﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  29 
  

  

  27662 
  to 
  27674— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  onion 
  is, 
  as 
  I 
  was 
  informed, 
  that 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  in 
  beds 
  or 
  in 
  rows 
  

   and 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  left 
  over 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  open; 
  during 
  the 
  following 
  summer 
  

   they 
  make 
  a 
  strong 
  growth 
  and 
  produce 
  often 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  onions 
  in 
  a 
  cluster. 
  

   As 
  Yelisavetpol 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  semiarid 
  region, 
  this 
  onion 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  valuable 
  

   to 
  settlers 
  in 
  the 
  mild- 
  wintered, 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Ob- 
  

   tained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  K. 
  A. 
  Kees, 
  seed 
  dealer, 
  in 
  Tiflis." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27664. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1288a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  Mixed 
  varieties 
  

  

  of 
  native 
  Caucasian 
  muskmelons, 
  among 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  some 
  very 
  

   fine 
  varieties. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  Purchased 
  in 
  Tiflis." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27665. 
  Cucumis 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Cucumber. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1289a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  variety 
  of 
  cucumber, 
  half-long, 
  of 
  green 
  color. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  really 
  good 
  

   sort, 
  worthy 
  of 
  introduction. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  Purchased 
  in 
  

   Tiflis." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27666. 
  Solanum 
  melongena 
  L. 
  Eggplant. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1290a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  variety 
  of 
  eggplant. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  dark-purple 
  color, 
  elongated 
  

   shape, 
  and 
  medium 
  size. 
  Considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  sort. 
  For 
  trial 
  in 
  semiarid 
  

   regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27667. 
  Tilia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1293a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  beautiful 
  

   native 
  Caucasian 
  shade 
  tree, 
  growing 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  old 
  and 
  of 
  large 
  dimensions. 
  

   Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  park 
  and 
  avenue 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States. 
  See 
  also 
  No. 
  408 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26892)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27668. 
  Halimodendron 
  halodendron 
  (Pallas) 
  Voss. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1294a, 
  Mar. 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  spiny 
  

   shrub, 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  apparently 
  very 
  drought 
  resistant. 
  Suitable 
  as 
  

   an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  shrub 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  Collected 
  

   in 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  School 
  for 
  Horticulture 
  in 
  Tiflis." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  species 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Pallas 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Irtish 
  River 
  in 
  Siberia 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  from 
  the 
  salt 
  steppes 
  of 
  Trans- 
  

   caucasia 
  to 
  Dzungaria 
  and 
  the 
  Altai 
  region 
  of 
  southern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  27669. 
  Rhamnus 
  pallasii 
  Fisch. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1295a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  ornamental 
  

   deciduous 
  shrub, 
  growing 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  sterile 
  places. 
  Recommended 
  for 
  

   bank 
  binding 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  semiarid, 
  fairly 
  mild- 
  

   wintered 
  regions. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  in 
  Tiflis." 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Russian 
  and 
  Turkish 
  Armenia, 
  and 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Azerbaijan 
  

   and 
  Ghilan 
  in 
  northwestern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  27670. 
  Pyrus 
  nivalis 
  elaeagrifolia 
  (Pall.) 
  Schneider. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1296a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  shrubby, 
  

   wild 
  pear, 
  occurring 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  places, 
  mainly 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Caucasus. 
  Recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  a 
  dwarfing 
  stock 
  for 
  pears 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  

   regions 
  where 
  the 
  winters 
  are 
  not 
  too 
  severe, 
  but 
  the 
  summers 
  hot 
  and 
  dry. 
  

   Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  27134 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

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