﻿80 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  28306 
  to 
  28324— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28310. 
  Trifolium 
  pratense 
  L. 
  Red 
  clover. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  281.) 
  The 
  same 
  notes 
  as 
  for 
  No. 
  280 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28309) 
  apply 
  to 
  this, 
  

   except 
  that 
  this 
  sample 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Vasa 
  Province, 
  Finland." 
  

  

  28311. 
  Trifolium 
  montanum 
  L. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  282.) 
  Native 
  clover 
  of 
  Moscow 
  Province, 
  Russia. 
  This 
  is 
  No. 
  617 
  of 
  

   the 
  plant-breeding 
  numbers 
  of 
  Professor 
  Williams, 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Agricultural 
  

   College 
  of 
  Moscow, 
  Russia." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Spain 
  

   through 
  Italy, 
  Dalmatia, 
  central 
  Russia, 
  and 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  to 
  the 
  Ural 
  

   Mountains 
  in 
  Siberia 
  and 
  the 
  Savalan 
  Mountains 
  in 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  28312. 
  Trifolium 
  pannonicum 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  283.) 
  A 
  wild 
  clover 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Lutovka, 
  Kharkof 
  Province, 
  

   southern 
  Russia. 
  Sample 
  obtained 
  by 
  Professor 
  Williams, 
  of 
  Moscow. 
  Should 
  

   prove 
  hardier 
  than 
  the 
  Hungarian 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  northern 
  Italy 
  through 
  the 
  

   Balkan 
  Peninsula 
  and 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  

  

  28313. 
  Trifolium 
  lupinaster 
  L. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  284.) 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  selection 
  made 
  from 
  seed 
  of 
  wild 
  clover 
  gathered 
  near 
  

   Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  The 
  original 
  wild 
  form 
  was 
  very 
  low, 
  1 
  to 
  1^ 
  feet, 
  consisting 
  

   of 
  a 
  single 
  stem. 
  The 
  present 
  sample 
  is 
  selection 
  No. 
  1, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  third 
  genera- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  one 
  plant 
  grown 
  by 
  Professor 
  Williams, 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Agricultural 
  

   College, 
  Moscow, 
  Russia: 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  high 
  and 
  bushy, 
  with 
  slender 
  stalks 
  and 
  

   plenty 
  of 
  leaves." 
  

  

  28314. 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  L. 
  Pea. 
  

   Field 
  variety. 
  "(No. 
  288.) 
  A 
  remarkable 
  mutation 
  appearing 
  in 
  the 
  plant- 
  

   breeding 
  experiments 
  at 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  Moscow, 
  Russia. 
  

   It 
  is 
  No. 
  576 
  of 
  Professor 
  Williams, 
  and 
  was 
  selected 
  by 
  his 
  assistant, 
  Rozinsky. 
  

   It 
  forms 
  a 
  single 
  stem 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  seed 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  with 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  weight 
  

   going 
  to 
  seed. 
  Value 
  undetermined." 
  

  

  28315. 
  Vicia 
  sativa 
  L. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  289.) 
  A 
  native 
  vetch 
  from 
  Pskov 
  Province, 
  near 
  Beloscrsk 
  in 
  the 
  

   Baltic 
  Sea 
  region 
  south 
  of 
  St. 
  Petersburg. 
  The 
  peasants 
  grind 
  it 
  for 
  bread. 
  

   They 
  say 
  it 
  is 
  good 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  fodder 
  and 
  grain. 
  Seed 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  Professor 
  Williams, 
  of 
  Moscow." 
  

  

  28316. 
  Cucurbita 
  maxima 
  Duch. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  290.) 
  A 
  field 
  pumpkin 
  from 
  Simbirsk 
  Province, 
  eastern 
  Russia. 
  

   Sample 
  procured 
  by 
  Professor 
  Williams." 
  

  

  28317. 
  Physalis 
  alkekengi 
  L. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  291.) 
  From 
  seed 
  saved 
  by 
  me 
  from 
  fresh 
  fruit 
  purchased 
  in 
  a 
  bazaar 
  

   at 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan, 
  December, 
  1908. 
  This 
  is 
  commonly 
  sold 
  strung 
  on 
  

   long 
  threads. 
  The 
  bright-red 
  inflated 
  pods 
  are 
  quite 
  ornamental." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Western 
  Europe, 
  through 
  central 
  Asia 
  and 
  in 
  Japan; 
  often 
  

   cultivated. 
  

  

  28318. 
  Lathyrus 
  tuberosus 
  L. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  292.) 
  Seed 
  gathered 
  forme 
  from 
  plants 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  

   steppe 
  region 
  at 
  Orenburg 
  in 
  1908 
  by 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Bogdan, 
  agronomist 
  

   of 
  the 
  Turgai-Ural 
  region, 
  Orenburg 
  Province, 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  eastern 
  border 
  

   of 
  European 
  Russia." 
  

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