10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40898 to 40903— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 



40900. AiivuiM.rs PBE8ICA L. Amygdalacea?. Peach. 



(Primus /a rxica Stokes.) 



"(No. 2300a. Peking, China, May 19, 1915.) A small-seeded variety of 

 peach, said to be grown in the Western Hills near Peking. To be tested 

 as a stock and experimented with in localities north of the peach belt 

 proper. May possibly be a very hardy sort. Purchased in the Peking 

 market." 

 40901 and 40902. Viona sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth. Fabacese. 



(Dolichos sesquipedalis L.) Asparagus bean. 



40901. "(No. 2301a. Peking, China, May 18, 1915.) A variety of 

 yard-long bean, said to be unusually elongated; much used as a 

 garden vegetable cither fresh, dried, salted, or pickled. Needs 

 support and a rich, yet light, soil to give maximum returns. 

 Chinese name Ch'ang ch'ing chiang tou or Shih pa tou, meaning 

 ' Long green yard bean ' or ' Eighteen-in-a-pod bean.' " 



40902. "(No. 23()2a. Peking, China, May 18, 1915.) A variety of 

 yard-long bean, said to be rather short and more prolific than the 

 preceding number. [S. P. I. No. 40901.] Used in similar ways. 

 Chinese name Tuun ch'ing chiang tou, meaning 'Short green yard 

 bean.' " 



40903. Dolichos lablab L. Fabacese. Hyacinth bean. 



"(No. 2303a. Peking, China, May 10, 1915.) A brown-seeded variety 

 of hyacinth bean, much used by the Chinese as a vegetable, preferably 

 sliced green and only slightly cooked. These hyacinth beans are much 

 grown as a home vegetable along fences of kaoliang stems and even in 

 between maize. They are also quite decorative. Chinese name Ch'ing 

 pien tou, meaning ' Green flat bean.' " 



40904. Eubds canadensis L. Rosaceae. Blackberry. 



From West Virginia. Collected by Mr. A. B. Brooks, forester. West Yii 



ginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown. Received July 9, 



1915. 



"Collected on the northern end of Back Fork Mountain, in Randolph County, 



at an altitude of a little over 3,500 feet. I searched on Point Mountain where 



I>r. Millspaugh reports finding this species, but found none that seemed to me 



typical. I wish to state that my observations on this trip tend to strengthen 



what I have believed for some time, namely, that this species varies greatly as 



to some of its characters, due to conditions under winch it grows. For example, 



1 found today hundreds of acres overgrown with this blackberry, some of the 



plants mowing in rich north exposures and in shady places, while others grow 



on open sunny flats and southern exposures and on poor ground. Invariably 



the plants growing in the rich soil and in the shade are found to be unarmed for 



the most pail and very tail and thrifty, of course, while those in the sunny. 



poor soil are found to he stunted and with a rather good supply of prickles 



(these I ha\c been calling Rubus canadensis). So when I go to look for u. 

 millspaughii I am somewhat at a loss. The specimens sent grew in a shady 

 place." [Brooks.) 



Collected as Rubus millspaughii, now recognized as a synonym of K. cana- 

 densis. 



