﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBEK 
  30, 
  1911. 
  47 
  

  

  31779. 
  Populus 
  heterophylla 
  L. 
  Poplar. 
  

  

  From 
  Worcester 
  County, 
  Md. 
  Collected 
  5 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Pocomoke, 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Ivar 
  Tidestrom, 
  of 
  this 
  Department, 
  September 
  18, 
  1911. 
  Received 
  

   September 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   "Native 
  of 
  eastern 
  North 
  America. 
  Grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  30 
  feet 
  or 
  more, 
  with 
  a 
  

   straight 
  trunk 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Tidestrom. 
  ) 
  

  

  31780 
  to 
  31832. 
  

  

  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  September 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31780. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  • 
  "(No. 
  1471a, 
  November 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  fine 
  variety 
  of 
  red 
  winter 
  wheat 
  

   called 
  Kizil 
  boogdai. 
  

  

  "The 
  wheats 
  of 
  Khotan 
  are 
  celebrated 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  for 
  their 
  excel- 
  

   lence 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  fine 
  taste 
  they 
  impart 
  to 
  the 
  bread 
  baked 
  from 
  them. 
  All 
  

   these 
  wheats 
  are 
  raised 
  under 
  irrigation 
  and 
  very 
  often 
  on 
  land 
  that 
  is 
  quite 
  

   saline." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31781. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1472a, 
  November 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good, 
  hard, 
  white, 
  winter 
  wheat 
  

   called 
  Ah 
  mecca 
  boogdai. 
  Said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  from 
  Mecca." 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  31782. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1473a, 
  November 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  white, 
  summer 
  

   wheat 
  called 
  Ak-boogdai." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31783. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1474a, 
  November 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  red, 
  summer 
  wheat 
  

   called 
  Kizil 
  boogdai." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31784. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1475a, 
  November 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  red, 
  summer 
  wheat 
  called 
  Kizil 
  boog- 
  

   dai." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31785. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  San 
  Kia, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1476a, 
  November 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  summer 
  wheat 
  grown 
  on 
  

   light, 
  sandy 
  soil." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31786. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Pi-yalma, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1477a, 
  November 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  summer 
  wheat 
  grown 
  

   like 
  No. 
  1476a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  31785)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31787. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1478a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good, 
  white, 
  summer 
  wheat 
  called 
  

   Andishan 
  boogdai. 
  Said 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  originally 
  from 
  Andishan." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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