﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
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  27025— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  which 
  comes 
  out 
  very 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  springtime, 
  freezes 
  almost 
  every 
  year. 
  " 
  (Extract 
  

   from 
  Carriere, 
  Traite 
  generate 
  des 
  Conif 
  tires, 
  p. 
  338.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  22909 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Alatau 
  Mountains 
  in 
  southern 
  Siberia, 
  and 
  the 
  Tien 
  

   Shan 
  Mountains 
  in 
  Dzungaria, 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Empire. 
  (Plants.) 
  

  

  27026. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Gabes, 
  Tunis. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Victor 
  Dumas, 
  Controleur 
  Civil, 
  

   Sousse, 
  Tunis, 
  from 
  El 
  Habib 
  ben 
  Trab, 
  Amin 
  des 
  vivres 
  a 
  Menzel, 
  for 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  

   M. 
  Westgate, 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Kearney. 
  Received 
  March 
  12, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Tripoli. 
  

  

  27027. 
  Olea 
  europaea 
  L. 
  Olive. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  foothills 
  of 
  the 
  Amanus 
  Mountains, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  D. 
  

   Shepard, 
  Aintab, 
  Turkey. 
  Received 
  March 
  11, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  olives 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  landward 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Amanus 
  Mountains, 
  where 
  

   the 
  climate 
  is 
  semiarid. 
  The 
  olive 
  is 
  more 
  at 
  home 
  on 
  the 
  seaward 
  side 
  of 
  these 
  moun- 
  

   tains, 
  where 
  the 
  tree, 
  or 
  shrub 
  (for 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  like 
  a 
  shrub 
  than 
  a 
  tree) 
  

   is 
  larger 
  and 
  the 
  fruit 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  large. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  grow 
  wild 
  on 
  the 
  Kurd 
  Dagh 
  

   (Kurdish 
  Mountains), 
  the 
  parallel 
  range 
  farther 
  inland, 
  and 
  still 
  more 
  arid, 
  although 
  

   the 
  cultivated 
  olive 
  thrives 
  there. 
  " 
  (Shepard.) 
  

  

  27028 
  to 
  27031. 
  

  

  From 
  Baumschulenweg, 
  bei 
  Berlin, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  Spath. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptions 
  taken 
  from 
  Spath's 
  catalogue 
  for 
  1909-10: 
  

  

  27028 
  to 
  27030. 
  Sorbus 
  aucuparia 
  L. 
  Mountain 
  ash. 
  

  

  27028. 
  "Variety 
  moravica 
  Zengerling. 
  From 
  northern 
  Austria. 
  The 
  

   fruits 
  are 
  put 
  up 
  like 
  red 
  whortleberries 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  very 
  refreshing 
  

   preserve; 
  they 
  can 
  also 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  wine. 
  The 
  scarlet- 
  

   red 
  berries 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  Russian 
  ones, 
  but 
  decidedly 
  sharper 
  in 
  

   taste. 
  The 
  tree 
  thrives 
  on 
  the 
  poorest 
  soil. 
  " 
  

  

  27029 
  and 
  27030. 
  ' 
  'According 
  to 
  information 
  from 
  a 
  Russian 
  business 
  

   friend, 
  these 
  edible 
  mountain 
  ashes 
  are 
  much 
  cultivated 
  in 
  southern 
  

   Russia, 
  partly 
  eaten 
  fresh, 
  but 
  more 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  preserve 
  manufactory 
  

   at 
  Kief. 
  The 
  berries, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  peas, 
  are 
  powdered 
  with 
  sugar, 
  

   dried, 
  and 
  shipped 
  in 
  boxes. 
  I 
  tasted 
  these 
  fruits 
  prepared 
  in 
  this 
  

   way 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  pleasantly 
  acid 
  taste, 
  a 
  little 
  bitter, 
  but 
  

   not 
  at 
  all 
  unpleasant. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  dessert 
  fruits, 
  for 
  the 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  tarts, 
  etc., 
  and 
  like 
  the 
  Moravian 
  edible 
  mountain 
  ashes, 
  make 
  a 
  

   very 
  nice 
  preserve. 
  Found 
  in 
  two 
  forms 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  27029. 
  "Variety 
  rossica 
  L. 
  Spath, 
  1898. 
  

  

  "Berries 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  mountain 
  ash, 
  round, 
  coral 
  red. 
  

   Taste 
  acid 
  sweet, 
  slightly 
  astringent, 
  but 
  without 
  any 
  bitter 
  aftertaste." 
  

  

  27030. 
  "Variety 
  rossica 
  major 
  L. 
  Spath, 
  1903. 
  

  

  " 
  Berries 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  form 
  (S.P.I. 
  No. 
  

   27029), 
  short, 
  oval, 
  scarlet 
  red, 
  without 
  any 
  bitter 
  taste." 
  

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