﻿42 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27814 
  to 
  27829— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27819. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1278a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  round, 
  

   white 
  bean, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  productive; 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Kherson 
  Government 
  

   in 
  southwest 
  Russia. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27820. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1279a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small, 
  

   white 
  bean; 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Kherson 
  Government, 
  southwest 
  Russia. 
  Much 
  

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

   United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27821. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1280a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  long, 
  white 
  

   bean, 
  native 
  to 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27822. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1281a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  round, 
  

   speckled 
  bean, 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  and 
  often 
  seen 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale. 
  To 
  

   be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27823. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1282a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  long, 
  speckled 
  

   bean, 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27824. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1283a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  handsome, 
  

   long, 
  red 
  bean. 
  An 
  old 
  native 
  Caucasian 
  variety 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Vladi- 
  

   kavkas. 
  Very 
  much 
  liked 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  who 
  use 
  beans 
  in 
  summer 
  instead 
  of 
  

   meats. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27825. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1284a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  round, 
  

   thick, 
  dark-red 
  bean, 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Much 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  native 
  popu- 
  

   lation. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27826. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1285a, 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  flat, 
  red 
  

   , 
  bean, 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27827. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1291a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large-grained, 
  

   white 
  proso, 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  variety 
  in 
  Tiflis. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  regions 
  

   with 
  a 
  limited 
  rainfall. 
  Purchased 
  in 
  Tiflis." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27828. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1292a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  reddish 
  

   proso, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  drought 
  resistant. 
  Purchased 
  in 
  Tiflis, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   which 
  it 
  grows. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27829. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  nigrum 
  (Willd.) 
  Beaven. 
  Black 
  barley. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1301a, 
  Mar. 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  This 
  is 
  grown 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tiflis, 
  mostly 
  as 
  a 
  winter 
  grain, 
  and 
  extensively 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  

   feed 
  for 
  horses 
  instead 
  of 
  oats, 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  do 
  not 
  grow 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  

   This 
  barley 
  is 
  generally 
  soaked 
  over 
  night 
  before 
  being 
  fed 
  to 
  the 
  animals." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

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