﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  43 
  

  

  26866 
  to 
  26884— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe, 
  western 
  Asia, 
  and 
  northern 
  Africa; 
  culti- 
  

   vated 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub., 
  and 
  occasionally 
  escaped 
  

   along 
  roadsides. 
  

  

  26881. 
  Heracleum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1232a, 
  January 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  Heracleum 
  with 
  very 
  large 
  umbels. 
  Found 
  on 
  a 
  stony 
  mountain 
  side. 
  Of 
  

   ' 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  plant 
  in 
  parks 
  and 
  large 
  gardens 
  in 
  mild-wintered 
  

   regions 
  where 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  summers 
  prevail." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26882. 
  Ruscus 
  aculeatus 
  L. 
  Butcher's-broom. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1233a, 
  January 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  The 
  well-known 
  butcher's 
  broom, 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  Crimea 
  in 
  open 
  woods 
  

   and 
  in 
  thickets 
  on 
  the 
  hillsides. 
  Used 
  locally 
  for 
  brooms 
  to 
  clean 
  roads 
  and 
  

   courtyards. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  quite 
  ornamental, 
  being 
  evergreen, 
  only 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  

   so 
  in 
  height, 
  and 
  bearing 
  large 
  scarlet 
  berries. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  ground 
  cover 
  

   underneath 
  trees 
  in 
  gardens 
  and 
  parks 
  in 
  regions 
  with 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  summers 
  

   and 
  fairly 
  mild 
  winters." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  Europe 
  east 
  to 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  and 
  also 
  

   in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26883. 
  Asparagus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1234a, 
  January 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  climbing 
  asparagus 
  found 
  once 
  in 
  awhile 
  in 
  an 
  open 
  thicket. 
  Seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   ornamental. 
  Of 
  value 
  in 
  regions 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26884. 
  Juniperus 
  oxycedrus 
  L. 
  Juniper. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1235a, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  An 
  ornamental 
  juniper 
  with 
  light-green 
  foliage, 
  which 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  

   bloom; 
  it 
  bears 
  light-brown 
  berries. 
  Grows 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  sterile 
  hill 
  and 
  

   mountain 
  sides. 
  Mostly 
  seen 
  as 
  a 
  spreading 
  shrub, 
  though 
  occasionally 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  tree. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  ever- 
  

   green 
  in 
  regions 
  where 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  summers 
  and 
  fairly 
  mild 
  winters 
  are 
  experi- 
  

   enced." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediter- 
  

   ranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  Persia 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26885. 
  Cyclamen 
  persicum 
  Miller. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  

  

  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  February 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  419, 
  January 
  31, 
  1910.) 
  Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful 
  wild 
  Cyclamen, 
  that 
  is 
  

  

  flowering 
  profusely 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  variable 
  

  

  even 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state. 
  Deserves 
  to 
  be 
  naturalized 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  United 
  States, 
  and 
  will 
  do 
  especially 
  well 
  in 
  northern 
  and 
  central 
  California." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  shady 
  woods 
  throughout 
  Macedonia 
  and 
  Greece, 
  and 
  east 
  to 
  

  

  Lebanon 
  and 
  Palestine. 
  

  

  26886. 
  Prunus 
  simonii 
  Carr. 
  

  

  From 
  Dongsi, 
  China. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  

   explorer, 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal. 
  Numbered 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  735a, 
  June 
  22, 
  1907.) 
  Seeds 
  of 
  an 
  apricot-plum. 
  A 
  rare 
  fruit 
  that 
  looks 
  like 
  

   an 
  apricot, 
  but 
  is 
  sour 
  like 
  a 
  plum. 
  Very 
  fragrant, 
  with 
  downy, 
  dull-yellow 
  skin; 
  

   rather 
  small-sized. 
  Perhaps 
  a 
  natural 
  hybrid 
  between 
  the 
  apricot 
  and 
  the 
  plum." 
  

  

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