﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  57 
  

  

  28022 
  and 
  28023. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  explorer, 
  May 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  28022. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Bush 
  cherry. 
  

   "(No. 
  1331a, 
  Apr. 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  low-growing 
  bush 
  cherry 
  found 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  

  

  and 
  stony 
  places 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Produces 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  

   small, 
  rosy 
  flowers 
  in 
  early 
  April. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  sour 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  

   for 
  compotes 
  and 
  jellies. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  various 
  stone 
  fruits 
  in 
  

   arid 
  and 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  and 
  for 
  hybridizing 
  purposes 
  to 
  create 
  large-fruited, 
  

   bushy 
  forms 
  of 
  cherries. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28023. 
  Anchusa 
  myosotidiflora 
  Lehm. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1332a, 
  Apr. 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  beautiful, 
  perennial, 
  spring-flowering 
  plant, 
  

   looks 
  strikingly 
  like 
  a 
  large 
  forget-me-not. 
  Prefers 
  shady 
  places 
  . 
  Recommended 
  

   as 
  a 
  garden 
  ornamental 
  on 
  shady 
  situations 
  in 
  semiarid, 
  mild-wintered 
  regions. 
  

   Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Gardens." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Shady 
  banks 
  and 
  cliffs 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Altai 
  

   Mountains 
  of 
  southern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  28024 
  to 
  28029. 
  

  

  From 
  Tsungming, 
  China. 
  Obtained 
  by 
  Rev. 
  James 
  Ware 
  of 
  the 
  Foreign 
  Christian 
  

   Missionary 
  Society, 
  Shanghai, 
  China, 
  and 
  forwarded 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Amos 
  P. 
  

   Wilder, 
  American 
  consul 
  general. 
  Received 
  May 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Tsungming 
  is 
  an 
  alluvial 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  estuary 
  of 
  the 
  Yangtze 
  River. 
  It 
  lies 
  

   between 
  31° 
  and 
  32° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Prevailing 
  winds 
  from 
  southeast. 
  Total 
  length 
  

   from 
  east 
  to 
  west 
  60 
  miles, 
  average 
  breadth 
  12 
  miles. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  rich 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   northwest 
  corner, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  overcharged 
  with 
  alkali. 
  Population, 
  including 
  small 
  

   islands 
  around, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  towns 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  mainland, 
  1,200,000." 
  {Ware.) 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28024 
  to 
  28027. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  

  

  28024. 
  "Premier. 
  This 
  sorghum 
  seed 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   island. 
  It 
  develops 
  13 
  joints 
  in 
  the 
  stem, 
  hence 
  it 
  bears 
  the 
  name 
  

   'lS-jointed' 
  sorghum. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  fullest 
  and 
  most 
  productive 
  of 
  island 
  

   eorgos." 
  (Ware.) 
  

  

  "Chinese 
  sorgo. 
  A 
  sorgo 
  with 
  obovate 
  spikelets; 
  black 
  glumes 
  with 
  

   compressed 
  tips 
  ; 
  very 
  small 
  seeds 
  and 
  short 
  awns. 
  Probably 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  the 
  Chinese 
  sorgo 
  originally 
  introduced 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Tsung- 
  

   ming 
  to 
  France 
  in 
  1851, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1853. 
  Apparently 
  

   identical 
  with 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  22913." 
  {Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  28025. 
  "The 
  'Tender' 
  sorghum 
  is 
  greatly 
  cultivated, 
  as 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  easiest 
  raised. 
  It 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  5 
  feet." 
  {Ware.) 
  

   "Sorgo 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  number, 
  but 
  with 
  glumes 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  normal 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  to 
  a 
  light 
  brown." 
  {Carleton 
  R. 
  

   Ball.) 
  

  

  28026. 
  "The 
  'Hard' 
  sorghum 
  is 
  planted 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  before 
  the 
  

   tender, 
  and 
  is 
  cut 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  later. 
  It 
  is 
  largely 
  grown 
  and 
  

   reaches 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  4 
  feet." 
  ( 
  Ware.) 
  

  

  "Appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  numbers, 
  some 
  glumes 
  

   being 
  black 
  and 
  some 
  being 
  brown." 
  {Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

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