3. 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. 26911. From Samara Province, Russia. Re- 
ceived from Messrs. Voller & Co. "This seed is of inter- 
est owing to the fact that introductions of Medicago fal- 
cata have been secured from this same region" (Westgate). 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. 27026. Alfalfa from Gates, Tunis. Pro- 
cured "by Mr. Victor Dumas, Sousse, Tunis, from El Habib 
"ben Trab, Amin des vivres, a Menzel, for Mr. J. M. West- 
gate at the suggestion of Mr. T. H. Kearney. 
MEDICAGO SP. 26865. Prom Novorosu.sk, Caucasus, Russia. Al- 
falfas growing on stony and. clayey hillsides. The summer 
is very hot and dry in this region, hut the winter is mild, 
and generally very wet. (Meyer's Introduction.) 
OLEA EUROPEA. 27027. Wild olive from the foothills of the 
Amanus Mts . , Turkey. Presented hy Mr. P. D. Shepard. 
"These olives were collected on the landward side of the 
Amanus Mts., where the climate is semi-arid. The olive 
is more at home on the seaward side of these mountains, 
where the tree, or shrub, is larger and the fruit nearly 
twice as large. It does not grow wild on the Kurd Dagh 
(Kurdish Mts.), the parallel range futher inland and 
still more arid, altho the cultivated olive thrives 
there". (Shepard.) 
PYRUS. 26987. From the Himalayas , India. Presented hy Mr. 
J. Mollison. "On this tree are grafted superior varieties 
of pears which are known in the Kulu as 'Nakh' . No other 
fruit can he grafted on it." (Mollison.) For distribution 
later . 
RHUS CORIARIA. 26785. From Portici, Italy. Presented hy 
Prof. L. Savastano. "This is the well-known Sicilian 
sumac. Its cultivation and the marketing of the dried 
leaves, which are used as a mordant in dyeing fabrics and 
in tanning certain types of leather, form an important 
industry in Sicily and Tuscany. Introduced for testing 
its possibilities as a cultivated crop." (Stockberger. ) 
