114 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



20521 to 20795— Continued. 



20707. Astragalus trasiCAarus. 



From Kharkov, southern Russia. "(No. L87.) A wild fodder plant." 

 i Han 



20708. Ami; \g \i ,1 S FALCATUS. 



From I ►. ■ 1 1 province, southern Volga River region, Russia. "(No. 188.) 

 A g l forage plant from the drj steppes." (Hansen.) 



20709. I'iimim \i ii.mm. Mountain timothy. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 189.) A promising species of native 

 timothy from the dry steppes of the Turgai province of western Siberia. 

 The plant grows ordinarily as high as timothy. This is No. 2491 of 

 Professor Williams, of the Moscow Agricultural College, who finds it has 

 already shown ;i greal Improvement In size of seed, the seed as found In 

 its native babital being rather small. The present stock is originally 

 from a Blngle seed." < Hanst n, \ 



20710. ANOJSOPOGOIS 30BOHUM. Sorghum. 



From Jahzavan, Marghilan province, Russian Turkestan. "(No. 190.) 

 (•he ..r the besl varieties; called ik-juh-gar-ah by the native Mohamme- 

 dans. These central Asiatic sorghums have dense beads of round, white 



kernels which ;ire h used for feeding Btock. The beads bend sharply 



in the stalk, bo thai they poinl downward when mature. Promising for 

 drj bol climates where Indian corn suffers from boi winds. See No. i s-j 

 (S. P. I. No. 20702)." I Hansen.) 



20711. MEDICAQO 8ATIVA. Alfalfs 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 191.) Turkestan. The present sampk 

 is originally from Tashkent, the capital of Russian Turkestan, grown at 

 Moscow, and originally the seed came from one plant. At the Moscow 

 Agricultural College, Professor Williams has found this strain very 

 hardy, very productive, ami a i.eautiful plant, while the French lucern, 

 bj whicb is meant the ordinary soutb European or North African fori 

 of the species, winterkills at Moscow." {Hansen.) 



20712. MEDICAG0 DENTICDXATA. Bur clover. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 192.) This makes a good forage plant 

 in Italy, hut Is worthless al Moscow: originally from Italy." {House)).) 



20713. MEDICAGO DENTIi i i \i \. Bur clover. 



From Don province, lower Volga River region, southeastern European 



Russia. "(No. 193.) A g l native forage plant. The seed pods are 



very spiny, so are found very undesirable for sheep pastures, as the spines 

 stick to the wool." i Hansi ». | 



20714. MEDic.vf.n media. Sand, lucern. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 194.) Originally from a single plant 

 growing wild in the Voronesh province of the central Volga River region, 

 Russia. It is a natural hybrid of i/. falcata and .1/. sativa and found 

 wild in the dry steppes. This spontaneous or natural hybrid will some- 

 times have blue flowers on one branch, yellow on another, and sometimes 

 both colors on the same branch. The present sample is the fourth gen- 

 eration raised by Professor Williams at the Moscow Agricultural College 

 and is his No. 571X572." (Hansen.) 



20715. Medicago media. Sand lucern. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 195.) The same source as No. 194 (S. 

 P. I. No. 20714), and also the fourth generation from a single plant found 

 wild in the dry steppes of the Voronesh province. The present strain 

 bears yellow flowers ; in fact, it is almost M. falcata in its characteristics 

 and is not as heavy a yielder as Nos. 194 and 196 (S. P. I. Nos. 20714 and 

 20716)." (Hansen.) 

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