96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40206 and 40207— Continued. 



"Native of Japan; introduced to North America In 1892 by Sargent, 

 and thence to Kew in 1905. It is one of the group of Japanese crabs to 

 which Pyrus torlngo and /'. sargenti belong, distinguished by small fruits 

 marked at the apex by the scar of the fallen calyx. It Is said to be 

 superior to P. toringo as a garden tree in the Arnold Arboretum, being 

 covered there in May by a mass of flowers, and in autumn by ' attractive 

 bright red fruits.' It differs from both its allies in Its oblong leaves 

 being only slightly or not at all lobed, and from P. sargenti in its wider 

 flowers and less crowded petals. The fruits are larger than the pealike 

 ones of P. toringo." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. 300.) 

 40207. X Malus kaido Dippel. 



"Perhaps a hybrid between spectabilis and ringo. It has larger, more 

 deeply colored flowers than the former." (IT. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 207.) 



40208. Berberis glaucescens St. Hilaire. Berberidacere. 



Barberry. 



From Nancy, France. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. Received 

 March 15, 1915. 

 "A shrubby species with 3-parted spines one-fourth to two-thirds inch long, 

 brownish yellow in color, leaves subsessile, about one half to 1J inches long 

 and one-third to two-thirds inch broad, obovate oblong, obtuse, mucronulate. 

 entire, glabrous, and glaucescent. Flowers globose, about the size of those 

 of Berberis vulgaris, all parts very smooth. Found in the woods of the 

 Province of Cisplatina near the border of old Lusitania near the city of 

 Maldonado." {Saint-Hilaire, Flora Brasiliae Mcridionalis, vol. 1, p. !fl, 1S25.) 



40209 to 40211. 



From Nanking, Kiangsu, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, Uni- 

 versity of Nanking. Received March 24, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. 

 Bailie. 



40209. Castanea sp. Fagaeea?. Chestnut. 

 " Scions from trees inside of the city of Nanking, and I am not quite 



sure that they ought not to be grafted before we can expect them to 

 produce true. They are about the largest chestnuts we have in China." 



40210. Amygdalus pebsica platycarpa (Decne. ) Ricker. Amygdalacea», 



{Primus persiea platycarpa Bailey.) Flat peach. 



" Scions of the pien t'ao, or ' flat peach; ' early choice." 



40211. Pkunus sp. Amygdalaceaj. Cherry. 

 " I .a rge red." 



40212 to 40219. 



From Kabul, Afghanistan. Presented by Ilis Majesty Habibnllah Khan, 

 Ameer of Afghanistan, through Mr. A. C. Jewett. Received February 23, 

 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Jewett, except as otherwise indicated. 

 10212 and 40213. Amygdalus communis L. Ainygdalaceaj. Almond, 

 " Paper-shell almonds." 



