Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III. 



Arbor vit/e (Thuja orientalis L.) in Shensi, China. (See S. P. I. Mo. 38798.) 



A single specimen of conical form, culled by the Chinese Weng />"i shv, meaning "water-jar 

 conifer," referring to its outlines, which seem to resemble certain typesof water jars. Of value 

 as an evergreen lor cemeteries and for places of dignity. Especially suited to mild-wintered 

 semiarid climes. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, August 15, 1914, near Chaoyi, Shensi. 

 China; P13157FS.) 



