﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO' 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  63 
  

  

  30141 
  to 
  30153— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30149. 
  Populus 
  sp. 
  Poplar. 
  

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

  

  "(No. 
  883, 
  December 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  wild 
  poplar, 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Kirghiz 
  Tagh 
  

   tereh. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  ordinary 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  No. 
  30148 
  is 
  a 
  variety. 
  The 
  wood 
  of 
  

   this 
  tree 
  is 
  very 
  heavy 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  apparently 
  only 
  for 
  fuel. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   quite 
  variable, 
  all 
  forms 
  being 
  found 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  narrow 
  laurel 
  leaf 
  to 
  a 
  

   perfect 
  triangular 
  one. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  hardy 
  ornamental 
  tree 
  for 
  the 
  

   colder 
  and 
  bleaker 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  buds 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   fragrant 
  resin. 
  Perhaps 
  it 
  is 
  Populus 
  laurifolia" 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30150. 
  Populus 
  alba 
  L. 
  White 
  poplar. 
  

   From 
  Tash-malak, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  884, 
  December 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  poplar 
  called 
  Hango 
  tereh. 
  The 
  wood 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  burly 
  

   and 
  often 
  beautifully 
  marked, 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  bowls 
  and 
  basins, 
  also 
  for 
  furniture 
  

   making, 
  turning, 
  and 
  carving 
  work. 
  The 
  branches 
  of 
  this 
  peculiar 
  poplar 
  show 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  rings, 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  other, 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  twigs 
  had 
  been 
  girdled." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30151. 
  Salix 
  sp. 
  Willow. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Duya, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  888, 
  December 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  very 
  small-leaved 
  willow 
  called 
  Kereh-suchet 
  growing 
  on 
  sandy 
  wastes. 
  The 
  

   wood 
  is 
  quite 
  hard, 
  and 
  the 
  bark 
  assumes 
  a 
  blackish 
  color 
  on 
  old 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  planted 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  or 
  windbreak 
  on 
  sandy, 
  wind-swept 
  fields. 
  

   Recommended 
  for 
  these 
  purposes 
  in 
  those 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  

   rainfall 
  is 
  light, 
  the 
  summers 
  hot, 
  and 
  the 
  winters 
  fairly 
  cold." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30152. 
  Ulmus 
  sp. 
  Elm. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  903, 
  January 
  1, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  

  

  distinct 
  variety 
  of 
  elm, 
  heads 
  naturally 
  rather 
  flat, 
  spreading, 
  and 
  rounded 
  off. 
  

   Used 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  and 
  lumber 
  tree, 
  it 
  being 
  much 
  used 
  in 
  cart 
  manufacture. 
  To 
  

   be 
  tested 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  and 
  park 
  tree 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  and 
  with 
  slight 
  irrigation 
  

   in 
  desert 
  settlements." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30153. 
  Caragana 
  sp. 
  

  

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

   "(No. 
  905, 
  December 
  29, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  low-growing 
  species 
  of 
  Caragana, 
  

   compact 
  and 
  very 
  spiny, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  yellow 
  flowers 
  in 
  early 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  which 
  are 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  Kirghiz. 
  Native 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  plant, 
  Karagan. 
  

   Recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  and 
  park 
  shrub 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  

   and 
  as 
  a 
  rockery 
  shrub 
  in 
  moist 
  localities." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30154 
  to 
  30187. 
  Rubus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Vienna, 
  Austria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  von 
  Wettstein, 
  director, 
  

   Botanical 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  March 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   This 
  collection 
  of 
  Rubus 
  cuttings 
  includes 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  rarer 
  species 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   is 
  introduced 
  for 
  varietal 
  tests 
  and 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  breeding 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  

   Crop 
  Physiology 
  and 
  Breeding 
  Investigations. 
  

  

  30154. 
  Rubus 
  acheruntinus 
  Tenore. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  hedges 
  and 
  roadsides 
  in 
  northern 
  Italy 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Can- 
  

   ton 
  of 
  Ticino, 
  Switzerland. 
  

  

  30155. 
  Rubus 
  moluccanus 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  eastern 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  India 
  southeast- 
  

   ward 
  throughout 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  30156. 
  Rubus 
  antiquus 
  Hort. 
  

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