88 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



27364 to 27399 Continued. 



27382 to 27399. 

 Seed from selected plants that wen- open pollinated: 



27382 to 27384. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban. Sandlucern. 



27382 and 27383. Grown from cuttings of S. P. I. No. 20571 

 (see No. 27260, above). The first plant yielded 37J grams of seed; 

 (ho second -~>j grams. 



27384. Grown from P. L. H. No. 3386, which represents seed of 

 No. 20571. As both 3386 and the present lot were produced in 

 association with ordinary alfalfa, unlimited opportunity for cross- 

 ing existed. One plant yielded 36 grams of seed. 



27385 to 27391. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



27385 and 27386. Grown from two plants of S. P. I. No. 25112 

 (see No. 27262, above). The first plant yielded 29 grams; the 

 second 27 grams of seed . 



27387. Grown from an individual plant of S. P. I. No. 25111 

 (see No. 27261). One plant yielded 42 grams of seed. 



27388 to 27391. Grown from four selected plants of S. P. I. 

 No. 25110 (see No. 27258). The first plant yielded 2 grams of 

 seed; the second 44£ grams; the third 19J; the fourth 7 grams; 

 showing admirably the great diversity in value as to seed produc- 

 tion of the individuals composing the stand of alfalfa. 



27392 and27393. 



Note. — When the material to which these numbers were assigned was 

 thrashed, no seed was found, so they were not used. 



27394. Medicago falcata L. Sickle lucern. 



Grown at Dickinson from cuttings of Hansen's introduction of this 

 species No. 20721, from Samara, Russia. One plant yielded one-fourth 

 gram of seed. As this was grown in association with true alfalfa the pres- 

 ent number may represent the immediate hybrid between sativa and 

 falcata — Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban, or true sand lucern. 



27395 to 27397. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



27395. Grown from a cutting which yielded 10 grams of seed. 



27396. Grown from a cutting which yielded 17 grams of seed. 



27397. Grown from seed of this species produced at Lanham, 

 Md. Original seed from Madrid, Spain. Parent plant had loose, 

 open pods, many of them broadly falcate. At Dickinson one 

 plant yielded 36^ grams of seed. 



27398. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban. Sandlucern. 



Grown from cuttings of S. P. I. No. 20571 (see No. 27260). One plant 

 yielded 46^ grams of seed. 



27399. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Grown from seed produced at Lanham, Md. Original seed from 



Madrid, Spain. One plant yielded 9 grams of seed. 

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