58 -l i t)S \N D PLANTS I MPOETED. 



22974 to 23038 Continued. 



Has a future for ih<> western people as n very graceful, spring-flowering 

 shrub of dwarfy habits." i \l< yer. i 



23034. Rosa xanthine Lindl. Rose. 



From Fengtal, near Peking, Chlhli, China. "(No. <*»'•»»'». Mar. 31, 1908.) 

 A yellow rose, remarkably hardy, resisting droughl and extremes of dry 

 heal and dry <-(.i«i to an unusual degree. For further remarks see Not. 

 67, 68, and 254 (S. P. [. Nos. 17469 and 22452)." I Meyer.} 



23035. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 From Tientsin, Chihli, china. "(No. 697, Apr. ::. 1908.) A red rose 



aid to be very floriferous, but the flowers are small. Hardy in the 

 uncongenial climate of Tientsin, where it passes the winter unprotected 

 in the open. Chinese name Ten hong shoo met kwei." {Meyer.) 



23036. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 From Soochow, Kiangsu, china. "(No. 698, Apr. 26, 1908.) Small- 

 leaved red rose; rare. Chinese name Bong si ya chi." {Meyer.) 



23037. Rosa sp. Rose. 



From Soochow, Kiangsu, China. "(No. 699, Apr. 2G, 1908.) Sniall- 



flowered white rose. Apparently a rambler. Chinese name Pat si ya 

 rh\r {Meyer.) 



23038. Rosa sp. Rose. 



From Soochow, Kiangsu, China. "(No. 700, Apr. 26, 1908.) Small- 

 flowered yellow rose. Apparently a rambler. Chinese name Hwang si 

 ya cJii." < Meyer.) 



23039. Enterolobium cyclocarpdm (Jacq.) Griseb. 



From Gorgona, Canal Zone, Panama. Presented by Mr. V. Allan Ruther- 

 ford. Received June 3, 1908. 

 "This tree grows 40 feet high, covering a radius of 20 to 30 feet, and forms 

 a beautiful shade. It bears a pod about 5 to 6 inches and is good food for 

 cattle. There are other peculiar features of the tree that make it valuable for 

 shade; when 4 or 5 years old it is from 25 to 30 feet high. I think this tree 

 would make a fine shade tree for the South and Southwestern States, where 

 there is so much prairie land." {Rutherford.) (See No. 11592 for further 

 description.) 



23040. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. Hicama. 

 From San Juan. P. R. Presented by Mr. Wm. Allan, through Mr. C. V. 



Piper. Received June 23, 1908. 

 See No. 22971 for description. 



23041 to 23199. Sola mm tuberosum L. Potato. 



From Chile. South America. Procured by Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida 

 via Molina, Chile, at the request of Prof. L. C. Corbett. Received June 

 24. 19i is. 



The following tubers, descriptions of varieties by Mr. W. V. Shear: 

 23041 to 23086. 



From the archipelago of Chiloe. " The archipelago of Chiloe is situ- 

 ated in the southern part of Chile and is the indigenous home of potato 

 tubers {Solanum tuberosum). It is from here that the Spanish obtained 



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