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44418 to 44425— Continued. 



44425. Pyrus sp. Malacefe. Pear. 



A variety received witlKmt description. 



44426. Rosa odorata (Andr.) Sweet. Rosacese. Rose. 



One of two roses associated witli S. P. I. No. 22449. Renumbered for 

 convenience in distribution. 



"A rose which Mr. Meyer sent in from Cliina, whicli he collected in a 

 garden at Pautungfu, Chihli Province. For several years past it has at- 

 tracted considerable attention as a pillar rose. The form that Mr. Meyer 

 collected produces small. doul)le. white flowers with pale pink centers; it 

 blooms quite freely. Although it is an attractive rose, the discovery by 

 Mr. Edward Goucher of its peculiar usefulness as a stock on which to bud 

 or graft other roses now constitiites its chief interest to rose growers. Cut- 

 tings of the young wood grow so readily that with ordinary care 90 to 95 per 

 cent of those put in an ordinary propagating bench will root. It has also 

 loeen found that the vigorous young canes, often 5 to 8 feet long, can be used 

 as a stock upon which to insert lietween each two leaves or eyes, in the manner 

 of ordinary shield or slip budding, buds of any varieties it is desired to propa- 

 gate. Later, when these buds have united, the canes are made into ordinary 

 cuttings, each with a bud of the desired variety, wh'ch will root readily in slight 

 bottom heat in an ordinary sand propagating bench, while the inserted buds 

 will give rise to strong, healthy plants. 



" Further, this rose has been successfully used as a grafting stock. The 

 young canes are cut into suitable lengths and upon these are cleft-grafted or 

 ' worked ' scions or pieces of wood of the desired variety. The completed 

 grafts are then potted singly in small pots, which are placed in an ordinary 

 sweat box used for young grafted stock and maintained at a temperature of 

 75° to 80° F. Simultaneously the cuttings root and the grafts grow, and as 

 many as 90 per cent of the cuttings thus made have succeeded." (Peter 

 Bisset.) 



44427 to 44431. 



From Canton, China. Seeds presented by Mr. C4. Weidman Groff, Canton 

 Christian College. Received March 13, 1917. 

 44427 and 44428. Bkassica spp. Brassicacefe. Mustard. 



44427. " T'ai ts'e)H/ shao po (Taai ts'eng shiu paak)." 



44428. ''Pen Vai (Poon tei)." 



44429 to 44431. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaeeje. Radish. 



44429. '' Hna mien {Ya mm) r 44431. " Tung kua." 



44430. "Pa chili." 



44432. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa. 



From Shensi, China. Presented by Dr. A. C. Selmon, superintendent of the 

 North China Mission of Seventh-Day Adventists, Nanking, China. Re- 

 ceived January 2, 1917. 



" Some months ago I was traveling in the northwest of China in the Province 

 of Shensi, where the climate is very dry. There I found that the farmers 

 raised a plant somewhat resembling alfalfa, which also grew wild. I found a 

 specimen of it growing on the top of the city wall (60 feet high) at Sianfu, 

 the capital of Shensi Province. It makes a very good rough feed for stock." 

 (Selmon.) 



