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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  27333 
  and 
  27334. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

  

  From 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  P. 
  Foaden, 
  secretary, 
  Khedivial 
  

   Agricultural 
  Society. 
  Received 
  March 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27333. 
  Sultani, 
  known 
  as 
  Ein 
  el 
  Bint. 
  

  

  27334. 
  Sabeini. 
  

  

  27335 
  to 
  27343. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   March 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27335. 
  Gleditsia 
  caspica 
  Desf. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1264a, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  honey 
  

   locust 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  rather 
  spreading, 
  densely 
  branched, 
  low 
  tree, 
  bearing 
  a 
  

   multitude 
  of 
  heavy, 
  fleshy 
  pods. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  and 
  park 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  

   semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  

   Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27336. 
  Amygdalus 
  fenzliana 
  (Fritsch) 
  Korsh. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  12653, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  For 
  detailed 
  

   description 
  see 
  No. 
  472 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27302). 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  

   Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27337. 
  Prunus 
  microcarpa 
  Meyer. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1266a, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  For 
  detailed 
  

   description 
  see 
  No. 
  473 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27303). 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  

   Garden 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  27338. 
  Colchicum 
  speciosum 
  Stev. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1267a, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  For 
  detailed 
  

   description 
  see 
  No. 
  474 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27304). 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  

   Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27339. 
  Crataegus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1268a, 
  February 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  

   An 
  evergreen 
  ornamental 
  hawthorn, 
  probably 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  C. 
  pyracantha. 
  Of 
  

   strong-growing 
  habits, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  growth. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  evergreen 
  in 
  the 
  mild- 
  wintered 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  at 
  Sukhum." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27340. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1269a, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  native 
  Mingrelian 
  variety 
  of 
  watermelon, 
  having 
  red 
  flesh 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   sweet. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  California 
  or 
  the 
  southern 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  region, 
  

   where 
  the 
  climate 
  approaches 
  that 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27341. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1270a, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  native 
  Mingrelian 
  variety 
  of 
  muskmelon 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  but 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   sweet. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  similar 
  regions 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27342. 
  Inodes 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1271a, 
  February 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  low-growing 
  palm, 
  suitable 
  for 
  planting 
  along 
  driveways, 
  paths 
  in 
  orchards, 
  

   or 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  tall 
  palms 
  are 
  not 
  wanted. 
  This 
  palm 
  does 
  not 
  form 
  a 
  real 
  

   trunk, 
  but 
  has 
  its 
  leaves 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  rosette. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Smitskoi's 
  

   place 
  near 
  Sukhum, 
  where 
  the 
  climate 
  is 
  mild 
  enough 
  to 
  grow 
  oranges 
  and 
  other 
  

   citrus 
  fruits." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

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