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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26918 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  years, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  patio 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  live, 
  and 
  was 
  probably- 
  

   planted 
  when 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  built. 
  I 
  believe 
  this 
  specimen 
  is 
  very 
  hardy 
  and 
  very 
  

   vigorous 
  and 
  perhaps 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  stock 
  for 
  budding, 
  where 
  a 
  hardy 
  stock 
  is 
  

   needed." 
  (White.) 
  

  

  26919. 
  Punic 
  a 
  protopunica 
  Balf. 
  f. 
  

  

  From 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  Bayley 
  Balfour, 
  director, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26511 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26920 
  to 
  26927. 
  

  

  From 
  Kashmir, 
  British 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Rassul 
  Gal 
  wan, 
  Leh, 
  Ladakh, 
  

   Kashmir. 
  Received 
  January 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  Unless 
  otherwise 
  noted 
  the 
  seed 
  came 
  from 
  Leh: 
  

  

  26920. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Barley. 
  

   Several 
  species 
  are 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  lot. 
  

  

  26921. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  26922. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

  

  26923. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  26924. 
  Fagopyrum 
  tataricum 
  (L.) 
  Gaertn. 
  Buckwheat. 
  

  

  26925. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  Proso 
  or 
  broom-corn 
  millet. 
  

   The 
  two 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  are 
  from 
  Nubra, 
  a 
  village 
  north 
  of 
  Leh, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  warmer. 
  

  

  26926. 
  Brassica 
  campestris 
  L. 
  

  

  26927. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Gal 
  wan 
  states 
  in 
  substance 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  valuable, 
  especially 
  for 
  

   horses. 
  It 
  is 
  seeded 
  in 
  drills 
  6 
  inches 
  apart 
  and 
  covered 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1 
  inch 
  

   and 
  immediately 
  irrigated. 
  At 
  least 
  four 
  years 
  are 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  plants 
  to 
  

   reach 
  their 
  full 
  maturity. 
  The 
  latitude 
  of 
  Leh 
  is 
  34° 
  30 
  7 
  north 
  latitude, 
  37° 
  

   east 
  longitude." 
  (J. 
  M. 
  Westgate.) 
  

  

  26928. 
  Dahlia 
  coccinea 
  Cav. 
  

  

  From 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman, 
  Hortus 
  Tenggerensis. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   Flowers 
  single, 
  scarlet, 
  orange, 
  and 
  yellow, 
  plants 
  dwarf. 
  May 
  be 
  valuable 
  for 
  

   hybridizing 
  with 
  the 
  taller, 
  more 
  showy 
  varieties 
  to 
  obtain 
  dwarf 
  forms. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Mexico; 
  at 
  Santa 
  Fe, 
  near 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  Mount 
  San 
  Felipe 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Oaxaca, 
  and 
  near 
  Orizaba, 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Vera 
  Cruz. 
  

  

  26929. 
  Kennedia 
  stirlingi 
  Lindley. 
  

  

  From 
  Perth, 
  West 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Catton 
  Grasb.y, 
  agricultural 
  

   editor, 
  West 
  Australian 
  Mail, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  March 
  

   4, 
  1910. 
  

   "In 
  experiments 
  conducted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Grasby 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  given 
  unusual 
  promise 
  

   as 
  a 
  forage 
  crop. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  bulky 
  perennial 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  rapid 
  growth. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  

   obstacles 
  to 
  its 
  utilization 
  is 
  its 
  comparative 
  poor 
  seed-producing 
  capacity." 
  (Brand.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Valley 
  of 
  the 
  Swan 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  West 
  

   Australia. 
  

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