64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45586 and 45587— Continued. 



inns. Chinese name Ma I'm shu (fiber willow tree), often abbreviated 

 to liu shu. 



" Tbis is a very promising shade tree for streets, parks, and gardens 

 in those sections of the United States where the summers are moist and 

 warm and the winters but moderately cold. It does well where rice and 

 cotton mature fully and where the large-leaved privet {Ligustrum luci- 

 dum) and the tea olive {Osmanthus fragrans) remain out of doors the 

 year round." 



45588. AcTiNiDiA CHiNENsis Planch. Dilleniaceae. Yang-tao. 



From Kuling. Kiangsi, Cliina. Seeds presented by Rev. John Berkin. Re- 

 ceived December 13, 1917. 



The yaiig-tdo, as this deciduous climber is known in Szecliwan Province 

 where it is native, has attracted considerable attention from travelers and mis- 

 sionaries in China, because of the high quality of its fruits and the ornamental 

 value of the plant. Single plants often grow 30 feet in length, so that the vine 

 will cover large areas of trellis. The leaves have a plushlike texture and an 

 unusual dark-green color. The young shoots are bright pink and villous pubes- 

 cent. The size and regular spacing of the leaves make this climber valuable 

 where large areas of foliage are desired. The flowers are buff yellow to white, 

 fragrant, and of large size, being from 1 to I3 inches in diameter. The abun- 

 dance of these flowers adds greatly to the beauty of this plant and enhances its 

 value as an ornamental. 



Fruits abundantly produced, ovoid to globose, 1 to 2* inches long, 1 to li 

 inches across ; epicai-p membranous, russet brown, more or less clothed with 

 villous hairs. Flesh green, of most excellent flavor, to my palate akin to that 

 of the gooseberry, but tempered with a flavor peculiarly its own. 



The fruit is excellent when fresh and also makes very fine jam and sauce. 

 Full information is lacking in regard to the fruit grown outside of China ; 

 souie fruits received fi'oni California, however, bear out the high praise given 

 the fruit by travelers. While this plant is not hardy in i-egions of severe 

 winters, the rapid growth in the spring will make it a valuable ornamental, 

 even in those regions where it is killed to the ground each winter. (Adapted 

 from FaircMld, Some Asiatic Actinidias, Bxireait of Plant Industry Circular No. 

 110, Miscellaneous Papers.) 



45589 to 45591. Livistona spp. Phoenicacese. Palm. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the director of the Botanic 

 Garden. Received November 30, 1917. 



45589. Livistona subglobosa (Hassk.) Mart. 



This palm dift'ers from Livistona olivaeformis in its longer, more 

 graceful rachis and less deeply cut laciniations of the leaves. The 

 fruits are solitary or in twos or threes, subglobose, blackish violet. 

 (Adapted from Hasskarl, Tijdschrift voor Natuvrlijke Geschiedenis en 

 Physiologie, vol. 9, p. 177.) 



45590. Livistona altissima ZoU. 



A palm with graceful trunk two-thirds of a foot in diameter and 80 

 feet or more tall, with globose fruits about the size of small cherries. 

 The natives value the exceedingly hard wood very highly and use it espe- 

 cially for rafters, which last for three generations. (Adapted from 

 Zollinger, Xotuurkundig Tijdschrift roor Xedcrlandsch Indie, rol. l.'i, 

 p. 150.) 



