﻿16 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27512 
  to 
  27517— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "The 
  trees 
  themselves 
  are 
  ornamental, 
  but 
  the 
  fruits 
  are 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  be 
  ever 
  

   used 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  races 
  as 
  a 
  dessert." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  17173, 
  17905 
  to 
  17907, 
  18266, 
  18599, 
  19395, 
  22370, 
  and 
  

   22599 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  Asia; 
  native 
  from 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  

   eastward 
  through 
  northern 
  India 
  and 
  central 
  China 
  to 
  Japan; 
  naturalized 
  in 
  the 
  

   European 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean. 
  

  

  27513. 
  Cicer 
  ARiETiNUM 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

   From 
  Batum, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1259a, 
  February 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  These 
  

  

  chickpeas 
  are 
  locally 
  called 
  'ArnouV 
  and 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Anapa, 
  Northern 
  Caucasus. 
  They 
  are 
  much 
  eaten 
  here 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  

   the 
  Russians, 
  generally 
  boiled 
  in 
  soups 
  or 
  served 
  with 
  meat 
  stews, 
  also 
  roasted 
  

   and 
  sugared 
  and 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  sweetmeat. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  semi- 
  

   arid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27514. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Batum, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1260a, 
  February 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  winter 
  

  

  wheat 
  of 
  first 
  quality, 
  called 
  'Kriek 
  Bogda;' 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Samsun, 
  Asia 
  

   Minor; 
  costs 
  3 
  rubles 
  per 
  pood 
  in 
  Batum. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  mild-wintered 
  semi- 
  

   arid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27515. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Batum, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1261a, 
  February 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  winter 
  wheat 
  of 
  second 
  quality, 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27514); 
  costs 
  2.80 
  rubles 
  per 
  pood 
  in 
  Batum. 
  Recom- 
  

   mended 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  localities 
  as 
  the 
  preceding." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27516. 
  Gleditsia 
  caspica 
  Desf. 
  

  

  From 
  Livadia, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1262a, 
  January 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  honey 
  

   locust 
  growing 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  tall 
  tree, 
  found 
  along 
  roads 
  and 
  in 
  thickets, 
  perhaps 
  

   escaped. 
  A 
  good 
  shade 
  tree 
  for 
  the 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   where 
  mild 
  winters 
  prevail." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27517. 
  Gleditsia 
  caspica 
  Desf. 
  

  

  From 
  Nikita, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1263a, 
  January 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  Collected 
  

   from 
  a 
  tall 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  at 
  Nikita. 
  Recommended 
  for 
  the 
  

   same 
  localities 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27516)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27518. 
  Aleukites 
  fordii 
  Hemsl. 
  China 
  wood-oil 
  tree. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  L. 
  C. 
  Gillespie 
  & 
  Sons, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25081 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27519. 
  Grewia 
  oana 
  Sond. 
  "Kafir 
  raisin." 
  

  

  From 
  Bloemhof 
  District, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  

   Davy, 
  Government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  Pretoria. 
  Received 
  April 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  bush 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  Transvaal, 
  about 
  4,000 
  faet 
  altitude, 
  

   subject 
  to 
  light 
  frosts, 
  growing 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  found 
  on 
  

   outcrops 
  of 
  the 
  dolomite 
  limestone 
  in 
  districts 
  having 
  a 
  rainfall 
  of 
  20 
  inches 
  in 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  winter 
  drought 
  lasting 
  about 
  six 
  months. 
  The 
  berries 
  are 
  small, 
  

   but 
  produced 
  in 
  quantity; 
  each 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  stone, 
  and 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  flesh 
  

   208 
  

  

  