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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  the 
  noted 
  Sarepta 
  mustard, 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  

   of 
  mustard 
  growers 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  unusual 
  strength 
  

   when 
  grown 
  on 
  rich 
  soil 
  in 
  a 
  hot, 
  dry 
  climate; 
  No. 
  32417, 
  a 
  wild 
  

   apple 
  from 
  near 
  Sarepta, 
  of 
  possible 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  drought-resistant 
  

   shrub 
  or 
  medium-sized 
  tree 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  or 
  for 
  cultivation 
  

   in 
  the 
  arid 
  Southwest; 
  No. 
  32424, 
  a 
  hybrid 
  plum 
  (Prunus 
  spinosa 
  X 
  

   Prunus 
  domestica), 
  one 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Mijurin's 
  hybrids; 
  No. 
  32662, 
  a 
  cross 
  

   between 
  Amygdalus 
  davidiana 
  and 
  Amygdalus 
  nana, 
  two 
  very 
  hardy 
  

   t}^pes 
  hybridized 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mijurin 
  and 
  producing 
  a 
  very 
  floriferous, 
  

   ornamental, 
  hardy 
  form; 
  Nos. 
  32664 
  and 
  32665, 
  two 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   Prunus 
  fruticosa 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  hybridizer; 
  No. 
  32667, 
  a 
  golden 
  currant 
  

   by 
  the 
  same- 
  breeder 
  from 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Kozlov, 
  noted 
  for 
  its 
  severe 
  

   winter 
  climate; 
  No. 
  32668, 
  a 
  hybrid 
  rose 
  of 
  exceptional 
  hardiness, 
  

   representing 
  Rosa 
  spinosissima 
  and 
  Rosa 
  rugosa, 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  hybrid- 
  

   izer; 
  Nos. 
  32669 
  to 
  32673, 
  five 
  hybrid 
  plums 
  suited 
  particularly 
  

   for 
  the 
  colder 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  being 
  hybrids 
  of 
  Prunus 
  

   spinosa 
  and 
  Prunus 
  domestica; 
  No. 
  32674, 
  a 
  remarkable 
  cherry, 
  

   a 
  variety 
  of 
  Prunus 
  avium, 
  originated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mijurin 
  and 
  named 
  

   " 
  Queen 
  of 
  the 
  North," 
  which 
  is 
  considered 
  by 
  Russian 
  horticulturists 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  decided 
  acquisition 
  to 
  hardy 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  growing 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  

   where 
  other 
  cherries 
  do 
  very 
  poorly; 
  Nos. 
  32675 
  and 
  32676, 
  two 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Mijurin's 
  quinces, 
  which 
  are 
  presumably 
  withstanding 
  a 
  winter 
  

   temperature 
  of 
  —35° 
  C. 
  (—31° 
  F.) 
  and 
  have 
  succeeded 
  at 
  Kozlov 
  

   when 
  other 
  varieties 
  have 
  been 
  killed; 
  Nos. 
  32757 
  and 
  32758, 
  two 
  

   forms 
  of 
  an 
  east 
  Siberian 
  wild 
  plum 
  (Prunus 
  ussuriensis) 
  from 
  

   Souchodole, 
  Russia, 
  the 
  fruits 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  improve 
  

   in 
  flavor 
  by 
  being 
  frozen; 
  No. 
  32762, 
  Ribes 
  procumbens, 
  from 
  the 
  Altai 
  

   Mountains, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  large-fruited 
  currant 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  recom- 
  

   mends 
  for 
  trial 
  in 
  Alaska; 
  No. 
  32763, 
  Clematis 
  tangutica, 
  a 
  yellow- 
  

   flowered 
  climbing 
  clematis 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Mijurin 
  reports 
  having 
  received 
  

   from 
  Tibet; 
  No. 
  32764, 
  a 
  remarkable, 
  new 
  yellow 
  lily, 
  the 
  bulbs 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  weigh 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  6 
  pounds 
  apiece, 
  another 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Mijurin's 
  originations; 
  No. 
  32829, 
  Ulmus 
  densa, 
  an 
  ornamental 
  elm 
  

   capable 
  of 
  standing 
  great 
  heat 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  alkali, 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Merv, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan; 
  

   No. 
  32831, 
  another 
  species 
  of 
  elm 
  which 
  will 
  probably 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  

   shade 
  and 
  avenue 
  tree 
  in 
  Texas, 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico; 
  Nos. 
  

   32832 
  to 
  32836, 
  five 
  varieties 
  of 
  apricot 
  from 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Merv; 
  

   No. 
  33077, 
  seeds 
  of 
  Larix 
  sibirica, 
  from 
  the 
  Altai 
  Mountains, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  rapid-growing 
  conifers, 
  capable 
  of 
  withstanding 
  our 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  climate; 
  No. 
  33078, 
  a 
  Siberian 
  spruce 
  (Picea 
  obovata) 
  ; 
  and 
  No. 
  

   33079, 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  Siberian 
  pine 
  (Pinus 
  cembra). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Piper's 
  collections 
  in 
  India 
  include 
  the 
  following 
  interesting 
  

   possibilities: 
  No. 
  32430, 
  Rytilix 
  granulans, 
  an 
  annual 
  grass 
  after 
  the 
  

  

  282 
  

  

  