﻿40 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27801 
  to 
  27813— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27802. 
  Haloxylon 
  ammodendron 
  (Meyer) 
  Bunge. 
  Saxaul. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1303a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  tree 
  or 
  tall 
  

  

  shrub 
  resisting 
  alkali 
  and 
  aridness 
  to 
  a 
  most 
  remarkable 
  degree. 
  In 
  certain 
  

   sections 
  of 
  central 
  Asia 
  it 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  only 
  tree 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  and 
  its 
  wood 
  

   is 
  much 
  used 
  for 
  fuel. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  windbreak 
  and 
  a 
  fuel 
  supply 
  for 
  

   the 
  desert 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  the 
  only 
  botanic 
  garden 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  where 
  a 
  

   plantation 
  of 
  this 
  remarkable 
  tree 
  exists." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

   See 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  24555 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27803. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1304a. 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  robust 
  

  

  form 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  (Alfalfa 
  passes 
  here 
  under 
  the 
  Tartar 
  name 
  'Yondjin'). 
  This 
  

   variety 
  may 
  prove 
  of 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  regions 
  where 
  the 
  

   climate 
  very 
  much 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  Erivan. 
  For 
  general 
  climatic 
  information 
  

   for 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  numbers 
  from 
  Erivan 
  see 
  note 
  on 
  Nos. 
  711 
  to 
  750 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   Nos. 
  27611 
  to 
  27650)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27804. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1305a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  Mixed 
  local 
  

  

  varieties 
  reputed 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  fine 
  quality. 
  There 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  red 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   ones 
  among 
  these. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  hot-summered, 
  arid, 
  

   and 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27805. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1306a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  celebrated 
  

  

  local 
  variety 
  of 
  muskmelon, 
  called 
  'Dootma,' 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  fine. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  

   like 
  No. 
  1305a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27804)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27806. 
  Cucumis 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Cucumber. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1307a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  cucumber, 
  half 
  long, 
  green, 
  trained 
  on 
  stakes. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  

   No. 
  1305a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27804)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27807. 
  Raphanus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Radish. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1308a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  radish, 
  large, 
  round, 
  and 
  of 
  bright-red 
  color. 
  A 
  spring 
  vegetable. 
  

   To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  1305a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27804)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27808. 
  Raphanus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Radish. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1309a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  radish, 
  large, 
  long, 
  and 
  of 
  white 
  color. 
  A 
  spring 
  vegetable. 
  To 
  be 
  

   tested 
  like 
  No. 
  1305a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27804)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27809. 
  Allium 
  cepa 
  L. 
  Onion. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1310a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  variety 
  of 
  white 
  winter 
  onion, 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  rather 
  solid. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  

   like 
  Nc 
  1305a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27804)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27810. 
  Abelmoschus 
  esculentus 
  (L.) 
  Moench. 
  Okra. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1311a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  

  

  Caucasian 
  variety 
  of 
  okra, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  fine. 
  This 
  vegetable 
  passes 
  here 
  under 
  

   the 
  Tartar 
  name 
  of 
  ( 
  Pam-yaS 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  1305a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27804)." 
  

   ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

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