﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBEE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  33 
  

  

  28618 
  to 
  28625— 
  Continued. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28618. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Vladikavkaz, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1334a, 
  May 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   legume 
  very 
  rarely 
  seen, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  originally 
  from 
  Russia. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  

   used 
  locally 
  as 
  a 
  human 
  food, 
  being 
  boiled 
  in 
  soups 
  or 
  mixed 
  with 
  chick-peas 
  

   in 
  stews. 
  Suitable 
  for 
  trial 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  crop 
  in 
  regions 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  light 
  

   summer 
  rainfall 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  28619. 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  L. 
  Field 
  pea. 
  

   From 
  Vladikavkaz, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1335a, 
  May 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  

  

  small 
  pea, 
  apparently 
  an 
  offspring 
  from 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  and 
  

   Pisum 
  arvense. 
  Used 
  locally 
  as 
  a 
  food, 
  being 
  more 
  appreciated 
  than 
  the 
  large- 
  

   seeded 
  varieties 
  and 
  consequently 
  more 
  expensive. 
  Perhaps 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  

   forage 
  or 
  food 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  intermountain 
  regions. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28620. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

   From 
  Baku, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  " 
  (No. 
  1336a, 
  May 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  chick-pea, 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  Persian 
  seed 
  dealer 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  

   Chick-peas 
  are 
  much 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  orientals, 
  preferably 
  boiled 
  with 
  mutton 
  in 
  

   soups 
  and 
  stews 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  28621. 
  VictafabaL. 
  Horse 
  bean. 
  

   From 
  Baku, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1337a, 
  May 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  horse 
  bean, 
  

  

  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  Used 
  by 
  the 
  orientals 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  green 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  dried 
  state 
  as 
  a 
  vegetable. 
  Ground 
  horse 
  beans 
  are 
  a 
  well-known 
  and 
  

   excellent 
  feed 
  for 
  draft 
  animals; 
  perhaps 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  grown 
  advantageously 
  as 
  

   a 
  winter 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  summer 
  

   crop 
  in 
  the 
  intermountain 
  regions 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  28622. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Baku, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1338a, 
  May 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good 
  hard 
  

  

  wheat, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28623. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Vladikavkaz, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1339a, 
  May 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

  

  excellent 
  hard 
  wheat, 
  coming 
  from 
  Persia 
  and 
  called 
  ' 
  TatuchJ 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28624. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

   From 
  Baku, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1340a, 
  May 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  naked 
  

  

  barley 
  of 
  superior 
  quality, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  Much 
  imported 
  into 
  this 
  

   country, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  roasted 
  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  coffee. 
  The 
  beverage 
  produced 
  

   from 
  this 
  is 
  very 
  agreeable." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28625. 
  Lens 
  esculenta 
  Moench. 
  Lentil. 
  

   From 
  Baku, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1341a, 
  May 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  lentil, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  Much 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  orientals 
  in 
  soups 
  and 
  

   stews. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  crop 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28626. 
  Opuntia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson- 
  Proschowsky. 
  Received 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  

  

  1909. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  on 
  August 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

  

  „ 
  "This 
  Opuntia 
  is 
  easily 
  propagated 
  by 
  cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  pads. 
  After 
  being 
  severed 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  plant, 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  to 
  dry 
  up 
  the 
  

  

  100939°— 
  Bui. 
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