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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  Probably 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  work 
  so 
  extensive 
  and 
  successful 
  in 
  the 
  bind- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  drifting 
  desert 
  sands 
  as 
  that 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  Chartchui, 
  Turkestan, 
  

   by 
  the 
  Russian 
  Government. 
  The 
  railroad, 
  which 
  was 
  previously 
  

   in 
  continual 
  danger 
  of 
  being 
  covered 
  by 
  shifting 
  sand 
  dunes, 
  has 
  

   been 
  completely 
  protected 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  certain 
  drought 
  and 
  alkali 
  

   resistant 
  plants, 
  seeds 
  of 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  secured 
  for 
  similar 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  (Nos. 
  28973 
  to 
  28977). 
  

  

  The 
  oleaster 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  extreme 
  hardiness 
  and 
  resistance 
  

   to 
  drought, 
  and 
  the 
  importation 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  of 
  a 
  large-fruited 
  form 
  

   (No. 
  29225) 
  will 
  interest 
  the 
  horticulturists 
  of 
  the 
  Northwest, 
  who 
  

   are 
  beginning 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  as 
  a 
  hardy 
  fruiting 
  

   shrub. 
  

  

  The 
  rose 
  breeders 
  will 
  be 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  roses 
  from 
  this 
  

   region 
  (Nos. 
  29251 
  to 
  29258); 
  the 
  melon 
  growers, 
  in 
  an 
  unusual 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  watermelons 
  and 
  muskmelons; 
  the 
  nut 
  growers, 
  in 
  the 
  

   almond 
  and 
  Afghanistan 
  pistache; 
  the 
  currant 
  breeders, 
  in 
  the 
  black 
  

   and 
  red 
  currants 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  has 
  secured. 
  

  

  Of 
  material 
  sent 
  in 
  by 
  correspondents, 
  it 
  is 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  em- 
  

   phasize 
  a 
  new 
  relative 
  of 
  the 
  guava, 
  Psidium 
  arapa 
  (No. 
  28911), 
  

   from 
  Minas 
  Geraes, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  sweeter 
  in 
  taste 
  than 
  the 
  

   guava; 
  a 
  new 
  variety 
  of 
  alfalfa, 
  which 
  originated 
  in 
  Norway 
  and 
  

   which 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  hardier 
  and 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  types 
  

   grown 
  there 
  (No. 
  28919); 
  three 
  distinct 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   jujube 
  (Nos. 
  28926 
  to 
  28928); 
  a 
  remarkable 
  citrus 
  relative 
  which 
  

   lives 
  on 
  the 
  seashore 
  in 
  mangrove 
  swamps 
  in 
  India 
  (No. 
  28933); 
  a 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  wheat 
  of 
  Palestine 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  breeding 
  drought- 
  

   resistant 
  varieties 
  (No. 
  29026); 
  a 
  leguminous 
  plant, 
  Cassia 
  mimo- 
  

   soides, 
  from 
  Assam, 
  recommended 
  as 
  a 
  cover 
  crop 
  in 
  banana 
  plan- 
  

   tations 
  to 
  keep 
  down 
  the 
  weeds 
  (No. 
  29031); 
  the 
  kameel-doorn 
  of 
  

   South 
  Africa, 
  an 
  extremely 
  hard-wooded, 
  drought-resistant 
  tree 
  (No. 
  

   29046); 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  (No. 
  29090), 
  from 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  

   from 
  Java 
  (No. 
  29319), 
  relatives 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  maypop, 
  for 
  breed- 
  

   ing 
  experiments 
  with 
  this 
  fruit 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  large-leaved 
  

   trees 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  forests 
  from 
  Hupeh, 
  central 
  China 
  (No. 
  29095); 
  

   a 
  new 
  hybrid 
  of 
  the 
  giant 
  wild 
  rose 
  from 
  Burma, 
  Rosa 
  gigantea 
  (No. 
  

   29096); 
  the 
  Paraguayan 
  tea 
  plant, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  mate 
  of 
  South 
  

   America 
  is 
  made, 
  a 
  drink 
  as 
  highly 
  prized 
  by 
  millions 
  of 
  South 
  

   Americans 
  as 
  tea 
  is 
  by 
  Europeans 
  (No. 
  29097) 
  ; 
  four 
  varieties 
  of 
  Jap- 
  

   anese 
  sugar 
  cane 
  for 
  trial 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  (Nos. 
  29106 
  

   to 
  29109); 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  tropical 
  persimmons, 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  edible 
  

   oriental 
  species, 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Ceylon 
  (Nos. 
  29111 
  to 
  29114), 
  for 
  

   the 
  breeders 
  of 
  this 
  fruit; 
  the 
  yeheb-nut 
  plant, 
  a 
  newly 
  discovered 
  

   leguminous 
  shrub 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  poor 
  sandy 
  soils 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  

   regions 
  of 
  Italian 
  Somaliland 
  and 
  produces 
  nuts 
  which 
  are 
  so 
  sweet 
  

   and 
  nutritious 
  that 
  in 
  their 
  season 
  the 
  Somaliland 
  natives 
  live 
  on 
  

  

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