﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  55 
  

  

  30921 
  to 
  30955— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30932. 
  Tamarix 
  sp. 
  Tamarisk. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Schul-Kuduk, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  945, 
  February 
  22, 
  

  

  1911.) 
  A 
  small-growing 
  tamarisk, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  sandy, 
  alkali 
  desert. 
  Branches 
  

   slender 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  pale-red 
  color, 
  growing 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  in 
  length; 
  these 
  twigs 
  are 
  used 
  

   by 
  the 
  native 
  population 
  for 
  making 
  strong 
  brooms 
  and 
  baskets. 
  The 
  plants 
  

   stand 
  yearly 
  cutting 
  off 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  broom 
  and 
  basketry 
  mate- 
  

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

  

  30933. 
  Tamarix 
  sp. 
  Tamarisk. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Yamatu, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  946, 
  

  

  March 
  21, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  tamarisk 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  alkaline 
  places 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   2,400 
  feet, 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  shrub 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  high. 
  Twigs 
  of 
  an 
  attractive 
  orange- 
  

   brown 
  color. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  in 
  cold 
  and 
  dry 
  regions." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30934. 
  Spiraea 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Kara-Tugai, 
  Tekes 
  Valley, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

   Altitude, 
  3,900 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  947, 
  March 
  16, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  shrubby 
  spirea, 
  occur- 
  

   ring 
  on 
  dry 
  plains 
  in 
  rather 
  heavy 
  soils. 
  Grows 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  tall, 
  and 
  bears 
  

   apparently 
  white 
  flowers. 
  Of 
  value 
  possibly 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  and 
  park 
  shrub 
  in 
  the 
  

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

  

  30935. 
  Spiraea 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Schutte, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  over 
  

   7,000 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  948, 
  March 
  10, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  spirea 
  found 
  on 
  rocky 
  mountain 
  

   sides. 
  Has 
  tomentose 
  branches, 
  and 
  grows 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Possibly 
  

   of 
  value 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30936. 
  Lonicera 
  sp. 
  Honeysuckle. 
  

   From 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Chong 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turke- 
  

   stan. 
  Altitude 
  of 
  3,700 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  952, 
  March 
  18, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  shrubby 
  honey- 
  

   suckle, 
  found 
  in 
  copses 
  on 
  peaty 
  and 
  on 
  rocky 
  soil. 
  Grows 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  

   The 
  young 
  branches 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  pale-yellow 
  or 
  white 
  color 
  and 
  are 
  attractive 
  look- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  winter. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30937. 
  Lonicera 
  sp. 
  Honeysuckle. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Yengi-Malah, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  

  

  of 
  8,000 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  953, 
  March 
  5, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  shrubby 
  honeysuckle, 
  of 
  tall, 
  

   fastigiate 
  growth. 
  A 
  mutation, 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  seen 
  among 
  thousands 
  of 
  normally 
  

   growing 
  bushes. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  shrub 
  of 
  rigid 
  outlines 
  along 
  pathways, 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  

   background 
  for 
  flowering 
  plants 
  in 
  cemeteries 
  and 
  formal 
  gardens. 
  To 
  be 
  

   tested 
  with 
  special 
  care." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30938. 
  Caragana 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Kurgan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  of 
  7,700 
  feet. 
  

   "(No. 
  955, 
  March 
  5, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  small, 
  spiny 
  Caragana, 
  found 
  on 
  dry, 
  stony, 
  and 
  

   sterile 
  places. 
  Grows 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  and 
  has 
  peculiar 
  small 
  adpressed 
  

   side 
  branches. 
  A 
  botanical 
  curiosity. 
  Of 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  in 
  

   very 
  dry 
  places." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30939. 
  Reaumuria 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kailik, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  of 
  8,200 
  

   feet. 
  "(No. 
  958, 
  March 
  6, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  tall-growing 
  shrub, 
  adapted 
  to 
  sandy 
  and 
  

   rocky 
  situations. 
  Of 
  slight 
  sand-binding 
  qualities 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  possibly 
  

   of 
  value 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  fixing 
  moving 
  sandy 
  wastes 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  for 
  sterile 
  situations. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

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