80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



27302 to 27304. 



From Russia. Received through hit. Prank X. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

 March 25, L910. 



27302. Ajctodalus fenzliana (Fritsch) Korsh. 



Prom Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 472, March 7, 1010.) A shrubby 

 ornamental almond, dowering in early spring, with white flowers; growing in 

 semiarid sections in eastern Caucasus. Suggested as a stock for almonds and 

 other Btone fruits in mild-wintered, Bemiarid sections, also of value, possibly, 

 in breeding a bushy, drought-resistant strain of almonds for semiarid regions. 

 Obtained from the Tiflis Botanical Garden."' (Meyer.) (Plants.) 



Distribution. — Arid mountain slopes of the transcaucasian provinces of 

 Russia, at Phalernum in Greece, and on the islands of Crete and Sicily. 



27303. Prunus microcarpa Meyer. 



From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 473, March 7, 1910.) A shrubby, 

 small-fruited cherry, flowering early in spring. Coming from the semiarid 

 sections of southeastern Caucasus. To be tested as an ornamental flowering 

 shrub and perhaps also as a stock for stone fruits in the semiarid sections of 

 the United States. Obtained from the Tiflis Botanical Garden." (Meyer.) 



(Plants.) 



Distribution. — The slopes of the Beshbarmak Mountains near the Caspian 

 Sea, and in the province of Astrabad, northwestern Persia. 



27304. Colchicum speciosum Stev. 



From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 474, March 7, 1910.) A bulbous 

 plant, flowering in autumn with large showy flowers of dark rose color. The 

 strong foliage appears in spring, but dies off in midsummer and after some 

 weeks of rest the flowers appear. It likes semishady places. Of value as an 

 ornamental garden plant in the mild-wintered sections of the United States. 

 Obtained from the Tiflis Botanical Garden." (Meyer.) (Bulbs.) 



Distribution. — On the slopes of the Caucasus Mountains in southeastern 

 Russia, and in northern Persia. Generally cultivated as an ornamental. 



27305 to 27309. 



From Paris, France. Presented by Mr. Maurice L. de Vilmorin, 13 Quai d'Orsay. 

 Received March 25, 1910. 



Plants of the following: 



27305. Berberis sinensis Desf. 



"(Vilm. No. 4456.)" 



Distribution. — The Provinces of Chihli, Shingking, and Kansu in China; 

 near Laoling, Korea; and in Japan. 



27306. Berberis sp. 

 "(Vilm. No. 3927.)" 



27307. Berberis sanguinea Franch. 

 See No. 25942 for previous introduction. 



27308. Clematis delavayi Franch. 



Distribution. — On mountain slopes in the Province of Yunnan in southern 

 China. 



27309. Rosa sericea Lindl. 

 Variety fructu rubro. 



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