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Citrus sp. (Rutaceae.) 38335. Seeds of the 'natsu 

 mikan' from southern Kyushu, Japan. Presented by Mr. 

 E. H. Wilson, collaborator of this Office. "During my 

 recent trip to southern Kyushu I made a collection of the 

 various citrus fruits cultivated there. Among these 

 fruits is an orange which I am unfamiliar with. Its 

 Japanese name is 'natsu mikan 1 and it is said to keep 

 longer than any other variety and to be very sweet at mid- 

 summer. It is a light-skinned variety with rather pale 

 flesh and the skin separates from the flesh as it does in 

 the pomelo. The tree bears while still small and the 

 fruit is decidedly handsome in appearance. In February 

 and March it is still on the tree and the flavor is sour 

 and very decidedly bitter. I shall test the fruit again 

 at midsummer to find if it becomes distinctly sweet. Very 

 likely this orange is well known to you but it occurs to 

 me that sweet oranges at midsummer would find a ready mar- 

 ket. If of any interest to you there would be no diffi- 

 culty in securing a supply of seeds. I think growing 

 plants could also be obtained. Apparently it is as hardy 

 as the Navel orange." (Wilson.) 



Crataegus pinnatifida. (Malaceae.) 38176, 38283-284. 

 Cuttings and scions of a large-fruited haw from the vil- 

 lage of Ta ching ko, near Tai an fu, Shantung, China. 

 "The Chinese haw fruit seems to thrive best on well-drain- 

 ed semi-gravelly or sandy loam and the best quality of 

 fruit is produced on trees that grow on mountain terraces. 

 It is not unlikely to become a fruit of considerable im- 

 portance in America, when once it has become known. The 

 Chinese graft and bud this haw on wild and seedling stock 

 of the same species, but experiments should be made to 

 determine whether other species of Crataegus will also be 

 suitable for stocks." (Meyer's introduction.) Three 

 varieties, one of which, of agreeable sour taste, can be 

 kept almost a year, and is excellent for jellies, com- 

 potes, cake fillings, etc. 



Euonymus lungci. (Celestraceae . ) 38237. Cuttings 

 from the village of Tchang pai , Shensi, China. "A spindle- 

 wood, usually seen as a shrub, but when not molested, 

 growing to a medium sized tree. The plant is an excellent 

 bank binder, throwing up suckers all around; it stands 

 drought to a wonderful degree, while it resists alkali 

 also to a certain degree. On most places this shrub is 

 cut down every year, but this treatment seems to make it 

 spread more. Ib deserves to be given a thorough test as a 

 bank and soil binding plant, especially in the semi-arid 

 parts of the United States." (Meyer's introduction.) 



