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UK . CENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 

 OFFICE OF FOREI D PLAKT INTRODUCTION. 



NO. 64. 



BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 

 June 16 to June 30, 1911. 

 NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 



(NOTE: Applications for material listed ir- this bulletin 



may be rrade at any tiire to this Office. As they are received 



thr e filed and when the n-aterial is ready for the use of 



experimenters it is sent to those on the list of applicants 



3 can show that they are prepared to care for it, as well 



-rs selected because of their special fitness to 



experiment vrith the particular plants imported. 



One of the main objects of the Office of Foreign Seed 



und Plant Introduction is to secure material for plant 



erimenters , and it will undertake, so far as possible, to 



fill any specific requests for foreign seeds or plants from 



plant breeders and others interested.) 



PARAGUS SPP. (Convallariaceae. ) 31296-297. Fruits of 

 asparagus from the 'an Shan Mountains, 

 .?e Turkestan. One of climbing habit, the other slightly 

 . jd found, on a sandy alkaline spot. Both of possible 

 lue as ornamental perennials and as factors in breeding 

 resicof.nt strains. (Meyer's introductions.) For distribu- 

 tion later. 



BERBERIS SPP. (Berberidaceae. ) 31287-289. Seeds of 

 three species of barberry from the Tekes Valley, Thian Shan 

 ins, Chinese Turkestan. All tall species growing to a 

 height of ten to twelve feet, one of the species seeming to 

 do well in more or less sterile soils. The colors of the 

 berries are respectively red, brown and blue. (Meyer's intro- 

 ductions.) For distribution later. 



CALLIGC" ?. (Polygonaceae. ) 31293. Seeds from near 

 Schul-Kuduk, Chinese Turkestan. "A graceful looking, small 

 desert shrub, having a multitude of slightly bent, very white 

 branches, which are from two to four feet in length. Occurs 

 in deserts of moving sands, where it builds s.:nall mounds. To 

 be tested for its sand-binding capacities in the dry and not- 

 too-cold sections of the United States." (Meyer's introduc- 

 tion.) For distribution later. 



