﻿88 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27364 
  to 
  27399— 
  Continued. 
  

   27382 
  to 
  27399. 
  

  

  Seed 
  from 
  selected 
  plants 
  that 
  were 
  open 
  pollinated 
  : 
  

  

  27382 
  to 
  27384. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban. 
  Sandlucern. 
  

   27382 
  and 
  27383. 
  Grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  20571 
  

   (see 
  No. 
  27260, 
  above). 
  The 
  first 
  plant 
  yielded 
  37| 
  grams 
  of 
  seed; 
  

   the 
  second 
  25 
  f 
  grams. 
  

  

  27384. 
  Grown 
  from 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  3386, 
  which 
  represents 
  seed 
  of 
  

   No. 
  20571. 
  As 
  both 
  3386 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  lot 
  were 
  produced 
  in 
  

   association 
  with 
  ordinary 
  alfalfa, 
  unlimited 
  opportunity 
  for 
  cross- 
  

   ing 
  existed. 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  36 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27385 
  to 
  27391. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  27385 
  and 
  27386. 
  Grown 
  from 
  two 
  plants 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25112 
  

   (see 
  No. 
  27262, 
  above). 
  The 
  first 
  plant 
  yielded 
  29 
  grams; 
  the 
  

   second 
  27 
  grams 
  of 
  seed 
  . 
  

  

  27387. 
  Grown 
  from 
  an 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25111 
  

   (see 
  No. 
  27261). 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  42 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27388 
  to 
  27391. 
  Grown 
  from 
  four 
  selected 
  plants 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  25110 
  (see 
  No. 
  27258). 
  The 
  first 
  plant 
  yielded 
  2 
  grams 
  of 
  

   seed; 
  the 
  second 
  44| 
  grams; 
  the 
  third 
  19^; 
  the 
  fourth. 
  7 
  grams; 
  

   showing 
  admirably 
  the 
  great 
  diversity 
  in 
  value 
  as 
  to 
  seed 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  individuals 
  composing 
  the 
  stand 
  of 
  alfalfa. 
  

  

  27392 
  and 
  27393. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  When 
  the 
  material 
  to 
  which 
  these 
  numbers 
  were 
  assigned 
  was 
  

   thrashed, 
  no 
  seed 
  was 
  found, 
  so 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  used. 
  

  

  27394. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  Sickle 
  lucern. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  Dickinson 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  Hansen's 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  No. 
  20721, 
  from 
  Samara, 
  Russia. 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  one-fourth 
  

   gram 
  of 
  seed. 
  As 
  this 
  was 
  grown 
  in 
  association 
  with 
  true 
  alfalfa 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  number 
  may 
  represent 
  the 
  immediate 
  hybrid 
  between 
  sativa 
  and 
  

   falcata 
  — 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban, 
  or 
  true 
  sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  27395 
  to 
  27397. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  27395. 
  Grown 
  from 
  a 
  cutting 
  which 
  yielded 
  10 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27396. 
  Grown 
  from 
  a 
  cutting 
  which 
  yielded 
  17 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27397. 
  Grown 
  from 
  seed 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  produced 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  

   Md. 
  Original 
  seed 
  from 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Parent 
  plant 
  had 
  loose, 
  

   open 
  pods, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  broadly 
  falcate. 
  At 
  Dickinson 
  one 
  

   plant 
  yielded 
  36| 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27398. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban. 
  Sandlucern. 
  

  

  Grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  20571 
  (see 
  No. 
  27260). 
  One 
  plant 
  

   yielded 
  46£ 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27399. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  seed 
  produced 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md. 
  Original 
  seed 
  from 
  

  

  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  9 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

   207 
  

  

  