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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107296. Pistacia lentiscus L. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. Lentisk. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by the 

 Department of Agriculture and Forests, 

 Jerusalem. Received November 30, 1934. 



A wild shrub common in the Mediterranean 

 regions where it grows on poor soil and 

 withstands severe drought. It produces a 

 gum used by the Arabs as a perfume ; an 

 edible oil known as sbinia, used as a sub- 

 stitute for olive oil, is obtained from the 

 berries. 



For previous introduction see 99350. 

 107297 and 107298. 



From Turkey. Plants collected by H. L. 



Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of 



Plant Industry. Received December 3, 

 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



107297. Carex sp. Cyperaceae. 



From the market at Istanbul. An excel- 

 lent shade-enduring plant used in Turkey 

 for lawns under shade trees and for 

 flower-bed borders. 



107298. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



Roots collected on dry mountain slopes 

 north of Nallihan. 



107299 to 107302. 

 L. Poaceae. 



Triticum aestivum 

 Common wheat. 



From Ireland. Seeds presented by M. Gaf- 

 frey, Albert Agricultural College, Glasne- 

 vin, Dublin. Received November 30, 1934. 



A collection of wheat hybrids introduced 

 for the use of Department specialists. 



107299. April Red X Ironmaster 1/1. A 

 spring type. 



107300. Ironmaster X Yeoman No. 8. A 

 winter type with stiff straw. 



107301. Ironmaster X Yeoman No. Ik. A 

 winter type with very short stiff straw. 



107302. Unselected ; old land sort, spring 

 wheat from Galway. 



107303 and 107304. 



Poaceae. 



AVENA SATIVA L. 



Oats. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by the 

 Scottish Society for Research in Plant 

 Breeding, Corstorphine, Midlothian. Re- 

 ceived November 30, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department spe- 

 cialists. 



107303. Bell. 



107304. Early Miller. 



107305. Medicago sativa faurei Maire. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. R. 

 Maire, University of Algiers, Algiers. Re- 

 ceived December 11, 1934. 



A variety with the habit of Medicago fal- 

 cata. The yellow flowers are in short dense 

 racemes. Native to the mountains of west- 

 ern Algeria. 



107306 to 107308. Solanum tuberosum 

 L. Solanaceae. Potatc 



From Germany. Tubers presented by Dr. 

 A. Schlumberger, Berlin-Dahlem, Bio'ogi- 



107306 to -107308— Continued. 



sche Reichsanstalt, Institut fur Kartoffel- 

 bau. Received December 17, 1934. 



A collection of potato varieties, apparently 

 scab-resistant, introduced for the use of De- 

 partment specialists. 



107306. Ackersegen von Bohm. 



107307. Gubel von Richter. 



107308. Friihe Homchen. 



107309 to 107325. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Plants presented by the Mitchurin 

 Research Institute of Fruit Production, 

 Mitchurinsk, through the Institute of 

 Plant Industry. Leningrad. Received De- 

 cember 13, 1934. 



A collection of fruit trees introduced un- 

 der the following varietal names, for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



107309 to 107324. Malus SYLvestris Mill. 

 Malaceae. Apple 



107309. Antonoflca common. 



107310. Antonofka She Haia (yellow). 



107311. Autumn Shafran. 



107312. Bellflower. 



107313. Krem Kitaika (Chinese cream). 



107314. Flava. 



107315. Korichnoie. 



107316. Oleg (Ohleg). 



107317. Paradislca Mitchurin. 



107318. Pippin Shafran. 



107319. Renet Bergamotnii. 



107320. Shafran -Kitaika (Shafran- 

 Chinese). 



107321. Winter Arcad Gold. 



107322. Unknown. 



107323. Unknown. 



107324. Unknown. 

 107325. PYRUS COMMUNIS I 



Malaceae. 

 Common pear. 



Mitchurin Winter Pear. 

 107326 to 107423. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds collected in Turkistan by H. 

 L. Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 31, 

 1934. 



Introduced for 

 specialists. 



the use of Department 



107326 to 107330. Agropyeon tricho- 

 phorum (Link) Richt. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



107326. No. 330. July 15, 1934. From 

 Little Chimgan Mountains, east of 

 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on dry slopes. 



107327. No. 369. July 15, 1934. Chot 

 Kol River, east of Tashkent. 



107328 No. 373. July 15, 1934. Chot 

 Kol River Canyon, east of Tashkent. 



107329. No. 389. July 15, 1934. Chot 

 Kol River Canyon, 50 km east of 

 Tashkent. 



107330. No. 376. July 15, 1934. Chim- 

 gan, east of Tashkent in dry soil. 



