﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  71 
  

  

  "In 
  planting, 
  the 
  unhusked 
  seed 
  was 
  immersed 
  for 
  5 
  minutes 
  in 
  boiling 
  water, 
  

   or 
  the 
  husked 
  seed 
  in 
  water 
  at 
  140° 
  F. 
  The 
  seed 
  was 
  sown 
  not 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  next 
  

   day 
  after 
  this 
  treatment. 
  A 
  good 
  plan 
  is 
  to 
  sow 
  the 
  sulla 
  with 
  wheat 
  or 
  barley 
  and 
  

   after 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  been 
  harvested 
  it 
  will 
  come 
  up 
  the 
  following 
  autumn. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  

   that 
  if 
  the 
  sulla 
  fails 
  to 
  grow 
  one 
  year 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  disturbed 
  it 
  will 
  come 
  up 
  the 
  year 
  

   after; 
  under 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  it 
  should 
  grow 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  feet." 
  (Extract 
  

   from 
  report 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gassett.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  Asia 
  

   Minor 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  33074 
  to 
  33076. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Bhamdun, 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  Mount 
  Lebanon, 
  Syria. 
  Pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  Ely 
  Day, 
  Syrian 
  Protestant 
  College, 
  Beirut, 
  Syria. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  26, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Day: 
  

  

  33074. 
  "Kdstifi-dakar. 
  White 
  berry, 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  an 
  olive. 
  Loose 
  

   cluster. 
  Ripens 
  late 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  kept 
  for 
  winter 
  eating. 
  " 
  

  

  33075. 
  " 
  Aswad-kari. 
  Berries 
  oval, 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  black 
  streaked 
  with 
  

   red, 
  tough 
  skin, 
  firm 
  pulp, 
  ripening 
  late, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  late 
  as 
  Shatawi 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  33113.)" 
  

  

  33076. 
  " 
  Khudud-ul-banat 
  (maiden's 
  cheeks). 
  Much 
  like 
  Miksdsi 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  33115), 
  but 
  red 
  in 
  color. 
  " 
  

  

  33077 
  to 
  33079. 
  

  

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

   of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  January 
  6, 
  1912. 
  Numbered 
  March 
  10, 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  33077. 
  Larix 
  sibirica 
  Ledeb. 
  Siberian 
  larch. 
  

   From 
  Marka 
  Kul, 
  Altai 
  Mountains, 
  southern 
  Siberia. 
  Altitude 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  

   "(June 
  8, 
  1911.) 
  Large 
  cones. 
  " 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  2175 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  33078. 
  Picea 
  obovata 
  Ledeb. 
  Spruce. 
  

   From 
  Marka 
  Kul, 
  Altai 
  Mountains, 
  southern 
  Siberia. 
  Altitude 
  5,000 
  to 
  

  

  7,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  "(June 
  7, 
  8, 
  9, 
  1911.) 
  Cones 
  from 
  different 
  localities 
  around 
  Lake 
  Marka 
  

   Kul." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  20319 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33079. 
  Pinus 
  cembra 
  L. 
  Pine. 
  

   From 
  Omsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(August 
  5, 
  1911.) 
  Cones 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  Ural 
  Mountains. 
  " 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  20317, 
  20764, 
  and 
  20777 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  33080. 
  Gossypium 
  barbadense 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  J. 
  Salem. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  

   1912. 
  

  

  "Sekallaridis. 
  This 
  variety 
  has 
  become 
  somewhat 
  popular 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  or 
  

   lower 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years 
  extensively 
  in 
  those 
  

   provinces. 
  It 
  resembles 
  much 
  the 
  Jannowitch, 
  though 
  its 
  fiber 
  is 
  finer 
  and 
  its 
  color 
  

   more 
  yellowish. 
  " 
  (Salem.) 
  

  

  