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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30141 
  to 
  30153— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30142. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  (No. 
  833, 
  November 
  26, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  table 
  

  

  variety 
  called 
  Yar-bachi. 
  Bunches 
  large; 
  berries 
  of 
  elongated 
  shape, 
  blue- 
  

   black 
  color, 
  sweet 
  taste; 
  medium 
  early; 
  not 
  a 
  keeper 
  or 
  shipper. 
  To 
  be 
  pruned 
  

   with 
  long 
  wood 
  to 
  insure 
  greatest 
  fruitf 
  illness. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30143. 
  Fraxinus 
  sp. 
  Ash. 
  

   From 
  Yarkand, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  871, 
  December 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

  

  ash 
  of 
  peculiar 
  growth 
  found 
  in 
  an 
  old 
  graveyard 
  where 
  it 
  never 
  received 
  any 
  

   irrigation 
  water. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  tree 
  in 
  those 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  rainfall 
  is 
  slight 
  and 
  the 
  summer 
  temperatures 
  high." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30144. 
  Salix 
  sp. 
  Willow. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Langar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  876, 
  November 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   willow 
  called 
  Khattu 
  suchet. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  weeping 
  willow, 
  able 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  

   rather 
  sandy 
  and 
  in 
  alkaline 
  soils. 
  The 
  weeping 
  properties 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  

   develop 
  in 
  this 
  tree 
  until 
  it 
  has 
  formed 
  a 
  good 
  trunk. 
  The 
  natives 
  often 
  pollard 
  

   it 
  and 
  the 
  tree 
  then 
  assumes 
  a 
  more 
  regular 
  shape." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30145. 
  Salix 
  sp. 
  Willow. 
  

   From 
  Pustan 
  Terek, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  elevation 
  7,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  

  

  " 
  (Xo. 
  877, 
  December 
  29, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  willow 
  called 
  Kuril 
  suchet. 
  Found 
  on 
  moist 
  

   places 
  in 
  a 
  mountain 
  valley 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  over 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  

   Mostly 
  seen 
  as 
  a 
  shrub, 
  but 
  when 
  left 
  alone 
  grows 
  into 
  a 
  small-sized 
  tree. 
  

   Branches 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slender; 
  bark 
  of 
  a 
  bright, 
  dark-red 
  color. 
  The 
  twigs 
  

   are 
  remarkably 
  pliable 
  and 
  form 
  excellent 
  tying 
  and 
  basketry 
  material. 
  Recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  and 
  useful 
  shrub 
  for 
  the 
  northern 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30146. 
  Salix 
  sp. 
  Willow. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Langrii, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  (No. 
  878, 
  November 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  willow 
  having 
  a 
  reddish 
  bark 
  and 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  small-sized 
  tree, 
  found 
  on 
  

   sandy 
  and 
  alkaline 
  wastes. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  and 
  fuel 
  supplier 
  in 
  alka- 
  

   line 
  and 
  sandy 
  regions 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30147. 
  Populus 
  nigra 
  italica 
  Duroi. 
  Lombardy 
  poplar. 
  

   From 
  Bas-lengar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  880, 
  December 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  Va- 
  

   riety 
  fastigiata. 
  Called 
  Tagh 
  terek. 
  This 
  poplar, 
  which 
  sometimes 
  grows 
  to 
  be 
  

   very 
  large, 
  is 
  seen 
  everywhere 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  even 
  in 
  remote 
  mountain 
  

   villages. 
  It 
  seems 
  that 
  this 
  fastigiate 
  variety 
  has 
  been 
  developed 
  here 
  inde- 
  

   pendent 
  of 
  other 
  regions. 
  The 
  trees 
  seen 
  were 
  all 
  singularly 
  free 
  from 
  galls 
  or 
  

   diseases. 
  These 
  cuttings 
  may 
  be 
  tested 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  a 
  hardier 
  

   variety. 
  They 
  will 
  do 
  especially 
  well 
  in 
  desert 
  regions 
  under 
  irrigation." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30148. 
  Populus 
  sp. 
  Poplar. 
  

   From 
  Pustan 
  Terek, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  elevation 
  7,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  882, 
  December 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  wild 
  poplar, 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Kirghiz 
  Tagh 
  

   terek, 
  meaning 
  mountain 
  poplar. 
  Grows 
  in 
  stony 
  wastes 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  under- 
  

   ground 
  water 
  within 
  reach. 
  This 
  variety 
  has 
  a 
  particularly 
  white 
  bark 
  on 
  its 
  

   young 
  branches 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  present 
  a 
  cheerful 
  aspect 
  in 
  wintertime. 
  Old 
  

   trees 
  grow 
  a 
  very 
  thick 
  bark, 
  which 
  is 
  deeply 
  and 
  characteristically 
  grooved. 
  

   They 
  do 
  not 
  make 
  a 
  very 
  spreading 
  head 
  but 
  are 
  apparently 
  built 
  to 
  resist 
  

   strong 
  winds. 
  See 
  No. 
  30149." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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