B. P. I.— 807. 
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE 
PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1912: 
INVENTORY NO. 30; NOS. 32369 TO 33278. 
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. 
This number of the inventories contains some material of rather 
unusual interest. It lists part of the collections made by Mr. Frank 
N. Meyer during his late expedition into Chinese Turkestan, covering 
particularly the material secured by him from the noted Russian 
plant breeder, Mr. I. V. Mijurin. It also contains notes regarding 
some promising forage grasses collected by Mr. C. V. Piper, Agrostolo- 
gist in Charge of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations, during his 
preliminary exploration of India in search of forage grasses particu- 
larly adapted to our Southern States, and it also describes a num- 
ber of Spanish fruit varieties that Mr. Walter T. Swingle, of the 
Office of Crop Physiofogy and Breeding Investigations, discovered 
during his recent trip to Spain, which was made by him in company 
with Dr. L. Trabut, the veteran plant breeder and horticulturist of 
Algeria. 
In the spring of 1903 Mr. G. Onderdonk, one of the veteran nursery- 
men of southern Texas, made a trip into Mexico for the purpose of 
securing varieties of Mexican peaches and apricots which he knew 
existed in the mountainous regions of the central provinces. A 
collection of these fruits which he made was planted at San Antonio, 
Tex., and Nos. 32372 to 32380 of this present inventory are selected 
seedlings from the trees grown as a result of this expedition. They 
are said to be late-ripening sorts, resembling somewhat the Honey 
peach, but are later in ripening. These may prove of unusual value 
for the southern peach belt. 
Of Mr. Meyer's collection the seeds and plants most worthy of 
notice are as follows: No. 32389, seeds of Medicago falcata, which in 
Mr. Meyer's opinion (and in this he agrees with Prof. N. E. Hansen) 
is likely to prove of especial value in those situations where the crowns 
of the plants are damaged by close grazing and by the hoofs of ani- 
mals; No. 32408 is a variety of Medicago sativa selected by Mr. 
Bogdan at Krassny Koot, one of the best of his hybrids; No. 32416, 
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