﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  17 
  

  

  32405 
  to 
  32424— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32412. 
  Medicago 
  ealcata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Krassny 
  Koot, 
  Samara 
  Government, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1714a, 
  November 
  29, 
  1911.) 
  This 
  seed 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  

   Bogdan. 
  Among 
  it 
  there 
  are 
  all 
  possible 
  types, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  recommended, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  for 
  general 
  naturalization 
  purposes 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  northern 
  

   locality 
  for 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  promising 
  types." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32413. 
  Astragalus 
  albicaulis 
  DC. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Sarepta, 
  Saratov 
  Government, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1715a, 
  November 
  28, 
  1911.) 
  This 
  plant 
  occurs 
  on 
  dry, 
  sandy 
  hill 
  

   slopes. 
  Looks 
  to 
  be 
  promising 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  fodder 
  plant 
  for 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  " 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Russia. 
  

  

  32414. 
  CORONILLA 
  VARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Saratov, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1716a, 
  November 
  23, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  perennial 
  legume, 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  hill 
  

   slopes 
  and 
  in 
  loess 
  ravines. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  993 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32305): 
  see 
  

   this 
  number 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32415. 
  Lathyrus 
  sylvestris 
  L. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Penza, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1717a, 
  November 
  17, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  strong-growing 
  perennial 
  Lathy- 
  

   rus 
  found 
  between 
  scrub. 
  Of 
  possible 
  value 
  for 
  forage 
  purposes 
  on 
  shady 
  

   places 
  in 
  dry, 
  cold 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Western 
  and 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  Scandinavia 
  

   and 
  the 
  British 
  Isles 
  southward 
  to 
  Spain, 
  and 
  eastward 
  through 
  Italy, 
  Servia, 
  

   Bulgaria, 
  Turkey, 
  and 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region. 
  

  

  32416. 
  Brassica 
  juncea 
  (L.) 
  Cass. 
  Mustard. 
  

   From 
  Sarepta, 
  Saratov 
  Government, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1718a, 
  December 
  1, 
  1911.) 
  Seed 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  Sarepta 
  mustard, 
  

   which 
  is 
  extraordinarily 
  strong 
  and 
  in 
  great 
  favor 
  throughout 
  Russia. 
  To 
  

   possess 
  the 
  right 
  pungency 
  this 
  mustard 
  requires 
  a 
  rich, 
  blackish 
  soil 
  and 
  a 
  

   hot 
  and 
  dry 
  summer, 
  with 
  nights 
  not 
  too 
  warm. 
  The 
  region 
  around 
  Sarepta 
  

   seems 
  to 
  supply 
  such 
  a 
  climate, 
  the 
  summers 
  being 
  warm 
  enough 
  to 
  ripen 
  

   grapes 
  in 
  the 
  open, 
  although 
  the 
  vines 
  are 
  buried 
  deeply 
  in 
  winter. 
  It 
  may 
  

   be 
  that 
  this 
  short, 
  hot 
  summer 
  assists 
  in 
  making 
  this 
  mustard 
  so 
  strong, 
  for 
  the 
  

   manager 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  mustard 
  factory 
  stated 
  that 
  seeds 
  from 
  Sarepta 
  mustard 
  

   grown 
  in 
  Tambov 
  Government, 
  a 
  region 
  also 
  having 
  black 
  soil, 
  but 
  slightly 
  

   cooler, 
  do 
  not 
  possess 
  the 
  required 
  strength. 
  India-grown 
  seed 
  also 
  was 
  not 
  as 
  

   pungent 
  as 
  that 
  cultivated 
  near 
  Sarepta. 
  This 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  grown 
  to 
  ad- 
  

   vantage 
  in 
  certain 
  sections 
  of 
  eastern 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  "The 
  seeds, 
  besides 
  being 
  ground 
  into 
  powder, 
  are 
  often 
  eaten 
  sprinkled 
  

   over 
  fried 
  meats 
  or 
  mixed 
  in 
  sauces 
  and 
  when 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  they 
  give 
  

   dishes 
  an 
  agreeable, 
  spicy 
  flavor. 
  The 
  oil 
  expressed 
  from 
  them 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   strong 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  very 
  great 
  demand 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  around 
  

   Sarepta, 
  being 
  much 
  preferred 
  to 
  sunflower-seed 
  oil, 
  as 
  the 
  mustard 
  is 
  less 
  

   adulterated. 
  

  

  "These 
  seeds 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  well-known 
  mustard 
  

   factory 
  of 
  J. 
  C. 
  Glitch, 
  in 
  Sarepta." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

   74000°— 
  Bull. 
  2S2— 
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