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of over 2,000 miles (1,300 by wagon, 700 by sleigh) 

 from Tashkent, the capital of Russian Turkestan, to 

 Omsk, in Siberia, via Kuldja, in Western China, was 

 to trace this plant to its northern limits, which we 

 found to be near Kopal, in Siberia (latitude 45" 10', 

 longitude 79° 10' east of Greenwich). Kuldja, in 

 Sungaria, Western China, is in latitude 53° 50', longi- 

 tude 81° 20' east, and was the farthest point 

 reached in my journey (about half-way around the 

 globe). Seed was secured from eight different sources, 

 but of course only small lots could be obtained from 

 the places visited in the overland journey. The 

 interesting and to me the most surprising fadl is that 

 the alfalfa which proved so hardy at Brookings, S. D., 

 was from the cotton sedlion of Turkestan. So that the 

 plant stands cold as well as drouth. This indicates 

 that in this plant we have an alfalfa that will be hardy 

 to our northern borders, and probably north into 

 Canada." 



