﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  79 
  

  

  31275. 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  L. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Moises 
  S. 
  Bertoni, 
  Estacion 
  Agronomica, 
  

  

  Puerto 
  Bertoni, 
  Colonia 
  Bertoni, 
  Paraguay. 
  Received 
  June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Variety 
  guaraniticum. 
  "This 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  that 
  grows 
  wild 
  

  

  in 
  Paraguay 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  Solanum 
  commersonii 
  of 
  Uruguay. 
  

  

  I 
  gave 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  var. 
  guaraniticum; 
  see 
  Praelim. 
  ad 
  Floram 
  

  

  Guaran., 
  part 
  1." 
  (Bertoni.) 
  

  

  31276 
  to 
  31307. 
  

  

  From 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  

   explorer, 
  June 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   The 
  following 
  seeds 
  and 
  plants: 
  

  

  31276. 
  Euonymus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  mountains 
  near 
  Ta-si-ku, 
  Hi 
  Valley, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude^ 
  

   4,500 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  982, 
  April 
  8, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  small, 
  creeping 
  variety, 
  found 
  on 
  

   northern 
  exposed, 
  grassy 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  between 
  shrubs 
  on 
  somewhat 
  

   moist 
  and 
  cool 
  places. 
  Makes 
  stems 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  when 
  growing 
  in 
  some 
  

   well-protected 
  situation. 
  Leaves 
  small, 
  wine 
  red 
  underneath, 
  and 
  semiper- 
  

   sistent. 
  Of 
  possible 
  value 
  in 
  northern 
  regions 
  as 
  a 
  ground 
  cover 
  beneath 
  trees. 
  

   May 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  be 
  hardier 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  Euonymus 
  radicans 
  and 
  its 
  

   varieties, 
  as 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  Hi 
  Valley 
  is 
  decidedly 
  of 
  a 
  severe 
  continental 
  

   nature, 
  e. 
  g., 
  on 
  November 
  24, 
  1910, 
  the 
  mercury 
  dropped 
  to 
  —30° 
  C, 
  or 
  

   -22° 
  F." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31277. 
  Iris 
  sp. 
  Iris. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kizil-Bulak, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude, 
  

  

  7,000 
  feet. 
  " 
  (No. 
  983, 
  March 
  5, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  iris 
  found 
  on 
  moist, 
  low 
  places 
  at 
  

   the 
  foot 
  of 
  dry, 
  sun-burned 
  rocks. 
  Of 
  possible 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  perennial 
  in 
  

   uncongenial 
  climates." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31278. 
  Iris 
  sp. 
  Iris. 
  

   From 
  mountains 
  near 
  Ta-si-ku, 
  Hi 
  Valley, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude, 
  

  

  4,500 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  984, 
  April 
  8, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  iris 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   clayey 
  mountains. 
  Probably 
  dies 
  off 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  like 
  spring 
  bulbs. 
  

   Perhaps 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  spring-flowering 
  perennial 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31279. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  hamlet 
  of 
  Chong 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  Altitude, 
  3,700 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  1588a, 
  March 
  18, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  apple 
  found 
  in 
  

   abundance 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  valleys. 
  Apparently 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  as 
  

   a 
  factor 
  in 
  hybridization 
  work. 
  For 
  further 
  remarks 
  see 
  Nos. 
  30947, 
  30948, 
  and 
  

   30949." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31280. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  Kulja, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1589a, 
  March 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  Seed 
  

  

  taken 
  from 
  dried, 
  sliced 
  apples 
  purchased 
  on 
  the 
  local 
  market. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  number. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  31281. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  hamlet 
  of 
  Chong 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  Altitude 
  3,700 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  1590a, 
  March 
  18, 
  1911.) 
  Obtained 
  from 
  a 
  Sait 
  

   settler. 
  Wild 
  apricots 
  occur 
  plentifully 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  Tien 
  

   Shan 
  Range. 
  For 
  further 
  remarks 
  see 
  No. 
  30952." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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