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44660 to 44670— Continued. 



44669. QuERCUs variabilis Bliiiue. Fagaceae. Oak. 



" Bought from natives, Anliv^^ei, November 14 to 30, 1916. Chinese 

 name Ma li (hemp chestnut)." (Bailie.) 



A large tree, up to 25 m. (80 feet) in height, in mixed woods or form- 

 ing pure stands at altitudes of 800 to 1,600 in. (2,600 to 5,200 feet) in 

 central and western China. It has handsome, pale-gray, deeply fur- 

 rowed bark, dark-green, crenately serrate leaves with bristlelike teeth, 

 and almost sessile roundish acorns. This oak has proved hardy in 

 Massachusetts and western New York. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. o, p. 2885, and from Sargent, Plantae 

 Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. 219, where it is doubtfully referred to Q. variab- 

 ilis.) 



44670. Trachycarpus excelsus (Thunb.) Wendl. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 " From open land in a vegetable garden, Chekiang, November 14 to 30, 



1916. Obtained by forestry students of the university. Chinese name 

 Tsung lii (tree whose bark furnishes clothes for poor people)." (Bailie.) 



A tall, robust, unarmed palm, clothed by the old leaf sheaths, with 

 large, fan-shaped, finely cut leaves which eventually become 4 or 5 feet 

 wide. The flowers are small, clustered two to four on tubercles in the 

 leaf axils, and the fruits are roundish drupes. This ornamental palm 

 is native to China, but is cultivated in many places in Asia and will 

 grow in the open in the southern United States as far north as Georgia. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 6, p. 

 3362, and from Flore des Serves et des Jardins de VEurope, vol. 22, 

 p. 207.) 



44671 to 44673. Annona (cherimola X squamosa) X reticulata. 



Annonacese. Cuatemoya. 



From Lamao, Philippine Islands. Cuttings presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, 

 horticulturist in charge of the Lamao Experiment Station. Received 

 May 7, 1917. 

 The following hybrids were obtained l)y tlie pollination of an atemoya (A. 

 cherimola X squamosa) by a custard-apple (A. reticulata). The fruit is well 

 shaped but rather small, about the size of a sugar-apple, with a yellowish green, 

 almost glabrous surface, very thick, tough skin, and white, tender, melting, 

 juicy, subacid, aromatic flesh of excellent flavor. (Adapted from Wester, Phil- 

 ippine Agricultural Review, Fehruary, 1914.) 



44671. No. 3685-1. 44673. No. 3685-16. 



44672. No. 3685-2. 



44674 and 44675. Pyrus spp. Malacese. Pear. 



From Ningpo, China. Cuttings obtained by Rev. L. C. Hylbert, American 



Baptist Mission, through Rev. G. W. Sheppard, English Methodist Mission. 



Received May 3, 1917. 



These cuttings were sent in response to a request for propagating material 



of certain pear trees from the island of Chusan which produce immense fruit. 



Mr. Hylbert reports that " the cuttings were secured from a gentleman's garden 



and are said to be beyond price." 



44674. No. 1. 44675. No. 2. 



