26 SKIT'S AND PLANTS [MPORTED. 



23930 to 24113 -Continued. 



24045 to 24068— Continued. 



24054. "(No. LllOa.) Chinese name Hua lung teao tung hsien hua.' 1 



24055. "(No. Lllla.) Chinese name T.< lung teao tung hsien hua. n 



24056. "(No. L112a.) Chinese name Lang lung teao tung hsien hua." 



24057. "(No. L113a.) Chinese name l'<i lung isno tung hsien hua." 



24058. "(No. Illta.i Chinese name Lang hua pun lung teao lung 

 hsien hua" 



•"All the preceding numbers are apparently varieties of the ordinary balsam, 

 which is much grown by tin- Chinese as an ornamental summer annual, mostly 

 in boxes and earthen vessels. There are some fine varieties among them, and 



..- a whole they may prove 1<> be somewhat hardier than our own strains." 

 {Meyer.) 



24059 to 24062. (Undetermined.) 



From Peking, Chihli, China. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24059. "(No. 1115a.) Chinese name Ta nai Jcong." 



24060. "(No. 1116a.) Chinese name Pai nai hong.'''' 



24061. "(No. 1117a.) Chinese name Hong sho yo." 



24062. "(No. 1118a.) Chinese name Sun luan moo:' 



"These four numbers represent apparently a Salvia or some closely allied 

 genus of Menthaceae; they are grown by the Chinese as ornamental garden 

 plants." (Meyer.) 



24063 to 24066. Diaxthus chixexsis L. Chinese pink. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24063. "(No. 1119a.) Chinese name Hong shir chow." 



24064. "(No. 1120a.) Chinese name Ten shir chow." 



24065. "(No. 1121a.) Chinese name Tze.shir chow:' 



24066. "(No. 1122a.) Chinese name Pai shir chow.". 



"The above are apparently different varieties of Chinese pinks, which are 

 favorite plants in Chinese gardens." (Meyer.) 



24067 to 24069. (Undetermined.) 



From Peking, Chihli, China. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24067. "(No. 1123a.) Chinese name Hong wan sho chii hua." 



24068. "(No. 1124a.) Chinese name Pai wan sho chii hua." 



24069. "(No. 1125a.) Chinese name Huang wan sho chii hua." 

 "Grown ?.s an ornamental garden plant in North China." (Meyer.) 

 "These seeds belong to a species of Asteracese." (H. C. Skeels.) 



24070. Helianthus sp. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. "(No. 1126a, Mar. 25, 1908.) Apparently a 

 Helianthus or a closely allied composite. Grown as an ornamental garden 

 plant in North China. Chinese name Hong mi lou sung." (Meyer.) 



24071 to 24073. Helianthus annuus L. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24071. "(No. 1127a.) Chinese name Huang hwi hua." 



24072. "(No. 1128a.) Chinese name Cheeoo lien tung." 

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