UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT ©F AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 123 



Washington, D. C. ▼ Issued January, 1949 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 

 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1935 (Nos. 110198-111857) 



CONTENTS 



Pag© 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



*Sdex of common and scientific names 57 





INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



This inventory, No. 123, records the plant material (Nos. 110198 

 to 111857) received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Intro- 

 duction during the period from April 1 to June 30, 1935. 



As a direct result of the agricultural explorations carried on in 

 central Asia by H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlow, of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, the Department received nearly 500 lots of seeds from 

 the Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad, Union of Soviet Socialist 

 Republics. One particular shipment (Nos. 111477-111585) consisted 

 almost wholly of distinct local strains of forage grasses ; another ship- 

 ment (Nos. 111605-111685) was made up entirely of local strains of 

 alfalfa and other species of Medicago. This material is intended pri- 

 marily for the use of the specialists of the Soil Conservation Serv- 

 ice of this Department, and will be tested in the colder and drier 

 sections of the West. 



During the summer of 1935, W. A. Archer was still collecting in 

 northern South America and, during the period covered by this in- 

 ventory, nearly 200 lots of seeds were sent in by him, mostly from 

 Colombia. As before, leguminous plants occupied a conspicuous 

 place in these collections, while the markets of small villages and 

 towns yielded seeds of numerous local strains of vegetables and fruits 

 that will be tested in the vegetable-breeding program for our South- 

 ern States. 



Eighty-three lots of grasses (Nos. 111249-111331), including sev- 

 eral not before introduced into the United States, were presented by 

 the Jardin Botanique de l'Universite de Cluj, Rumania. Grasses also 

 constituted the greater part of 37 lots of seeds from Australia (Nos. 

 110518-110555), presented by the Division of Plant Industry, 

 Canberra. 



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