus sp. Bush cherry. 



"(No. 1331a, Apr. 25, 1910.) A low-growing bush cherry found on very dry 

 and stony places here and there in the Caucasus. Produces a multitude of 

 small, rosy flowers in early April. The fruits are small and sour and can be used 

 for compotes and jellies. Recommended as a stock for various stone fruits in 

 arid and semiarid regions and for hybridizing purposes to create large-fruited, 

 bushy forms of cherries. Obtained from the Tiflis Botanical Garden ." ( Meyer.) 



28023. Anchusa myosotidiflora Lehm. 



"(No. 1332a, Apr. 25, 1910.) A beautiful, perennial, spring-flowering plant, 

 looks strikingly like a large forget-me-not. Prefers shady places. Recommended 

 as a garden ornamental on shady situations in semiarid, mild-wintered regions. 

 Obtained from the Tiflis Botanical Gardens." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Shady banks and cliffs in the Caucasus region, and in the Altai 

 Mountains of southern Siberia. 



28024 to 28029. 



From Tsungming, China. Obtained by Rev. James Ware of the Foreign Christian 

 Missionary Society, Shanghai, China, and forwarded through Mr. Amos P. 

 Wilder, American consul general. Received May 20, 1910. 



"Tsungming is an alluvial island in the estuary of the Yangtze River. It lies 

 between 31° and 32° north latitude. Prevailing winds from southeast. Total length 

 from east to west 60 miles, average breadth 12 miles. The soil is rich except in the 

 northwest corner, where it is overcharged with alkali. Population, including small 

 islands around, and a few towns on the north mainland, 1,200,000." (Ware.) 



Seeds of the following: 



28024 to 28027. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. 



28024. " Premier. This sorghum seed is from the middle of the 

 island. It develops 13 joints in the stem, hence it bears the name 

 '13-jointed' sorghum. It is the fullest and most productive of island 

 sorgos." (Ware.) 



" Chinese sorgo. A sorgo with obovate spikelets; black glumes with 

 compressed tips ; very small seeds and short awns. Probably the same 

 as the Chinese sorgo originally introduced from the Island of Tsung- 

 ming to France in 1851, and to the United States in 1853. Apparently 

 identical with S. P. I. No. 22913." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



28025. "The 'Tender' sorghum is greatly cultivated, as it seems to 

 be the easiest raised. It grows to a height of about 5 feet." (Ware.) 

 "Sorgo very similar to the preceding number, but with glumes vary- 

 ing from the normal greenish yellow to a light brown." (Carleton R. 

 Ball.) 



28026. "The 'Hard' sorghum is planted about three weeks before the 

 tender, and is cut about two weeks later. It is largely grown and 

 reaches a height of about 4 feet." ( Ware.) 



"Appears to be a mixture of the two preceding numbers, some glumes 

 being black and some being brown." (Carleton R. Ball.) 

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