﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  21 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28972. 
  Capparis 
  spinosa 
  L. 
  Caper. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Langar, 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1372a, 
  

  

  July 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  well-known 
  caper 
  plant, 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  driest 
  of 
  sun- 
  

   burned 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  having 
  roots 
  that 
  penetrate 
  yards 
  into 
  the 
  soil 
  

   and 
  between 
  cracks 
  in 
  rock 
  ledges. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  from 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  under 
  No. 
  

   783 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28126), 
  which 
  number 
  see 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28973. 
  Salsola 
  arbuscula 
  Pallas. 
  

  

  From 
  Chartchui, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1373a, 
  June 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  shrub 
  of 
  

   peculiar 
  appearance, 
  having 
  no 
  leaves 
  but 
  instead 
  long, 
  slender, 
  green, 
  drooping 
  

   branches. 
  Is 
  used 
  with 
  much 
  success 
  in 
  the 
  sand-binding 
  and 
  desert-reclama- 
  

   tion 
  work 
  along 
  the 
  central 
  Asian 
  railroads. 
  Pvecommended 
  for 
  the 
  dry 
  and 
  

   hot 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  for 
  various 
  purposes: 
  (1) 
  For 
  its 
  sand-binding 
  

   properties; 
  (2) 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  park 
  and 
  garden 
  shrub; 
  (3) 
  as 
  a 
  fuel 
  supply 
  

   in 
  desert 
  regions. 
  

  

  "These 
  seeds 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  kept 
  moist 
  until 
  the 
  young 
  

   plants 
  appear 
  above 
  ground; 
  after 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  watered 
  sparingly. 
  

  

  "Obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Paletsky, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  sand-binding 
  operations 
  

   along 
  the 
  railroads 
  in 
  central 
  Asia." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28974. 
  Calligonum 
  caput-medusae 
  Schrenk. 
  

  

  From 
  Chartchui, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1374a, 
  June 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  shrub 
  of 
  very 
  

   much 
  the 
  same 
  appearance 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number, 
  only 
  flowering 
  quite 
  

   beautifully 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  early 
  June. 
  Strongly 
  recommended, 
  

   therefore, 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  park 
  and 
  garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  desert 
  regions 
  where 
  high 
  

   summer 
  temperatures 
  prevail, 
  but 
  where 
  the 
  mercury 
  does 
  not 
  drop 
  below 
  zero 
  

   F. 
  See 
  preceding 
  number 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28975. 
  Calligonum 
  aphyllum 
  (Pall.) 
  Guerke. 
  

  

  From 
  Chartchui, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1375a, 
  June 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  tall 
  shrub 
  like 
  

   the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  of 
  more 
  arborescent 
  growth 
  and 
  somewhat 
  less 
  ornamental; 
  

   otherwise 
  all 
  remarks 
  made 
  on 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  apply 
  also 
  to 
  this 
  one." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28976. 
  Haloxylon 
  ammodendron 
  (C. 
  A. 
  Meyer) 
  Bunge. 
  Saxaul. 
  

   From 
  Chartchui, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1376a, 
  June 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  famous 
  

  

  saxaul 
  tree, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  fuel 
  supplies 
  of 
  the 
  deserts 
  and 
  oases 
  in 
  central 
  

   Asia. 
  The 
  wood, 
  which 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  heavy 
  and 
  compact, 
  retails 
  at 
  20 
  to 
  

   25 
  kopecks 
  a 
  pood 
  (40 
  pounds). 
  For 
  possible 
  uses 
  and 
  cultural 
  remarks 
  see 
  

   preceding 
  numbers; 
  see 
  also 
  remarks 
  under 
  No. 
  1303a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27802)." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28977. 
  Carex 
  physodes 
  Bieb. 
  

  

  From 
  Chartchui, 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  (No. 
  1377a, 
  June 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  rare 
  species 
  

   of 
  sedge, 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  desert, 
  used 
  in 
  sand-binding 
  work 
  along 
  the 
  central 
  

   Asian 
  railroads. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  similar 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  arid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   southwestern 
  United 
  States; 
  also, 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  lawn 
  sedge 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  regions. 
  

   Obtained 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28978. 
  Rosa 
  xanthina 
  Lindl. 
  Hose. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kulikalan, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  (No. 
  1378a, 
  July 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  spiny, 
  shrubby 
  rose, 
  bearing 
  in 
  early 
  summer 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  small, 
  

   deep 
  butter-yellow 
  roses. 
  Found 
  on 
  stony, 
  sterile 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  in 
  

   ravines 
  at 
  altitudes 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  9,000 
  feet. 
  Recommended 
  for 
  hybridization 
  

   work 
  to 
  create 
  perfectly 
  hardy 
  yellow 
  roses 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  shrub 
  

   for 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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