﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  41 
  

  

  29911 
  to 
  29917— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29915. 
  Medicago 
  marina 
  L. 
  

   From 
  Jaffa. 
  "(No. 
  3076.)" 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  northern 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain, 
  

   southwestern 
  France, 
  and 
  Italy, 
  through 
  the 
  Balkan 
  Peninsula, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  

   and 
  Syria, 
  to 
  Palestine; 
  also 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  29916. 
  Medicago 
  rotata 
  ->Boiss. 
  

   From 
  Jerusalem. 
  "(No. 
  8701.) 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  hillsides 
  and 
  in 
  cultivated 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gaza 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  plain 
  of 
  Damascus 
  in 
  Palestine, 
  and 
  Mesopotamia. 
  

  

  29917. 
  Medicago 
  truncatula 
  breviaculeata 
  Urb. 
  

   From 
  Mizpeh 
  (?). 
  "(No. 
  2964.)" 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Spain, 
  southern 
  France, 
  Sardinia 
  > 
  Sicily, 
  and 
  northern 
  

   Africa. 
  

  

  29918 
  and 
  29919. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Everest, 
  "La 
  Candelaria," 
  Tlaco- 
  

   talpan, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  February 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29918. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

   29919 
  Annona 
  sp. 
  

  

  29921. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Cherry. 
  

  

  From 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  Watase, 
  The 
  Tokyo 
  Plant, 
  Seed, 
  and 
  

   Implement 
  Co. 
  Received 
  March 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   "Oshima 
  SaJcura. 
  The 
  fastest 
  growing 
  variety 
  of 
  cherry 
  trees, 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   valued 
  for 
  fuel 
  and 
  charcoal." 
  ( 
  Watase.) 
  

  

  "In 
  Japan, 
  where 
  the 
  charcoal 
  fire 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  home 
  life, 
  prizes 
  are 
  

   given 
  by 
  horticultural 
  societies 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  beautifully 
  burning 
  charcoal." 
  (David 
  

   Fair 
  child.) 
  

  

  29922. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Basra, 
  Arabia. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  The 
  Hills 
  Bros. 
  Co. 
  Received 
  March 
  1, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Different 
  varieties 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  for 
  selection 
  purposes 
  

  

  29923 
  to 
  29979. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Prain, 
  director, 
  Royal 
  Botanical 
  

   Gardens. 
  Received 
  January 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   29923 
  to 
  29956. 
  Seeds 
  of 
  herbaceous 
  perennials: 
  

  

  29923. 
  Beta 
  bourgaei 
  Coss. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  damp 
  sandy 
  coasts 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Cadiz, 
  

   southern 
  Spain. 
  

  

  29924. 
  Beta 
  trigyna 
  Waldst. 
  and 
  Kit. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21095 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Hungary 
  and 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  in 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  

   Asia 
  Minor, 
  and 
  in 
  Armenia. 
  

  

  29925. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  29926. 
  Cicer 
  pinnatipidum 
  Jaub. 
  and 
  Spach. 
  

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