﻿B. 
  P. 
  I.— 
  737. 
  

  

  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED 
  DURING 
  THE 
  

   PERIOD 
  FROM 
  JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911: 
  

   INVENTORY 
  NO. 
  28 
  ; 
  NOS. 
  31371 
  TO 
  31938. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTORY 
  STATEMENT. 
  

  

  This 
  twenty-eighth 
  inventory 
  of 
  seeds 
  and 
  plants 
  imported 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  more 
  material 
  than 
  the 
  inventory 
  covering 
  the 
  same 
  

   period 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  includes 
  668 
  introductions. 
  

  

  It 
  contains 
  some 
  interesting 
  plants 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  

   Meyer 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1910 
  and 
  the 
  spring 
  

   of 
  1911. 
  These 
  months 
  were 
  spent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  in 
  exploring 
  the 
  

   oases 
  of 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range 
  and 
  in 
  

   crossing 
  over 
  this 
  range 
  to 
  Chugutchak, 
  Mongolia. 
  Of 
  the 
  dangers 
  

   of 
  travel 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  himself 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  given 
  an 
  

   opportunity 
  to 
  tell 
  in 
  a 
  later 
  publication. 
  Certainly 
  they 
  were 
  great 
  

   enough 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  material 
  secured 
  of 
  very 
  unusual 
  value. 
  

  

  Part 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper 
  during 
  his 
  study 
  

   of 
  the 
  forage-crop 
  situation 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines 
  is 
  also 
  included. 
  His 
  

   collections 
  from 
  the 
  Dutch 
  East 
  Indies 
  and 
  British 
  India, 
  where 
  he 
  

   traveled 
  as 
  an 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  in 
  future 
  

   inventories. 
  

  

  Experimenters 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  States 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  

   interested 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  winter 
  wheats 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  secured 
  

   in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  (Nos. 
  31780 
  to 
  31791); 
  in 
  four 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   hull-less 
  barley 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  make 
  

   bread 
  (Nos. 
  31793 
  to 
  31796) 
  ; 
  in 
  alfalfa 
  varieties 
  from 
  Khotan, 
  Kash- 
  

   gar, 
  and 
  Khanaka, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  ability 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  cool 
  

   weather 
  when 
  other 
  sorts 
  have 
  stopped 
  growing 
  (Nos. 
  31811 
  to 
  

   31815); 
  in 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  from 
  Chugutchak, 
  Mongolia, 
  which 
  is 
  

   said 
  by 
  the 
  growers 
  there 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  hardier 
  than 
  the 
  Turkestan 
  

   alfalfa, 
  though 
  giving 
  only 
  two 
  cuttings, 
  whereas 
  the 
  Turkestan 
  

   gives 
  three, 
  but 
  while 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  Turkestan 
  alfalfa 
  

   were 
  winterkilled 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  Mongolian 
  variety 
  was 
  injured 
  (No. 
  

   31687) 
  ; 
  in 
  a 
  hardy 
  wild 
  apple 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  at 
  Kulja, 
  Chinese 
  

   Turkestan, 
  which 
  may 
  prove 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  (No. 
  

  

  248 
  7 
  

  

  