4 BULLETIN 428, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
26927. Kashmir, India. From plants grown under irrigation. 
28041. Between Dushet and Passanura, Caucasus, Russia. From wild plants. 
28070. Semipalatinsk region, Siberia. From wild plants. 
28071. Orenburg region, Russia. From wild plants. 
28918. Christiania, Norway. From Botanic Garden. 
28940 and 28941. Copenhagen, Denmark. From Botanie Garden. 
29139. Lahul,. India. 
29913. Jerusalem, Palestine. 
30027. Svalof, Sweden. From wild plants as found in Sweden. 
30200. Lower Austria. From wild plants. 
30483. Leh, India. 
30436. Kargil, India. 
30955. Valley of the Chong Djighilan, Tien Shan Range, Chinese Turkestan. 
; From wild plants. 
31005. Petrograd, Russia. Botanic Gardens. 
381303. Valley of the Chong Djighilan, Tien Shan Range, Chinese Turkestan. 
From wild plants. 
31649. Iskardo, India. 
31956. Nice, France. 
32178. Ust-Kamenogorsk, Siberia. From wild plants. 
32179. Along River Tom, near Tomsk, Siberia. From wild plants. 
32180. Kuznetsk district, east of Barnaul, Siberia. From wild plants. 
32389. From western Siberia. 
32409. Near Sarepta, Russia. From wild plants. 
382411. Near Saratof, Russia. From wild plants. 
32412. Krassny Koot, Samara Government, Russia. From wild plants. 
33465. Semipalatinsk, Siberia. _ 
34116. Vicinity of Semipalatinsk, Siberia. From wild plants. 
d0011. Novospassko, Russia. From wild plants. 
35312. Omsk district, Siberia. From wild plants. 
The above list of introductions would indicate that the efforts of 
the Department of Agriculture were not confined to obtaining seed 
from a particular locality or region. Nevertheless, since the project 
was inaugurated mainly to aid in the solution of the hardy and 
drought-resistant alfalfa problems, special attention was focused 
on parts of Russia and Siberia having climatic conditions compara- 
ble with the colder and drier portions of the North and Northwest. 
Although many plants, especially perennials, are found growing 
under a wide range of climatic conditions, it is nevertheless of in- 
terest in the case of the introduction of Medicago falcata to compare 
certain features of the climate of points in Russia and Siberia, where 
the species is found growing naturally in some abundance, with 
points in the northern and northwestern parts of the United States. 
Table I indicates the seasonal and normal annual precipitation and > 
the maximum, minimum, and mean annual temperatures for points 
in Russia and Siberia and in certain Northwestern States. — 
