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selection of the more upright types to breed from, this difficulty may 

 possibly be eliminated. With this end in view the department of botany 

 of the Kansas Experiment Station has this past summer made a large 

 number of crosses between an extremely upright type of common alfalfa 

 and the most upright plants of Sickle alfalfa found in the nursery rows. 

 It is possible, also, that crosses with the Cytisus, or shrubby alfalfa of 

 the Mediterranean (Medicago arborea) , which endures extremely dry 

 conditions similar to those existing in southern California, may give 

 promising results. This line of experimentation is also being followed out 

 at Manhattan. 



FIG. 163. Tall type of alfalfa, with slender steins and narrow leaves. 



FIG. 164. Type of alfalfa with short, thick stems and numerous large, 

 closely-set leaves. 



