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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28039 
  to 
  28047— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28045. 
  Trifolium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Guda-ur, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  779, 
  May 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  peren- 
  

   nial 
  clover 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  about 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  

   Very 
  drought 
  resistant 
  and 
  apparently 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  severe 
  cold." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28046. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  glutinosa 
  (Bieb.) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Vladikavkas, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  781, 
  May 
  3, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   large-leaved, 
  perennial 
  Medicago, 
  found 
  in 
  dry, 
  pebbly, 
  limestone 
  cliffs 
  at 
  

   about 
  3,000 
  feet 
  elevation. 
  Apparently 
  very 
  drought 
  and 
  cold 
  resistant." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28047. 
  Asparagus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Dushet, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  782, 
  April 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

   asparagus 
  of 
  ornamental 
  habits, 
  seen 
  only 
  once 
  on 
  a 
  dry 
  mountain 
  side 
  at 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  about 
  3,000 
  feet. 
  Suitable 
  for 
  cultivation 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  perennial, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  regions 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  annual 
  rainfall." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28048 
  to 
  28058. 
  

  

  From 
  Manchuria. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  agriculturist, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Industry 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  Received 
  June 
  2, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Parker: 
  

  

  28048. 
  Chaetochloa 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Scribn. 
  

  

  "Small 
  millet. 
  Chinese 
  name, 
  Hsiaome. 
  This 
  species 
  of 
  millet 
  is 
  grown 
  

   everywhere 
  in 
  Manchuria, 
  from 
  Dairen 
  to 
  the 
  Amur 
  River, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   Ocean 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  Mongolia 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  This 
  sample 
  comes 
  from 
  Mukden, 
  

   Manchuria, 
  42° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  staple 
  and 
  universally 
  used 
  

   human 
  foods 
  in 
  Manchuria. 
  When 
  properly 
  hulled 
  and 
  cooked 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  delicious 
  

   breakfast 
  food." 
  

   28049 
  to 
  28051. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soybean. 
  

  

  28049. 
  Large 
  yellow. 
  "White 
  Eyebrow 
  soy 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name, 
  

   Paimei. 
  A 
  well-known 
  and 
  famous 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  soy 
  bean 
  grown 
  

   over 
  large 
  areas 
  on 
  the 
  alluvial 
  bottom 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Liao 
  Ho 
  River 
  in 
  

   Manchuria. 
  This 
  seed 
  sample 
  came 
  from 
  valley 
  lands 
  near 
  Kwang- 
  

   ning, 
  42° 
  north 
  latitude, 
  where 
  the 
  variety 
  has 
  been 
  commonly 
  grown 
  

   for 
  several 
  centuries. 
  Valuable 
  in 
  America 
  as 
  foundation 
  stock 
  for 
  

   selecting 
  and 
  "breeding 
  improved 
  varieties 
  of 
  oil-producing 
  seeds." 
  

  

  28050. 
  Small 
  yellow. 
  "Small, 
  round 
  soy 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name, 
  

   Chinyuan. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  Manchuria 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  47° 
  

   north 
  latitude. 
  This 
  seed 
  sample 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  district 
  northeast 
  of 
  

   Harbin, 
  Manchuria, 
  46° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  The 
  beans 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  

   grown 
  in 
  northern 
  latitude, 
  are 
  highly 
  prized 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  heavy 
  

   weight 
  and 
  large 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  oil. 
  This 
  variety 
  should 
  be 
  especially 
  

   valuable 
  to 
  plant 
  breeders 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  Mississippi 
  Valley." 
  

  

  28051. 
  Black. 
  "Black 
  curd 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name, 
  Heitou. 
  Com- 
  

   monly 
  grown 
  in 
  central 
  Manchuria. 
  This 
  seed 
  sample 
  comes 
  from 
  

   Mukden, 
  Manchuria, 
  42° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  These 
  beans 
  are 
  principally 
  

   used 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  bean 
  curd. 
  The 
  beans 
  are 
  soaked, 
  ground 
  

   into 
  coarse 
  meal, 
  and 
  a 
  filtrate 
  formed 
  that 
  is 
  coagulated 
  with 
  salt. 
  

   The 
  coagulated 
  mass 
  is 
  pressed 
  into 
  a 
  curd 
  with 
  stones. 
  A 
  meal 
  made 
  

   from 
  these 
  beans 
  is 
  mixed 
  with 
  corn 
  meal 
  for 
  baking 
  cakes." 
  

  

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