﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  33 
  

  

  26758 
  and 
  26759. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Mitchell, 
  S. 
  Dak. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wheeler, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  

   J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  February 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26758. 
  "(S. 
  D. 
  No. 
  240; 
  acclimatized 
  Turkestan 
  alfalfa.) 
  This 
  seed 
  is 
  the 
  

   1909 
  progeny 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  991, 
  and 
  was 
  grown 
  at 
  Mitchell, 
  S. 
  Dak. 
  It 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  hardiest 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  alfalfas 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  tested 
  by 
  the 
  department, 
  

   ranking 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  Grimm 
  alfalfa 
  of 
  Minnesota. 
  In 
  an 
  experiment 
  

   at 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  including 
  68 
  kinds, 
  it 
  was 
  exceeded 
  in 
  hardiness 
  only 
  

   by 
  Minnesota 
  and 
  North 
  Dakota 
  Grimm." 
  (Brand.) 
  

  

  26759. 
  "(S. 
  D. 
  No. 
  167; 
  so-called 
  Baltic 
  alfalfa.) 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  

   promising 
  alfalfas 
  for 
  cold 
  climates, 
  and 
  at 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  ranked 
  fifth 
  

   in 
  winter 
  hardiness 
  of 
  68 
  kinds. 
  For 
  detailed 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  origin, 
  

   see 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25806." 
  (Brand.) 
  

  

  26760. 
  Zizania 
  latifolia 
  (Griseb.) 
  Stapf. 
  

  

  From 
  Tamsui, 
  Formosa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  C. 
  Reat, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  plant, 
  which 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  botanically 
  to 
  American 
  wild 
  rice, 
  is, 
  however? 
  

   a 
  perennial, 
  which 
  perpetuates 
  itself 
  by 
  underground 
  rootstocks. 
  It 
  grows 
  wild 
  and 
  

   is 
  also 
  cultivated 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  China, 
  Japan, 
  and 
  Formosa, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  

   three 
  separate 
  food 
  products, 
  which 
  are: 
  The 
  seeds, 
  a 
  fungus 
  growth 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  

   inflorescence, 
  and 
  the 
  succulent 
  vegetative 
  shoots, 
  which 
  are 
  produced 
  from 
  the 
  root- 
  

   stocks. 
  The 
  plant 
  has 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Chinese 
  names, 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  ' 
  Ku. 
  7 
  

   It 
  is 
  also 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Canton 
  as 
  ' 
  Chiao 
  sun,' 
  at 
  Shanghai 
  as 
  ' 
  Chiao 
  pai,' 
  

   and 
  at 
  Peking 
  as 
  'Chiao 
  hwa.' 
  According 
  to 
  Bretschneider, 
  the 
  fungus 
  growth 
  in 
  the 
  

   inflorescence 
  ( 
  Ustilago 
  esculenta 
  P. 
  Henn) 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  'Ku 
  shou. 
  ' 
  This 
  fungus, 
  which 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  edible 
  when 
  young, 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  unlike 
  the 
  smut 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  

   inflorescence 
  of 
  Indian 
  corn, 
  which 
  latter 
  is 
  sometimes 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  Mexican 
  Indians. 
  

   The 
  seed 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  is 
  apparently 
  not 
  generally 
  used 
  for 
  food 
  in 
  China, 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  

   other 
  parts, 
  though 
  mention 
  of 
  their 
  use 
  as 
  human 
  food 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  very 
  early 
  Chinese 
  

   literature. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  cultivated 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Canton, 
  

   China." 
  (C.S. 
  Scofield.) 
  

  

  26761 
  to 
  26767. 
  

  

  From 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  

   agricultural 
  explorer, 
  February 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  26761. 
  Morus 
  alba 
  L. 
  White 
  mulberry. 
  

   From 
  estate 
  of 
  MaximofT, 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  360, 
  

  

  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  Variety 
  fastigiata. 
  A 
  handsome 
  fastigiate 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   Russian 
  mulberry, 
  resistant 
  to 
  drought 
  and 
  heat. 
  Suitable 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   garden 
  and 
  park 
  tree, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid, 
  hot-summered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26762. 
  Salix 
  babylonica 
  L. 
  Willow. 
  

   From 
  estate 
  of 
  MaximofT, 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  371, 
  

  

  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  Variety 
  aurea. 
  A 
  willow 
  with 
  golden-yellow 
  branches, 
  

   which 
  are 
  very 
  pliable. 
  It 
  is 
  apparently 
  drought 
  and 
  heat 
  resistant, 
  and 
  can 
  

   be 
  grown, 
  as 
  a 
  producer 
  of 
  tying 
  material, 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid, 
  hot-summerea 
  

   regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  73527°— 
  Bui. 
  207—11 
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