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as one of the "best grasses of the Volga River region of 
eastern European Russia. 
ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. 24478. A sorghum introduced from North- 
ern Manchuria. 
ARISTOTELIA MACQUI. 23451. A shrub native to Chile. The 
small berries have the flavor of bilberries and are used 
to considerable extent by the native population in Chile; 
the berries are also used in coloring pale wines. This 
shrub exceeds the orange in hardiness. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM. 24075. An ornamental annual in- 
troduced from China; much grown by the Chinese. 
GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM. 24545. An upland cotton introduced from 
Turkestan. 
GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA. 24902. An annual legume, indigenous to 
tropical Africa. An oil is expressed from the seeds, that 
is used for culinary, as well as technical purposes. 
MEDIC AGO RUTHENTCA. 24451. An alfalfa indigenous to sandy 
and stony regions of Siberia, extending east to the region 
of Lake Baikal and into China. This is a favorite forage 
for the stock kept by the Mongolian nomads of this region 
and should be tested in the driest and coldest parts of the 
Northwest, especially where the most extreme cold comes at 
times without snow on the ground. 
MEDIC AGO FALCATA. 24452. An alfalfa, native of Europe and 
Asia, extending from Sweden to China. One of the most 
characteristic and dominant plants in Tomsk Province, West- 
ern Siberia. It is highly regarded by the natives as a 
pasture plant and for hay. Worthy of thorough trial in 
»11 regions where the common alfalfa suffers from winter 
killing. 
PISUM SATIVUM. 24599. A sugar pea introduced from Prance. 
The variety is distinguished by its fiberless pods that can 
be used in a manner similar to string beans. 
RUBUS SPECTABILIS. 23452. The salmon-berry cf Oregon, Cal- 
ifornia and New Mexico. The fruit is red, yellow or salmon 
in color, and very similar to the raspberry. 
TRIPOLIUM LUPINASTER. 24458. A clover indigenous to the 
steppes of Siberia, extending north to the Arctic Circle. 
