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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32784 
  to 
  32826— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32823. 
  Phoenix 
  zeylanica 
  Trimen. 
  

  

  A 
  moist 
  low-growing 
  species 
  occurring 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  attaining 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  

   6 
  to 
  20 
  feet, 
  and 
  much 
  resembling 
  Phoenix 
  sylvestris. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  western 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Ceylon. 
  

  

  32824. 
  Phyllanthus 
  emblica 
  L. 
  Emblic 
  myrobalan. 
  

  

  32826. 
  Toona 
  ciliata 
  Roemer. 
  "Toon 
  tree." 
  

   "A 
  splendid, 
  rapidly 
  growing 
  shade 
  tree 
  much 
  grown 
  in 
  northern 
  India. 
  It 
  

  

  produces 
  excellent 
  timber. 
  " 
  

  

  32827 
  and 
  32828. 
  Pistacia 
  vera 
  L. 
  Pistache. 
  

  

  From 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Vladimir 
  F. 
  Gnesin, 
  Tashkend. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  16, 
  1912. 
  \ 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gnesin: 
  

  

  32827. 
  "From 
  north 
  of 
  Andijan 
  about 
  60 
  miles. 
  From 
  Isboskent 
  north 
  38 
  

   miles. 
  Altitude 
  about 
  4,000 
  feet. 
  " 
  

  

  32828. 
  "From 
  east 
  northeast 
  of 
  Andijan 
  near 
  Tcharvok. 
  Altitude 
  about 
  

   3,000 
  feet. 
  " 
  

  

  32829 
  to 
  32836. 
  

  

  From 
  Imperial 
  Estate 
  "Murgab," 
  Bairam-Ali, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Merv, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  

   Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry, 
  February 
  19, 
  1912. 
  Collected 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  November, 
  1911. 
  

   Trees 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer: 
  

  

  32829. 
  Ulmus 
  densa 
  Litvinov. 
  Elm. 
  

   " 
  (No. 
  997.) 
  An 
  ornamental 
  elm, 
  forming 
  a 
  dense 
  head 
  of 
  branches, 
  which 
  are 
  

  

  often 
  clothed 
  with 
  corky 
  wings. 
  Stands 
  great 
  heat 
  and 
  a 
  fair 
  percentage 
  of 
  

   alkaline 
  matter 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  Bears 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Stamboul, 
  implying, 
  perhaps, 
  

   that 
  it 
  came 
  from 
  Constantinople. 
  " 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  province 
  of 
  Bokhara 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  32830. 
  Ulmus 
  densa 
  Litvinov. 
  Elm. 
  

   "(No. 
  998.) 
  An 
  ornamental 
  elm, 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  former, 
  but 
  not 
  of 
  as 
  strong 
  

  

  growth. 
  Head 
  globular 
  when 
  young, 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  grows 
  older 
  it 
  loses 
  this 
  regu- 
  

   larity 
  of 
  outline 
  and 
  often 
  requires 
  a 
  large 
  space 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  full 
  maturity. 
  This 
  

   variety 
  is 
  locally 
  called 
  Kitaisky, 
  implying 
  that 
  it 
  came 
  from 
  China. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32831. 
  Ulmus 
  sp. 
  Elm. 
  

   "(No. 
  999.) 
  A 
  variety 
  or 
  perhaps 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  elm 
  called 
  Charavidny. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  of 
  remarkably 
  dense 
  growth, 
  sprouting 
  out 
  a 
  little 
  distance 
  above 
  the 
  ground, 
  

   into 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  stems, 
  which 
  form 
  an 
  umbrellalike 
  head 
  of 
  foliage, 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  

   dense 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  always 
  twilight, 
  even 
  at 
  bright 
  noon, 
  in 
  an 
  avenue 
  Of 
  these 
  

   trees. 
  This 
  elm 
  apparently 
  prefers 
  a 
  climate 
  with 
  long, 
  hot 
  summers 
  and 
  win- 
  

   ters 
  not 
  too 
  cold. 
  It 
  withstands 
  a 
  fair 
  amount 
  of 
  alkali 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   irrigation 
  water 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  special 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  

   interior 
  valleys 
  of 
  California, 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  Texas, 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

   Note: 
  "The 
  Turki 
  name 
  for 
  elm 
  is 
  Karagatch 
  or 
  Karayagatch, 
  meaning 
  black 
  

   wood. 
  The 
  Russians 
  in 
  Turkestan, 
  however, 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  name 
  

   Karagatch 
  exclusively 
  to 
  the 
  roundheaded, 
  densely 
  growing 
  varieties 
  of 
  elms." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

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