42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



42634 to 42640— Continued. 



42637. Berbekis sp. Berboridacea?. Barberry. 



" I am very sorry to say that after examining both chinensis [S. P. I. 

 No. 42635] and spathulata I have come to the conclusion that they are 

 not rightly determined." (Nordhagen.) Received as Berberrs spathulata 

 Schrad. 



42638. Maltts pumit.a Mill. Malacca?. Paradise apple. 



" Paradise. A bushy apple, apparently rarely growing over 5 feet in 

 height. A native of the Caucasus, whence it probably was introduced 

 into western Europe, where it is now extensively used as a dwarfing 

 stock for apples. This shrubby apple produces red fruits of fair quality, 

 is very drought resistant, and stands high summer temperatures. May 

 be used in hybridization work and in creating a strain of bush apples." 

 (Meyer. See 8. P. I. No. 27968, Inventory 23, p. 52.) 



Seeds received as Pyrus paradisica. Mains pumila is, however, the 

 earlier name. 



42639. Rubus caesius L. Rosacea?. Dewberry. 

 "A deciduous shrub, with slender creeping stems, prickly, and covered 



with a whitish bloom when youug. Leaves usually composed of three 

 leaflets which are green on both sides. Flowers white, in small die- 

 ters. Fruit composed of a few large carpels, covered with a blue-white 

 bloom when ripe. This is one of the British brambles easily distin- 

 guished from all the forms of common blackberry by the few but large 

 'pips' composing the fruit and by their being covered, like the young 

 stems, with a white or bluish bloom. It is common in Britain and over 

 Europe, extending into northern Asia. Of no value for gardens." (W.J. 

 Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. ^55.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30161. 



42640. Vaccinium mybtillus L. Vacciniacerc. Bilberry. 



A deciduous shrub, usually 6 to 12 inches high, sometimes more. 

 Leaves ovate, often somewhat heart shaped, bright green, and quite 

 smooth. Flowers produced in May usually singly on drooping stalks 

 from the leaf axils. Corolla nearly globular, pale pink, one-fourth 

 of an inch long. Berries black, with a blue bloom, one-third of an inch 

 in diameter, globular. Native of Britain, where it is one of the com- 

 monest of mountain and moorland shrubs, also of northern and central 

 Europe. The bilberry is one of the most valuable wild fruits of Britain 

 and is frequently offered in considerable quantities in the markets if 

 north country towns. It is used fur making tarts and jelly and is es- 

 pecially delicious eaten with cream and sugar. A very hardy plant, it 

 manages to survive on the summits of our loftiest mountains. It is 

 scarcely of sufficient interesl for the garden, and does not always thrive 

 well transplanted to low-level gardens, in the South at any rate. Its 

 angled stems distinguish it from the other British species. (Ad;;; ; . 

 from W. ■/. Bean. Trees and Shrubs J/ardj/ in the British Isles, vol. 2. p. 

 628.) 



42641. Vict a FAHA L. Fnbacca\ Broad bean. 



From Yokohama, .Japan. Presented by Miss Eliza R. Scidmore. Received 

 .May 5, It) 16. 



