﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  49 
  

  

  29213 
  to 
  29270— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29243. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  Tashkend, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1443a, 
  August 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  small 
  watermelon; 
  rind 
  light 
  green; 
  flesh 
  salmon 
  red, 
  sweet 
  and 
  very 
  juicy. 
  

   To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  29231." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29244. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  Tashkend, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1444a, 
  August 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  small-sized 
  watermelon; 
  rind 
  dark 
  green 
  with 
  light-green 
  patches; 
  flesh 
  pale 
  

   red, 
  of 
  fresh, 
  sweet 
  taste. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  29231." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29245. 
  Acer 
  sp. 
  Maple. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kizil-Kurgan, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1445a, 
  October 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  maple 
  of 
  small 
  size 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  

   5,000 
  feet 
  and 
  over. 
  Bears 
  small 
  leaves 
  which 
  vary 
  much 
  in 
  shape, 
  being 
  found 
  

   in 
  all 
  forms 
  between 
  trilobed 
  and 
  entire. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  ornamental 
  tree 
  

   in 
  the 
  drier 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29246. 
  Juniperus 
  foetldissima 
  Willd. 
  Juniper. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Guldscha, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1446a, 
  October 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  very 
  sterile 
  and 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides 
  at 
  high 
  altitudes. 
  Generally 
  

   of 
  very 
  gnarled 
  and 
  twisted 
  shapes. 
  Much 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  for 
  building 
  

   purposes 
  and 
  for 
  fuel. 
  Native 
  name, 
  Artchak. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   mountain 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29247. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  Barberry. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kan-Shugan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1447a, 
  October 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  spiny 
  barberry 
  having 
  dentate, 
  somewhat 
  undulate 
  leaves 
  and 
  bearing 
  

   racemes 
  of 
  coral-red 
  berries. 
  Found 
  on 
  sandy 
  and 
  sterile 
  level 
  places 
  at 
  eleva- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  about 
  8,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  and 
  

   park 
  shrub 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29248. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  Barberry. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Guldscha, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1448a, 
  October 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  tall-growing 
  barberry 
  found 
  on 
  dry, 
  sandy, 
  and 
  sterile 
  places; 
  bears 
  blue 
  

   berries. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29249. 
  Cotoneaster 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Guldscha, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1449a, 
  October 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

   Found 
  growing 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  sterile 
  locations 
  at 
  altitudes 
  of 
  5,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  

   level. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  29250. 
  Nitraria 
  schoberi 
  L. 
  Desert 
  currant. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Ulukshat, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1450a, 
  October 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  spiny 
  shrub 
  found 
  on 
  alkaline 
  and 
  sandy 
  places 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  8,000 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  It 
  grows 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  has 
  small 
  white 
  foliage 
  

   and 
  erect 
  racemes 
  of 
  small 
  juicy 
  black-violet 
  berries. 
  These 
  are 
  edible 
  and 
  of 
  

   sweet 
  saline 
  taste, 
  but 
  this 
  rather 
  high 
  alkaline 
  property 
  leaves 
  an 
  unpleasant 
  

   aftertaste 
  in 
  one's 
  mouth, 
  while 
  one's 
  throat 
  also 
  feels 
  the 
  sharpness 
  of 
  the 
  salt. 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  occupy 
  too 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  berry 
  and 
  the 
  fruits 
  have 
  no 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  

   races 
  of 
  men. 
  This 
  desert 
  currant 
  possesses 
  great 
  sand 
  -binding 
  qualities, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  and 
  deserves 
  to 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  in 
  the 
  elevated 
  and 
  cool 
  arid 
  

   and 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Europe 
  and 
  central 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  

   Caucasus 
  region 
  eastward 
  through 
  southern 
  Siberia, 
  northern 
  Persia, 
  and 
  

   Mongolia 
  to 
  China. 
  

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