﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MAKCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  55 
  

  

  30042 
  to 
  30060— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30057. 
  Populus 
  alba 
  bolleana 
  Lauche. 
  White 
  poplar. 
  

   From 
  Upal, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  886, 
  December 
  31, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  

  

  pyramidal 
  white 
  poplar 
  called 
  Suda 
  tereh. 
  Although 
  this 
  poplar 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  

   of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  white 
  one, 
  its 
  wood 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  better 
  in 
  quality 
  and 
  is 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  in 
  demand 
  for 
  rafters 
  and 
  for 
  board 
  making, 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  split 
  to 
  any 
  

   extent. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  it 
  is 
  highly 
  appreciated 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  lumber 
  tree 
  par 
  

   excellence 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  One 
  finds 
  it 
  planted 
  everywhere 
  — 
  around 
  

   gardens, 
  along 
  the 
  roads, 
  along 
  irrigation 
  canals, 
  and 
  often 
  even 
  in 
  big 
  patches, 
  

   the 
  trees 
  standing 
  only 
  5 
  feet 
  or 
  so 
  apart. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  singularly 
  free 
  from 
  

   disease 
  and 
  grow 
  remarkably 
  fast, 
  even 
  on 
  rather 
  alkaline 
  soils. 
  Old 
  trees 
  can 
  

   be 
  pollarded 
  when 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  straight, 
  even-sized 
  poles 
  are 
  desired. 
  This 
  

   poplar 
  has 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  originated 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  and 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  

   accustomed 
  to 
  a 
  desert 
  climate. 
  It 
  therefore 
  deserves 
  the 
  greatest 
  considera- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  a 
  lumber 
  and 
  ornamental 
  tree, 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  windbreak, 
  in 
  those 
  regions 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  hot, 
  the 
  winters 
  fairly 
  cold, 
  and 
  

   where 
  everything 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  raised 
  by 
  irrigation." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30058. 
  Salix 
  sp. 
  Willow. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Langru, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  889, 
  November 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  golden 
  willow, 
  called 
  Li-la-machon, 
  cultivated 
  in 
  gardens 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   tree. 
  Bark 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  branches 
  golden 
  yellow, 
  turning 
  into 
  a 
  yellowish 
  

   green 
  as 
  they 
  get 
  older. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  medium-sized, 
  low-headed 
  tree 
  of 
  somewhat 
  

   flat, 
  globular 
  shape; 
  likes 
  slightly 
  moist 
  places, 
  but 
  stands 
  a 
  fair 
  amount 
  of 
  

   alkali. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  park 
  and 
  garden 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  

   regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30059. 
  Cydonia 
  oblonga 
  Miller. 
  Quince. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  899, 
  Jan. 
  11, 
  1911.) 
  This 
  quince 
  

  

  is 
  called 
  in 
  Turkestan 
  Beeha. 
  A 
  large 
  variety 
  with 
  ribbed 
  fruits, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  heavy 
  down 
  ; 
  a 
  prolific 
  bearer. 
  The 
  fruits 
  stewed 
  with 
  sugar 
  and 
  made 
  into 
  

   a 
  compote 
  or 
  cooked 
  with 
  rice 
  are 
  favorite 
  foods 
  in 
  both 
  Russian 
  and 
  Chinese 
  

   Turkestan. 
  The 
  plants 
  stand 
  considerable 
  alkali 
  and 
  drought 
  and 
  are 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  a 
  fruit 
  tree 
  for 
  the 
  home 
  garden 
  in 
  desert 
  regions. 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  30060. 
  Ulmus 
  sp. 
  Karagatch. 
  elm. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  902, 
  Dec. 
  

  

  5, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  elm 
  called 
  Kara-yagatch 
  found 
  in 
  an 
  old 
  graveyard. 
  It 
  

   has 
  graceful, 
  slightly 
  drooping 
  branches. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   garden 
  and 
  park 
  tree 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  and 
  with 
  slight 
  irrigation 
  in 
  desert 
  

   places." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30061. 
  Medicago 
  cancellata 
  Bieb. 
  

  

  Collected 
  near 
  Sarepta 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Jergeni 
  hills, 
  on 
  white, 
  stony, 
  sandy 
  soil 
  

   effervescing 
  with 
  acid, 
  by 
  Mr, 
  W. 
  Grekow, 
  Tsaritsyn, 
  Saratov, 
  Russia. 
  Pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  von 
  Arapow, 
  Samara, 
  Russia, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  

   Scofield. 
  Received 
  February 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Dry 
  sandy 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  Mountains 
  near 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Sea 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  along 
  the 
  Volga 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Sarepta 
  in 
  southeastern 
  

   Russia. 
  

  

  30062. 
  Crataegus 
  azarolus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  director, 
  Jewish 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  March 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   "Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  pears 
  on 
  dry 
  land." 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26116 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

   233 
  

  

  