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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  His 
  collection 
  of 
  four 
  hardy 
  Siberian 
  relatives 
  of 
  the 
  sulla 
  (Nos. 
  

   32187 
  to 
  32189 
  and 
  32307), 
  a 
  remarkable 
  forage 
  crop 
  of 
  Spain 
  and 
  

   Tunis, 
  brings 
  up 
  the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  hardy 
  hybrids 
  which 
  

   will 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  can 
  not 
  now 
  be 
  created. 
  Sulla 
  itself 
  (Hedysarum 
  

   coronarium) 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  made 
  a 
  success 
  in 
  America, 
  owing 
  pre- 
  

   sumably 
  to 
  its 
  extreme 
  susceptibility 
  to 
  frost. 
  Mr. 
  Swingle 
  recently 
  

   made 
  the 
  suggestion 
  that 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  sulla 
  has 
  probably 
  had 
  much 
  

   to 
  do 
  with 
  keeping 
  up 
  the 
  fertility 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  sherry- 
  wine 
  

   region 
  of 
  Spain, 
  which 
  has 
  produced 
  famous 
  wines 
  since 
  Shakespeare's 
  

   time. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  12 
  species 
  of 
  vetches 
  (Nos. 
  32195 
  to 
  32206) 
  which 
  were 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  steppes 
  of 
  southwestern 
  Siberia, 
  seme 
  are 
  thought 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Meyer 
  to 
  have 
  great 
  promise 
  as 
  forage 
  plants 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  into 
  the 
  northwestern 
  ranges. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  nothing 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  will 
  create 
  a 
  more 
  general 
  interest 
  

   than 
  the 
  Siberian 
  cherry 
  from 
  the 
  Ural 
  district 
  and 
  western 
  Siberia 
  

   (No. 
  32224). 
  This 
  cherry, 
  identified 
  as 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Prunus 
  fruticosa, 
  

   is 
  a 
  low 
  bush 
  not 
  over 
  4 
  feet 
  high, 
  perfectly 
  hardy 
  and 
  extremely 
  

   drought 
  resistant, 
  so 
  resistant 
  in 
  fact 
  to 
  extreme 
  cold 
  and 
  drought 
  

   that 
  it 
  can 
  doubtless 
  be 
  grown 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  Northwest. 
  A 
  

   plantation 
  of 
  these 
  cherries 
  resembles 
  a 
  tea 
  plantation. 
  The 
  fruits 
  

   are 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  currants, 
  are 
  borne 
  in 
  great 
  quantities, 
  and 
  make 
  

   a 
  most 
  delicious 
  preserve. 
  Not 
  only 
  is 
  this 
  likely 
  to 
  prove 
  a 
  valuable 
  

   plant 
  as 
  it 
  stands, 
  but 
  two 
  improved 
  varieties 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  Russia 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  has 
  secured 
  these 
  (Nos. 
  32225 
  to 
  

   32226). 
  The 
  possibility 
  of 
  creating 
  a 
  race 
  of 
  perfectly 
  hardy 
  bush 
  

   cherries 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  suggested 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  plants 
  which 
  will 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  where 
  the 
  tem- 
  

   perature 
  falls 
  to 
  —58° 
  F. 
  and 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  cool, 
  are 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  find. 
  It 
  seems 
  probable, 
  however, 
  that 
  Nos. 
  32227 
  to 
  

   32228, 
  two 
  varieties 
  of 
  a 
  large-fruited 
  black 
  currant 
  called 
  the 
  Aldan- 
  

   sky 
  Vinograd 
  from 
  the 
  Aldan 
  Mountains 
  of 
  the 
  Yakutsk 
  Province 
  of 
  

   Siberia, 
  will 
  grow 
  and 
  fruit 
  there 
  and 
  help 
  to 
  better 
  the 
  living 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  of 
  such 
  northern 
  regions 
  as 
  Alaska 
  and 
  Labrador. 
  

  

  Of 
  material 
  secured 
  through 
  correspondence 
  the 
  caroa 
  (No. 
  32260), 
  

   a 
  remarkable 
  fiber 
  plant 
  from 
  central 
  Brazil, 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  special 
  

   notice. 
  If 
  the 
  information 
  we 
  have 
  is 
  correct, 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  plant 
  related 
  

   to 
  the 
  bromelias, 
  which 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  plateau 
  back 
  of 
  Bahia, 
  is 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  to 
  an 
  extremely 
  dry 
  climate, 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  cultivation, 
  yields 
  a 
  

   fiber 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  stronger 
  and 
  more 
  resistant 
  to 
  sea 
  water 
  than 
  

   manila 
  hemp, 
  and 
  will 
  produce 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  fiber 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  Sugar 
  canes 
  for 
  fodder 
  purposes 
  have 
  attracted 
  considerable 
  

   attention 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  cane 
  

   (No. 
  32257) 
  from 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  proved 
  very 
  suc- 
  

  

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