﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  51 
  

  

  31780 
  to 
  31832— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31814. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1507a, 
  January 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  alfalfa 
  called 
  No 
  beda, 
  meaning 
  hollow 
  

   lucern, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  stems 
  being 
  succulent 
  and 
  hollow. 
  Seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  the 
  Kara 
  from 
  Khotan. 
  

  

  "As 
  vegetable 
  culture 
  stands 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  level 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan 
  and 
  

   as 
  early 
  vegetables 
  do 
  not 
  exist, 
  both 
  foreign 
  residents 
  and 
  natives 
  eat 
  the 
  young 
  

   alfalfa 
  sprouts 
  prepared 
  like 
  spinach, 
  which 
  vegetable 
  they 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  resemble 
  

   very 
  much 
  in 
  taste 
  and 
  looks." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31815. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  6,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  

   "(No. 
  1508a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  alfalfa 
  called 
  Chilga 
  beda, 
  apparently 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  1504a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  31811). 
  This 
  variety 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  ripens 
  seed 
  

   here 
  in 
  small 
  quantities 
  only, 
  while 
  the 
  Kara 
  beda, 
  No. 
  1505a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   31812), 
  never 
  ripens 
  at 
  all 
  and 
  seeds 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  imported 
  from 
  Guma, 
  situated 
  

   at 
  4,000 
  feet 
  elevation 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  This 
  number 
  therefore 
  may 
  show 
  

   unusually 
  hardy 
  qualities 
  and 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  tested 
  inadry, 
  coldregion." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31816. 
  Cannabis 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Hemp. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1511a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small-seeded 
  variety 
  of 
  hemp 
  called 
  

   Kandivi. 
  The 
  oil 
  expressed 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  culinary 
  and 
  illu- 
  

   minating 
  purposes. 
  The 
  fiber 
  is 
  not 
  generally 
  utilized, 
  except 
  for 
  some 
  very 
  

   inferior 
  rope 
  that 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  it. 
  From 
  the 
  young 
  tops, 
  

   however, 
  the 
  hashish 
  is 
  made, 
  and 
  many 
  are 
  the 
  victims 
  addicted 
  to 
  the 
  smok- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  this 
  narcotic." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31817. 
  Linum 
  usitatissimum 
  L. 
  Flax. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1512a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1911.) 
  Native 
  name 
  Bigger. 
  Flax 
  is 
  extensively 
  

   cultivated 
  in 
  both 
  Russian 
  and 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  not 
  for 
  its 
  fiber, 
  however, 
  

   but 
  solely 
  for 
  the 
  oil 
  the 
  seeds 
  yield. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  muck 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  cook- 
  

   ing, 
  while 
  the 
  Russian 
  settlers 
  in 
  central 
  Asia 
  have 
  also 
  become 
  used 
  to 
  it. 
  

   This 
  linseed 
  oil 
  when 
  fresh 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  palatable 
  oil 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  with 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  frying 
  of 
  fish, 
  doughnuts, 
  pancakes, 
  etc. 
  

  

  "Flax 
  for 
  its 
  oil-yielding 
  capacities 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  promising 
  as 
  a 
  crop 
  for 
  

   those 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  dry, 
  

   especially 
  the 
  mountainous 
  western 
  part 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  outlying 
  districts 
  where 
  

   settlers 
  have 
  to 
  grow 
  what 
  they 
  need 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  "Linseed 
  oil 
  is 
  much 
  easier 
  digested 
  than 
  cottonseed 
  oil 
  and 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  

   tested 
  as 
  human 
  food 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  31818. 
  Linum 
  usitatissimum 
  L. 
  Flax. 
  

   From 
  Tashmalah, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1513a, 
  December 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  Variety 
  semina 
  lutea. 
  A 
  variety 
  with 
  

   light-yellow 
  seeds. 
  Used 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  as 
  No. 
  1512a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  31817). 
  

   Native 
  name 
  Sigger 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  31819. 
  Eruca 
  sativa 
  Hill. 
  Roquette. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1514a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  Native 
  name 
  Sa-un. 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  rape 
  

   seed, 
  the 
  oil 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  both 
  for 
  culinary 
  and 
  illuminating 
  purposes. 
  To 
  

   be 
  tested 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  crop 
  for 
  the 
  intermountain 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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