32 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45858 to 45866— Continued. 



A^ery large nut, with good cooking qualities, but poor eating 

 qualities when raw. The tree has a good habit, with thin, hand- 

 some branche.s. The trunk is clean and bright. Leaves very 

 narrow." 



See S. P. I. No. 4.5334 for previous introduction. 



45859. " Bell No. 2. Fourth generation by selection. It is a prolific 

 bearer. The fruit is very large and good for cooking, but not good 

 for eating when raw. It is more bitter than Bell No. 1." 



See S. P. I. No. 45335 for previous introduction. 



45860. "Bell No. 3. Fourth generation. Much like Bell No. 2. 

 Worth consideration for dissemination." 



See S. P. I. No. 45336 for previous introduction. 



45861. " Bell No. 4. Fourth generation by selection. The trees have 

 very much the same habit as the previous numbers, and the 

 nuts are about the same size. The nuts have good eating quali- 

 ties and are better than the above numbers." 



See S. P. I. No. 45337 for previous introduction. 

 45862. Castanea mollissima Blume. 



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 wood is continually cut down to furnish fuel, this 

 chestnut is met. with as a bush or low shrub ; but in thinly populated 

 areas it is a tree from 15 to 20 meters tall, with a trunk from i to 2 meters 

 in girth. The Chinese name is Pan U, and the nuts are a valued 

 article of food. ^Adapted from Sargent, Planiae Wilsonianae, p. 194.) 



See S. P. I. No. 45338 for previous introduction. 

 45863 to 45866. CASTA^:EA pumila X crenata. Hybrid chestnut. 



45863. " Bell No. 5. A very attractive nut of fair quality, which 

 looks as though it would be a good commercial nut." 

 See S. P. I. No. 45340 for previous introduction. 



45864. "Bell No. 6. Second (F2) generation from self or chance 

 fertilized seeds; Arlington, Ya., 1916." 



45865. "Bell No. 7. Second (F2) generation from self or chance 

 fertilized seeds; Arlington, Ya., 1916." 



45866. " Bell No. 8. Second generation. A very prolific tree, about 

 7 feet high, and yielding from 3 to 4 pounds of nuts this season 

 (1916). The nuts are of very good flavor and of good size for 



a chinquapin, but small for a chestnut." 



See S. P. I. No. 46341 for previous introduction. 

 45867 to 45869. 



From Richmond, Australia. Presented by Mr. F. H. Baker. Received 

 February 25, 1918. 



45867. Acacia pycnantha Benth. Mimosacese. Golden wattle. 



A rapid-growing tree, attaining a height of about 30 feet, the bark of 



which is used for tanning. The flowers, which are borne in clusters, 



are yellow ; hence the name golden icattle. The tree has no soil prefer- 



