﻿B. 
  P. 
  I.— 
  807. 
  

  

  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED 
  DURING 
  THE 
  

   PERIOD 
  FROM 
  JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912: 
  

   INVENTORY 
  NO. 
  30; 
  NOS. 
  32369 
  TO 
  33278. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTORY 
  STATEMENT. 
  

  

  This 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  inventories 
  contains 
  some 
  material 
  of 
  rather 
  

   unusual 
  interest. 
  It 
  lists 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  

   N. 
  Meyer 
  during 
  his 
  late 
  expedition 
  into 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  covering 
  

   particularly 
  the 
  material 
  secured 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  noted 
  Russian 
  

   plant 
  breeder, 
  Mr. 
  I. 
  V. 
  Mijurin. 
  It 
  also 
  contains 
  notes 
  regarding 
  

   some 
  promising 
  forage 
  grasses 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  Agrostolo- 
  

   gist 
  in 
  Charge 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Forage-Crop 
  Investigations, 
  during 
  his 
  

   preliminary 
  exploration 
  of 
  India 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  forage 
  grasses 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  Southern 
  States, 
  and 
  it 
  also 
  describes 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  Spanish 
  fruit 
  varieties 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Office 
  of 
  Crop 
  Physiology 
  and 
  Breeding 
  Investigations, 
  discovered 
  

   during 
  his 
  recent 
  trip 
  to 
  Spain, 
  which 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  company 
  

   with 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  the 
  veteran 
  plant 
  breeder 
  and 
  horticulturist 
  of 
  

   Algeria. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1903 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Onderdonk, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  veteran 
  nursery- 
  

   men 
  of 
  southern 
  Texas, 
  made 
  a 
  trip 
  into 
  Mexico 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   securing 
  varieties 
  of 
  Mexican 
  peaches 
  and 
  apricots 
  which 
  he 
  knew 
  

   existed 
  in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  provinces. 
  A 
  

   collection 
  of 
  these 
  fruits 
  which 
  he 
  made 
  was 
  planted 
  at 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  

   Tex., 
  and 
  Nos. 
  32372 
  to 
  32380 
  of 
  this 
  present 
  inventory 
  are 
  selected 
  

   seedlings 
  from 
  the 
  trees 
  grown 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  expedition. 
  They 
  

   are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  late-ripening 
  sorts, 
  resembling 
  somewhat 
  the 
  Honey 
  

   peach, 
  but 
  are 
  later 
  in 
  ripening. 
  These 
  may 
  prove 
  of 
  unusual 
  value 
  

   for 
  the 
  southern 
  peach 
  belt. 
  

  

  Of 
  Mr. 
  Meyer's 
  collection 
  the 
  seeds 
  and 
  plants 
  most 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   notice 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  No. 
  32389, 
  seeds 
  of 
  Medicago 
  falcata, 
  which 
  in 
  

   Mr. 
  Meyer's 
  opinion 
  (and 
  in 
  this 
  he 
  agrees 
  with 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Hansen) 
  

   is 
  likely 
  to 
  prove 
  of 
  especial 
  value 
  in 
  those 
  situations 
  where 
  the 
  crowns 
  

   of 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  damaged 
  by 
  close 
  grazing 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  hoofs 
  of 
  ani- 
  

   mals; 
  No. 
  32408 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  Medicago 
  saliva 
  selected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Bogdan 
  at 
  Krassny 
  Koot, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  his 
  hybrids; 
  No. 
  32416, 
  

  

  282 
  5 
  

  

  