﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1010. 
  41 
  

  

  27801 
  to 
  27813— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27811. 
  Lepidium 
  sativum 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1312a, 
  Mar, 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  

   vegetable 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  Tartar 
  language 
  'Kodim,' 
  apparently 
  a 
  broad-leaved 
  

   variety 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  cress. 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  open, 
  on 
  protected 
  places, 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  winter, 
  and 
  eaten 
  raw 
  as 
  a 
  salad 
  with 
  meats. 
  Recommended 
  

   as 
  a 
  winter 
  green 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27812. 
  Ocimum 
  BASILICUM 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1313a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  summer 
  vegetable, 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  Tartar 
  language 
  'Rahan.'" 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution.— 
  Probably 
  native 
  in 
  the 
  Punjab 
  regions 
  of 
  India; 
  generally 
  

   cultivated 
  as 
  a 
  pot 
  herb. 
  

  

  27813. 
  Satureja 
  hortensis 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1314a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  summer 
  vegetable, 
  said 
  to 
  grow 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  high, 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  

   Tartar 
  language 
  ' 
  Marza 
  . 
  " 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean; 
  frequently 
  

   cultivated 
  in 
  kitchen 
  gardens. 
  

  

  27814 
  to 
  27829. 
  

  

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

   April 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27814. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1273a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  

  

  chick-pea, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gori, 
  central 
  Caucasus. 
  There 
  

   are 
  apparently 
  several 
  strains 
  in 
  this 
  lot. 
  These 
  chick-peas 
  remain 
  somewhat 
  

   hard, 
  even 
  after 
  being 
  boiled 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  See 
  note 
  on 
  No. 
  1259a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  27513)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27815. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1274a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  

  

  chick-pea, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Cacheti, 
  central 
  Caucasus. 
  Considered 
  a 
  finer 
  

   variety 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  becomes 
  quite 
  soft 
  when 
  boiled. 
  See 
  note 
  

   on 
  No. 
  1259a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27513)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27816. 
  Lens 
  esculenta 
  Moench. 
  Lentil. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1275a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  This 
  lentil 
  

  

  is 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  boiled 
  in 
  soup, 
  and 
  although 
  small, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  much 
  finer 
  taste 
  than 
  the 
  large 
  ones. 
  In 
  America 
  this 
  legume 
  may 
  perhaps 
  

   be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  or 
  cover 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  sections." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27817. 
  Phaseolus 
  coccineus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1276a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  white 
  

   bean, 
  said 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  Kherson 
  Government, 
  southwest 
  Russia, 
  where 
  the 
  

   climate 
  is 
  warm 
  and 
  rather 
  dry 
  in 
  summer. 
  These 
  beans 
  are 
  much 
  eaten 
  

   by 
  Jewish 
  residents 
  in 
  Russia. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27818. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1277a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  round, 
  

   yellow 
  bean, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  early; 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Kherson 
  Government, 
  south- 
  

   west 
  Russia. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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