﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  81 
  

  

  28306 
  to 
  28324— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28319. 
  Glycyrrhiza 
  glandulifera 
  Waldst. 
  & 
  Kit. 
  Wild 
  licorice, 
  

   "(No. 
  293.) 
  A 
  native 
  forage 
  plant 
  from 
  the 
  dry 
  steppe 
  region 
  of 
  Orenburg. 
  

  

  Seed 
  gathered 
  for 
  me 
  in 
  1908, 
  from 
  wild 
  plants, 
  by 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  £L 
  

   Bogdan, 
  agronomist 
  of 
  the 
  Turgai-Ural 
  region, 
  Orenburg 
  Province 
  on 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  eastern 
  border 
  of 
  European 
  Russia. 
  A 
  relative 
  of 
  the 
  cultivated 
  

   licorice 
  plant." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southwestern 
  Europe 
  and 
  southern 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  

   Greece 
  through 
  Persia, 
  Turkestan, 
  and 
  Afghanistan 
  to 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Chihli 
  

   in 
  China. 
  

  

  28320. 
  Avena 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Oat, 
  

   "(No. 
  294.) 
  Seed 
  obtained 
  originally 
  from 
  Nizhni 
  Novgorod 
  Exposition; 
  

  

  sample 
  grown 
  in 
  Kherson 
  Province, 
  southern 
  Russia. 
  The 
  present 
  sample 
  ii 
  

   from 
  seed 
  raised 
  for 
  ten 
  years 
  by 
  Professor 
  Williams, 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Agricultural 
  

   College, 
  Moscow, 
  Russia; 
  the 
  first 
  five 
  years 
  as 
  a 
  field 
  crop 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  five 
  

   in 
  the 
  plant 
  breeding 
  plats. 
  Noted 
  for 
  extreme 
  earliness. 
  At 
  first 
  the 
  grain 
  

   was 
  very 
  small, 
  but 
  is 
  now 
  larger 
  and 
  considerably 
  later." 
  

  

  28321. 
  Salsola 
  arbuscula 
  Pallas. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  (No. 
  295.) 
  A 
  native 
  plant 
  of 
  arborescent 
  growth, 
  from 
  the 
  sand 
  dunes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bokhara, 
  gathered 
  for 
  me 
  by 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Paletsky, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  sand- 
  

   dune 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  Trans-Caspian 
  Railroad, 
  with 
  headquarters 
  at 
  Chardchuij 
  

   Turkestan. 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  sand 
  binder 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  moving 
  sande 
  

   from 
  encroaching 
  on 
  the 
  track. 
  These 
  experiments 
  show 
  great 
  originality 
  and 
  

   demonstrate 
  the 
  superiority 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  plants 
  of 
  Turkestan 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  

   The 
  onward 
  march 
  of 
  the 
  moving 
  sands 
  has 
  been 
  checked. 
  Formerly 
  these 
  

   caused 
  great 
  expense 
  in 
  railway 
  management." 
  

  

  28322. 
  Haloxylon 
  ammodendron 
  (Mey.) 
  Bunge. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  296.) 
  A 
  native 
  sand 
  binder 
  from 
  Bokhara. 
  Same 
  source 
  as 
  No. 
  291 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28321)." 
  

  

  28323. 
  Calligonum 
  caput-medusae 
  Schrenk. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  297.) 
  A 
  native 
  sand 
  binder 
  from 
  Bokhara. 
  Same 
  source 
  as 
  No. 
  291 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28321)." 
  

  

  28324. 
  Trifolium 
  pannonicum 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  113.) 
  This 
  is 
  usually 
  called 
  Hungarian 
  clover, 
  a 
  perennial 
  allied 
  te 
  

   red 
  clover, 
  but 
  earlier 
  and 
  less 
  tender 
  in 
  foliage. 
  This 
  present 
  sample 
  deserves 
  

   especial 
  attention 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  found 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  Kharkof 
  Province, 
  southern 
  

   Russia. 
  It 
  should 
  prove 
  hardier 
  than 
  the 
  Hungarian 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  species." 
  

  

  73528°— 
  Bui. 
  208—11 
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