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45329. X Castaistea neglecta Dode. Fagaceto. 



Hybrid chestnut. 



From Madison County, Va. Presented by Mr. Daniel (iriunan, Kiehiunnd. 

 Received October 29, 1917. 



•• One of these hybrids {Castanea pumila X dentata) was di.scovered some 40 

 years ago in Madison County, Va., on the Rapidan River. It was preserved and 

 now stands in a pasture. The tree is quite large and vigorous, about 40 or 50 

 feet high, and nearly 2 feet in diameter near the ground. It bears a large crop 

 of nuts like the chinquapin, but somewhat larger." {Grinnan.) 



45330 to 45343. Castanea spp. 



From Bell, Md. Seeds presented by Dr. W. Van Fleet. Received October 

 29, 1917. Quoted notes by Dr. Van Fleet, unless otherwise indicated. 

 45330 to 45337. Castanea ceenata Sieb. and Zucc. Fragacese. Chestnut. 



45330. No. 1. " Cross within species. Third generation of variety 

 selection. From Arlington Farm, Va." 



45331. No. 12. "Cross within species. Third generation of variety 

 selection. Fi-om Arlington Farm, Va. Same as S. P. I. No. 45330, 

 but from a different tree." 



45332. No. 1-a. " Fourth generation. Mixed lots of seed too small 

 to be separated. Grown at Bell, Md." 



45333. No. 1-d. " Mixed stock from Arlington Farm, Va. Variable 



in size." 



45334. Bell No. 1. " Fourth generation by straight selection. Started 

 by a vai'iety cross between two early prolific types of Castanea 

 crenata. A very large nut, with good cooking qualities, but poor 

 eating qualities when raw. The tree has a good habit ; the trunk 

 is clean and bright, with thin handsome branches and very narrow- 

 leaves." 



45335. Bell No. 2. " Fourth generation by selection. Tree about 7 

 feet high, with clean limbs. It is a prolific bearer. The fruit is 

 very large and is good for cooking, but not for eating when raw. 

 It is more bitter than S. P. I. No. 45334." 



45336. Bell No. 3. "Fourth generation. Much like S. P. I. No. 

 45335." 



45337. Bell No. 4. " Fourth generation by selection. The trees 

 have very much the same habit as S. P. I. Nos. 45334 to 45336, 

 and the nuts are about the same size — very large. The nuts have 

 good eating qualities and are better than those of the numbers 

 referred to above." 



45338. Castanea mollissisia Blume. Fagacere. Chestnut. 



This is the common chestnut of China. It is distributed from the 

 neighborhood of Peking in the northeast to the extreme limits of 

 Szechwan and Yunnan in the west and southwest. Near villages and 

 towns, where the woody vegetation is continually cut down to furnish 

 fuel, this chestnut is met with as a bush or a low scrub ; but in the 

 thinly populated areas it is a tree from 15 to 20 meters tall, with a tnuik 

 from 1.5 to 2 meters in girth. The nuts are a valued article of food. The 

 Chinese name for this chestnut is Pan-li. (Adapted from Sargevt, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. ID'/.) 



