36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40498 and 40499— Continued. 



advantages not found in any other fig ripening at the same time, 

 September-October. I have not seen the fruit from this tree, but as the 

 trees were growing in the garden of a friend of mine I have no doubt 

 thai his statement that the fruit was the very best was true." (Eisen.) 

 Cuttings. 



40500 to 40505. 



From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woeikoff, director, 

 Jardin Experimental de l'Ecole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April 7, 

 1915. 



40500. Prunus cerasifera divaricata (Ledeb. ) Schneider. Amygda- 



lacese. Myrobalan. 



Forma hortensis flora. A yellow-flowered garden variety. 



For previous introductions and description, see Nos. 37688 and 38157. 



40501 and 40502. Prunus domestica L. Amygdalaceae. Plum. 



40501. "Eschi." 40502. " Ishopi." 



40503. Prunus domestica insititia (Jusl.) Schneid. Amygdalaceae. 



Bullace. 

 " Kanatsh-Tambul." 



See S. P. I. No. 37619 for previous introduction and description. 



40504. Prunus stbirica L. Amygdalaeese. Siberian apricot. 

 "A deciduous bush or small tree; leaves ovate, the apex long drawn 



out; 2 to 3i inches long, half as wide, reddish at first, then bright green 

 and smooth above, with axil tufts of down beneath ; stalk one-half to 1 

 inch long. Flowers mostly solitary, white or pink. Fruit scarcely 

 stalked, about 1 inch long, yellow, except on the sunny side, covered with 

 a velvety skin; the flesh scanty, dry, harsh, and scarcely edible; kernel 

 of the nut with an almondlike, bitter taste. 



"Native of the mountains of southern Siberia, where, according to 

 Pallas, the Russian botanist, some mountain sides are covered with its 

 pink blossoms in May, when the northern sides are purple with Rho- 

 dodendron dauricum. Although an old tree in gardens lit was culti- 

 vated at Kew 100 years ago) and still offered for sale by continental 

 dealers, it is scarcely known in England nowadays. So far as I have 

 seen, it has very little to recommend it for gardens, being of about the 

 same value as the wild apricot, to which it is very closely allied. Its 

 leaves have usually much more elongated points." (W.J. Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 253.) 



40505. Prunus spinosa macrocarpa Wallroth. Amygdalaeese. Sloe. 



40506 to 40509. 



From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer for 

 the Departmenl of Agriculture. Received April 12, 1915. Quoted notes 

 by .Mr. Meyer, except as otherwise indicated. 



40506. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhaninacese. Jujube. 

 ( Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.) 



"(No. 1252. Near Pinchow, Shensi, China. January 20. 1915.) A 

 local variety of jujube, having large and heavy fruits of elongated form; 

 considered to be the second best jujube in China, the 1'aihsiangchen 

 (Shansi) variety coming first (S. P. I. No. 3*243). Color of fruits red- 



