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71051 to 71122— Continued. 



71109. No. 9447. Variety lutescens. No. 0479. 

 A selected variety from the Western Sibe- 

 rian Experiment Station, Omsk. 



71110. No. 9448. Variety milturum. No. 

 0321. A selected variety from the Western 

 Siberian Experiment Station, Omsk. 



71111. No. 10162. Variety ferrugineum. No. 

 2411. A selected variety of winter wheat 

 from the plant-breeding station of the 

 Timiriasev Agricultural Academy, Mos- 

 cow. 



71112. No. 10163. Variety ferrugineum. No. 

 2453. A selected variety of winter wheat 

 from the plant-breeding station of the 

 Timiriasev Agricultural Academy, Mos- 

 cow. 



71113. No. 10167. Variety alborubrum. No. 

 2671. A selected variety from the plant- 

 breeding station of the Timiriasev Agri- 

 cultural Academy, Moscow. 



71114. No. 10244. Variety graecum. "Sary 

 Maghis." No. 0289 A IV. Tashkent 

 Turkestan. 



71115 to 71122. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 



71115 to 71120. Vicia sativa L. 



Common vetch. 



71115. No. 1073. A pure-line variety from 

 the Saratov Government. Originally 

 from the Stepnaya Experiment Station. 

 No. 112. 



7*1116. No. 3463. A pure-line variety from 

 the Saratov Government. Originally 

 from the Stepnaya Experiment Station. 

 No. 90. 



71117. No. 3464. Obtained from Serno- 

 bank, through the Saratov Seed-Test- 

 ing Station. 



71118. No. 10062. A pure-line variety 

 from the Penza Government. Origi- 

 nally from the Stepnaya Experiment 

 Station. No. 138. 



71119. No. 10063. A pure-line variety 

 from the Saratov Government. Origi- 

 nally from the Stepnaya Experiment 

 Station. No. 150. 



71120. No. 10068. From the Saratov Gov- 

 ernment. Originally from the Step- 

 naya Experiment Station. 



71121. Vicia sativa letjcosperma (Moench) 

 Seringe. 



No. 10075. From the Kharkof Govern- 

 ment. Originally from the Stepnaya Experi- 

 ment Station. 



For previous introduction see No. 52277. 



71122. Vicia villosa Roth. Hairy vetch. 

 No. 10029. From the Homel Government. 



71123 to 71127. 



From Keijyo, Chosen, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. M. Tozawa, director, forestry experiment 

 station. Received January 4, 1927. 



71123. Larix dahurica principis-rupprechth 

 (Mayr) Rehd. and Wils. Pinaceae. Larch. 



A hardy Chinese larch which makes a hand- 

 some tree, sometimes 70 feet high, with attractive 

 bright-green foliage and shiny cones over an inch 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 62682. 



71124. Pintts densiflora Sieb. and Zucc. Pi- 

 naceae. Japanese red pine. 



An ornamental Japanese pine, sometimes 120 

 feet high, with reddish bark and dull blue-green 

 leaves in pairs. 



71123 to 71127— Continued. 



71125. Pinus koraiensis Sieb. and Zucc. 

 Pinacea. Korean pine. 



A hardy, slow-growing pyramidal tree, up 

 to 100 feet in height. The leaves are glossy 

 dark green* Native to Korea and Japan. 



71126. Rhododendron dauricum mucronu- 

 latum (Turcz.) Maxim. Ericaceae. 



A hardy upright Manchurian shrub, up to 6 

 feet high. The rose-colored flowers appear very 

 early in spring and the leaves turn scarlet in 

 autumn. 



71127. Rhododendron schlippenb achii 

 Maxim. Ericaceae. 



A deciduous Japanese shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 with broadly oval pubescent leaves 2 to 5 inches 

 long and pale pink flowers, which appear with the 

 leaves in late spring. 



71128. Corylus chinensis Franch. 

 Betulaceae. Chinese hazel. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds purchased through 

 Prof. J. H. Reisner, College of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, University of Nanking. Received 

 January 4, 1927. 



A handsome spreading tree, 40 meters or less 

 high, native to central and western China. The 

 oval-oblong leaves are up to 18 centimeters long, 

 and the edible nuts are about 1.5 centimeters in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 62680. 



71129. Chamaedorea sp. Phoeniea- 

 ceae. Palm. 



From Tela, Honduras, Central America. Seeds 

 presented by Wilson Popenoe, United Fruit Co. 

 Received January 10, 1927. 



A tropical pinnate-leaved palm, native to 

 Honduras. Of possible value as an ornamental 

 house plant. 



71130. Erythrina poeppigiana 

 (Walp.) O. F. Cook {E. micropteryx 

 Poepp.). Fabaceae. Bucare. 



From Avon Park, Fla. Seeds presented by C. S. 

 Donaldson. Received January 4, 1927. 



A handsome tender leguminous tree with red 

 flowers; native to Peru. 



For previous introduction see No. 55040. 



71131. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck 



Rutaceae. 



Sweet orange. 



From Talde, Grand Canary, Canary Islands. 

 Scions collected by David Fairchild, agricultural 

 explorer, with the Allison V. Armour expedi- 

 tion. Received January 21, 1927. 



No. 939. December 29, 1926. The fruits of this 

 variety have very little rag and a large amount of 

 juice. They have rather thick skin of peculiar 

 softness, and are shipped to the London market 

 where they bring the top price. 



71132 to 71167. 



From China. Seeds obtained by P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January, 1927. 



71132. Acer tegmentosum Maxim. Aceraceae 



Maple 



No. 8742. Collected by I. V. Kosloff, Man 

 churian Research Society, Harbin, in the vicin 

 ity of Shitoukhetsy, Manchuria. October, 1926 

 An interesting green-barked maple with seeds 

 in long racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 65481. 



