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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

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  annual 
  rings 
  and 
  numerous 
  very 
  fine 
  medullary 
  rays, 
  the 
  spaces 
  between 
  them 
  

   being 
  filled 
  with 
  small, 
  partially 
  open 
  vessels. 
  The 
  sapwood 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  

   lighter 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  is 
  comparatively 
  soft 
  and 
  easily 
  cut. 
  It 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   museum 
  about 
  1850 
  and 
  still 
  retains 
  its 
  roselike 
  smell. 
  A 
  sample 
  of 
  oil 
  in 
  the 
  

   museum 
  is 
  of 
  clear 
  amber 
  color 
  and 
  possesses 
  a 
  distinct 
  though 
  not 
  a 
  penetrating 
  

   odor 
  of 
  roses. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  Lindley's 
  Flora 
  Medica 
  (1838), 
  p. 
  400, 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  on 
  this 
  

   plant: 
  

  

  "Wood 
  perfumed, 
  smelling 
  strongly 
  of 
  roses, 
  yellowish 
  fawn 
  color 
  veined 
  with 
  

   red, 
  burning 
  readily 
  when 
  lighted. 
  Taste 
  bitter, 
  balsamic. 
  Yields 
  by 
  distil- 
  

   lation 
  an 
  essential 
  oil 
  of 
  bitter 
  balsamic 
  flavor; 
  little 
  used, 
  except, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Fee\ 
  for 
  adulterating 
  oil 
  of 
  roses. 
  " 
  

  

  "The 
  latest 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  probably 
  contained 
  in 
  Piesse's 
  

   The 
  Art 
  of 
  Perfumery 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  188, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  "When 
  rosewood, 
  the 
  lignum 
  of 
  the 
  Convolvulus 
  scoparius, 
  is 
  distilled, 
  a 
  

   sweet-smelling 
  oil 
  is 
  procured, 
  resembling 
  in 
  some 
  slight 
  degree 
  the 
  fragrance 
  

   of 
  the 
  rose, 
  and 
  hence 
  its 
  name. 
  At 
  one 
  time, 
  that 
  is, 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  cultivation 
  

   of 
  the 
  rose-leaf 
  geranium, 
  the 
  distillates 
  from 
  rosewood 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  

   Genista 
  canadensis 
  (Canary 
  rosewood) 
  were 
  principally 
  drawn 
  upon 
  for 
  the 
  

   adulteration 
  of 
  real 
  otto 
  of 
  roses; 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  geranium 
  oil 
  answers 
  so 
  much 
  better 
  

   the 
  oil 
  of 
  rhodium 
  has 
  fallen 
  into 
  disuse, 
  hence 
  its 
  comparative 
  scarcity 
  in 
  the 
  

   market 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  day, 
  though 
  our 
  grandfathers 
  knew 
  it 
  well. 
  One 
  hun- 
  

   dredweight 
  of 
  wood 
  yields 
  about 
  3 
  ounces 
  of 
  oil. 
  

  

  "Ground 
  rosewood 
  is 
  valuable 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  sachet 
  

   powders 
  for 
  perfuming 
  the 
  wardrobe. 
  " 
  (Extract 
  from 
  D 
  . 
  Morris, 
  Kew 
  Bulletin 
  

   of 
  Miscellaneous 
  Information, 
  1893, 
  pp. 
  134-136.) 
  

  

  32155 
  to 
  32157. 
  

  

  From 
  southeastern 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  

   explorer, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  November 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32155. 
  Heliaxthus 
  annuus 
  L. 
  Sunflower. 
  

   From 
  Bezenshook 
  (Besentschuk), 
  Government 
  of 
  Samara, 
  southeastern 
  

  

  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1704a, 
  November 
  8, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  sunflower 
  called 
  Pantsernara, 
  

   meaning 
  armor-plated; 
  originated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Karsin 
  in 
  Russia. 
  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  

   remarkable 
  variety 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  an 
  extremely 
  hard 
  shell, 
  being 
  thickened 
  

   with 
  silica, 
  and 
  the 
  insects 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  playing 
  such 
  havoc 
  heretofore 
  with 
  

   the 
  sunflower-seed 
  crop 
  in 
  Russia 
  find 
  it 
  beyond 
  their 
  power 
  to 
  penetrate 
  the 
  

   hulls 
  of 
  this 
  variety. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Tulaikoff, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  experiment 
  station 
  at 
  Bezenshook." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32156. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Bezenshook 
  (Besentschuk), 
  Government 
  of 
  Samara, 
  southeastern 
  

  

  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1705a, 
  November 
  8, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  large-grained, 
  uncommon, 
  summer 
  

   variety 
  of 
  durum 
  wheat, 
  called 
  Amerihanha. 
  Grown 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  south- 
  

   eastern 
  Russia, 
  having 
  apparently 
  originated 
  in 
  these 
  regions. 
  Obtained 
  like 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32157. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Bezenshook 
  (Besentschuk), 
  Government 
  of 
  Samara, 
  southeastern 
  

  

  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1706a, 
  November 
  8, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  new 
  and 
  valuable 
  winter 
  variety 
  of 
  

   black-bearded 
  durum 
  wheat, 
  having 
  very 
  long 
  open 
  ears. 
  It 
  is 
  called 
  TeisTcaia 
  

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