﻿22 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28979. 
  Rosa 
  xanthina 
  Lindl. 
  Hose. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Pasroute, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1379a, 
  July 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Apparently 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  no 
  flowers 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  Col- 
  

   lected 
  at 
  6,000 
  feet 
  elevation. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  28980. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  Barberry. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kulikalan, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1380a, 
  July 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  tall-growing 
  ornamental 
  barberry 
  found 
  at 
  elevations 
  from 
  5,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  

   feet, 
  often 
  on 
  quite 
  sterile 
  places. 
  Bears 
  multitudes 
  of 
  large 
  racemes 
  of 
  yellow 
  

   flowers. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  park 
  and 
  garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  "These 
  are 
  last 
  year's 
  seeds 
  and 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  old 
  bushes 
  at 
  an 
  alti- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  about 
  10,000 
  feet. 
  In 
  these 
  regions 
  the 
  snow 
  disappears 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  

   15th 
  of 
  May, 
  but 
  returns 
  again 
  the 
  last 
  days 
  of 
  September." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28981. 
  Lonicera 
  sp. 
  Honeysuckle. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kulikalan, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1381a, 
  July 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  tall 
  bushy 
  honeysuckle 
  growing 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  rocky 
  places, 
  preferably 
  between 
  

   bowlders. 
  Found 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  about 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Bears 
  

   yellow 
  berries. 
  Of 
  value 
  apparently 
  as 
  a 
  park 
  and 
  garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28982. 
  LonicerA 
  sp. 
  Honeysuckle. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kulikalan, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  (No. 
  1382a, 
  July 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  tall 
  bushy 
  honeysuckle 
  sometimes 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  tree. 
  Bears 
  red 
  berries. 
  

   Found 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  rocky 
  places 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  5,000 
  to 
  8,000 
  feet. 
  Recom- 
  

   mended 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28983. 
  Colutea 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  near 
  Wishist, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  

   1383a, 
  July 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  Colutea 
  found 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  rocky 
  mountain 
  

   slopes; 
  bears 
  yellow 
  flowers 
  and 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  large 
  inflated 
  pods. 
  Of 
  value 
  

   as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  and 
  park 
  shrub 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28984. 
  Colutea 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Bacharden, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1384a, 
  June 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  Colutea 
  

   found 
  amidst 
  stony 
  debris 
  and 
  rocks 
  on 
  arid 
  places. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  number. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  28985. 
  Acacia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  desert 
  near 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1385a, 
  June 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  spiny 
  

   weed 
  growing 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  in 
  the 
  desert. 
  The 
  pods 
  seem 
  

   to 
  possess 
  tanning 
  capacities 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  these 
  qualities. 
  If 
  found 
  

   to 
  be 
  possessed 
  of 
  sufficient 
  tannin, 
  this 
  plant 
  could 
  be 
  grown 
  commercially 
  in 
  

   large 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28986. 
  Medicago 
  minima 
  (L.) 
  Grufb. 
  

  

  From 
  Baku, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia, 
  "(No. 
  1386a, 
  May 
  26, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  bur 
  clover 
  

   growing 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  hill 
  slopes. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  winter 
  

   herbage 
  for 
  cattle 
  in 
  the 
  moist 
  mild-winter 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  

   . 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28987. 
  Trigonella 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Pasroute, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1387a, 
  July 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   Found 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  wheat 
  field 
  at 
  about 
  6,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  Of 
  possible 
  

   value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  herb 
  or 
  as 
  green 
  manure 
  in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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