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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED, 
  

  

  26801 
  to 
  26817— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  ground. 
  They 
  can 
  therefore 
  be 
  recommended 
  for 
  southern 
  Texas 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  interior 
  valleys 
  of 
  California, 
  where 
  heavy 
  frosts 
  are 
  occasionally 
  experienced." 
  

  

  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26802 
  to 
  26811. 
  Olea 
  europaea 
  L. 
  Olive. 
  

  

  From 
  Nikita, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(Nos. 
  389 
  to 
  398, 
  January 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  These 
  

   cuttings 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  from 
  trees 
  between 
  60 
  and 
  70 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  otherwise 
  

   the 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  them 
  as 
  to 
  No. 
  388 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26801). 
  Each 
  of 
  

   these 
  numbers 
  is 
  a 
  different 
  variety, 
  but 
  as 
  yet 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  named 
  

   by 
  the 
  Russians 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

   26812. 
  Populus 
  sp. 
  Poplar. 
  

  

  From 
  Orianda, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  399, 
  January 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  

   of 
  poplar 
  with 
  whitish 
  trunk, 
  growing 
  remarkably 
  pyramidal 
  and 
  tall. 
  The 
  

   young 
  trees 
  seem 
  to 
  shoot 
  up 
  until 
  they 
  are 
  about 
  80 
  feet 
  tall, 
  and 
  then 
  when 
  

   getting 
  older 
  they 
  branch 
  out 
  somewhat 
  and 
  lose 
  their 
  spire-like 
  shape. 
  To 
  

   be 
  recommended 
  for 
  regions 
  where 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  summers 
  prevail, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   fairly 
  mild 
  winters 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

   26813 
  and 
  26814. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Yalta, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(Nos. 
  400 
  and 
  401, 
  January 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  

   An 
  alfalfa 
  growing 
  in 
  dry 
  earth 
  cliffs, 
  having 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  strong 
  roots. 
  Per- 
  

   haps 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  M. 
  sativa. 
  See 
  also 
  Nos. 
  377 
  to 
  382 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  

   26666 
  and 
  26667) 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26815. 
  Medicago 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Nikita, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  402, 
  January 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  Appar- 
  

   ently 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  26813 
  and 
  26814), 
  but 
  found 
  in 
  

   a 
  different 
  locality." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26816. 
  Melilotus 
  taurica 
  (Bieb.) 
  Ser. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Nikita, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  403, 
  January 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  meli- 
  

   lotus 
  found 
  on 
  hill 
  slopes 
  in 
  decomposed 
  rocks. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  

   plant 
  in 
  regions 
  with 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  summers 
  and 
  mild 
  winters." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26817. 
  CORONILLA 
  VARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Nikita, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  404, 
  January 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  Found 
  

   covering 
  a 
  steep 
  hill 
  slope 
  of 
  decomposed 
  rock. 
  Seeds 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  1207a 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26679). 
  See 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  further 
  particulars." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26818 
  to 
  26820. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  Pullman, 
  Wash., 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Evans, 
  season 
  of 
  1909. 
  Received 
  fall 
  

   of 
  1909. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  26818. 
  Onobrychis 
  viciaefolia 
  Scop. 
  1772. 
  (OnobrycMs 
  sativa 
  Lam. 
  1778.) 
  

  

  Sainfoin. 
  

  

  26819. 
  Pisum 
  arvense 
  L. 
  Pea. 
  

   Field 
  variety. 
  Original 
  seed 
  received 
  from 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Dublany, 
  

  

  Austria. 
  Grown 
  under 
  Agrost. 
  No. 
  0500. 
  

  

  26820. 
  Festuca 
  rubra 
  L. 
  Red 
  fescue. 
  

   "A 
  variety 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  campus 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  College 
  Park, 
  

  

  Md., 
  in 
  dense 
  shade. 
  It 
  would 
  not 
  produce 
  seed 
  at 
  College 
  Park, 
  so 
  was 
  sent 
  

   to 
  Pullman, 
  where 
  it 
  seeded 
  freely." 
  (Evans.) 
  

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