﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBEE 
  31, 
  1911. 
  37 
  

  

  32175 
  to 
  32245. 
  

  

  From 
  Siberia. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  November 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32175. 
  Triticum 
  polonicum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Omsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1631a, 
  August 
  9, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  hard 
  wheat, 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  exhibition 
  held 
  in 
  Omsk 
  during 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  1911. 
  Said 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  grown 
  at 
  Atbasar, 
  Akmolinsk 
  Government. 
  Called 
  Afrikanski, 
  

   or 
  Africanum 
  congum. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  Northwest." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  32176. 
  Triticum 
  polonicum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Omsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1632a, 
  August 
  9, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  hard 
  wheat, 
  obtained 
  like 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  number. 
  Locality 
  from 
  whence 
  it 
  came 
  not 
  given. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32177. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Omsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1633a, 
  August 
  9, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  hard 
  summer 
  wheat 
  having 
  blue 
  ears; 
  

   called 
  Sineshka. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  drought 
  resistant 
  and 
  to 
  stand 
  the 
  Siberian 
  

   climate 
  well, 
  although 
  constant 
  selection 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  practiced 
  to 
  prevent 
  it 
  from 
  

   deteriorating. 
  Obtained 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32178. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Ust 
  Kamenogorsk, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1635a, 
  October 
  4, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  bunchy, 
  upright 
  form 
  of 
  sholteek 
  growing 
  

   about 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Pods 
  rather 
  broad 
  and 
  flat, 
  apparently 
  nonshattering. 
  

   Only 
  two 
  plants 
  found 
  of 
  this 
  variety. 
  These 
  were 
  growing 
  in 
  decomposed 
  rock 
  

   on 
  a 
  mountain 
  slope 
  facing 
  the 
  Irtish 
  River. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  exclusively 
  for 
  forage 
  

   purposes 
  and 
  hybridization. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32179. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1637a, 
  August 
  24 
  and 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  sholteek 
  of 
  prostrate 
  habit 
  and 
  

   very 
  vigorous 
  growth, 
  shoots 
  being 
  over 
  6 
  feet 
  long. 
  Pods 
  very 
  large, 
  apparently 
  

   nonshattering. 
  Found 
  on 
  sandy 
  level 
  stretches 
  of 
  land 
  along 
  the 
  River 
  Tom, 
  

   20 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  water. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  meadows 
  where 
  grass 
  is 
  grown 
  

   for 
  hay 
  production. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32180. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

   From 
  Barnaul, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1638a, 
  September 
  1, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  sholteek 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  Kuznetsk 
  

   district 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Barnaul, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  vigorous 
  growth. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  N. 
  B. 
  Sokoloff, 
  agricultural 
  instructor 
  at 
  Barnaul. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  

   1634a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32389)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32181. 
  Medicago 
  platycarpa 
  (L.) 
  Trautv. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sminogorsk, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1639a, 
  September 
  21, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  strange 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  having 
  yellow 
  

   flowers 
  and 
  large 
  flat 
  pods 
  of 
  black 
  color 
  when 
  ripe. 
  Seeds 
  very 
  large. 
  Prefers 
  

   to 
  grow 
  between 
  shrubbery 
  and 
  tall 
  grass 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  slopes 
  of 
  hills. 
  Of 
  erect 
  

   growth, 
  but 
  needs 
  some 
  support. 
  Aj>parently 
  not 
  of 
  as 
  great 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  

   plant 
  as 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  genus. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  cool, 
  moist-air 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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