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worm, and the whole is boiled. It is then nibbed through a sieve to separate 

 the skin, seeds, etc. The pulp is then slightly cooked with sufficient sugar. If 

 much boiled it turns to jelly. The taste and flavor remind me of the New 

 England boiled cider-apple sauce, in Pennsylvania called * apple butter.' I 

 think it has a nice aromatic flavor, and if not cultivated in America I have 

 sent you seeds enough to give it a speedy introduction." (Famham.) 



22534 and 22535. Glycine hispjda (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



From Weihsien, China. Presented by Mrs. C. W. Mateer. Received April 

 4, 1908. 



22534. Yellow. '"This bean is used for making lamp and cooking oil 

 and for flour to make cakes: also for bean curd (a mush curdled by 

 caustic soda and eaten fried). All these are nourishing, but more 

 esteemed by Chinese than foreigners. The refuse after expressing the 

 oil forms a cake (round) 2 feet in diameter and 3 inches thick. This 

 is exported for feeding animals (pounded fine) and enriching land." 

 (Mateer.) 



22535. Black. Similar in appearance, to Cloud. 



22536 to 22540. 



From Chefoo, Shantung. China. Presented by Mr. Hunter Corbett, through 

 Rev. J. M. W. Famham, of Shanghai, China. Received April 4, 1908. 



The following seeds, varietal descriptions by Mr. H. T. Nielsen: 



22536 to 22538. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



22536. Green. Similar to No. 1TS5T. 



22537. Green. Similar to No. 172G2, Yosho. 



•'Chinese names ■ S. P. I. No. 22530) ('Jung teo and Lull teo; 

 (S. P. I. No. 22.~>.\57 ) Whong teo. These beans are used extensively 

 for the manufacture of oil : the bean cake which remains after the 

 oil has been pressed out is shipped south and extensively used as a 

 fertilizer in vegetable gardens. Will grow well on level or high 

 and hilly land. Is used by the people largely for food, being 

 ground and made into a curd, also put in water and soaked until 

 well sprouted and used as a vegetable. It is also boiled and eaten 

 in the same manner as rice." (Corbett.) 



22538. Black. Similar in appearance to Cloud. 



"Chinese name Shao hih teo. Used chiefly for feeding animals." 

 (Corbett.) 



22539. Vigxa unguiculata ( L. ) Walp. Cowpea. 

 Whippoorwill. Similar to Nos. 17330, 17849, and 210S5. 



"Chinese name Hun;/ chiang teo. Planted in orchards and in ground 

 overshadowed by trees, etc." ( Corbett.) 



22540. Pisum arvexse L. Field pea. 

 " Chinese name Wan teo. Used extensively in the manufacture of 



vermicelli." (Corbett.) 



22541 to 22549. 



From Chelsea, S. W., London, England. Presented by James Veitch & Son. 

 Received April 3, 1908. 



22541. Aconitum hemsleyanum E. Pritzel. 

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