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and the lower rusty brown. The nuts, which are thick- 

 shelled and elliptic in shape, are collected and sold 

 as a sweetmeat, and a fine clear yellow oil 

 tracted from them and used in fancy pastry. The wood 

 is tough and strong and is used for tool handles, 

 tree thrives best at the foot of the mountains in 

 narrow moist valleys, becomes crippled when exposed 

 to much wind, and cannot stand much frost. (Adapted 

 from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, part 1, pp. 

 187, 188, 1916.) 



Casianea vilmoriniana Dode. (Pagaceae.) 43832. Cut- 

 tings of chestnut from Jamica Plain, Mass. Presented 

 by the Arnold Arboretum. A tree from 50 to 65 feet 

 in height, found in the province of Shantung, China. 

 It is closely related to the common American chinkapin, 

 but has larger dimensions throughout, including the 

 nuts, which are edible. (Adapted from Dode, Notes 

 Dendrologiques, in Bulletin de la Society Dendrolo- 

 gique de France, No. 6, pp. 156, 157, 1908.) 



Clematis tangutiea (Maxim.) Korsh. (Ranunculaceae . ) 

 43833. Plants from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented 

 by the Arnold Arboretum. A deciduous woody climbing 

 plant from central Asia growing 8 to 10 feet high, 

 with raggedly serrate gray-green leaflets. The rich 

 yellow flowers are solitary, and the fruits are crowned 

 with long feathered styles. This is said to be the 

 handsomest yellow-flowered clematis in cultivation, 

 the flowers sometimes being 4 inches wide. (Adapted 

 from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 367.) 



Corehorus capsularis L. (Tiliaceae.) 43808. Seeds of 

 jute fromAmoy, China. Presented by Messrs. E.F. Spears 

 & Sons, Paris, Kentucky, who received it from Mr. Chan 

 Goan Sin, Amoy. "Jute is an annual plant, requiring 

 a rich, moist, but well-drained, alluvial soil and a 

 warm moist climate, free from frost for at least six 

 months. It will grow in sandy-loam alluvial soils 

 from Maryland to Florida and Texas, but will not ripen 

 much seed north of the cotton belt. The seed is sown 

 broadcast, the crop harvested by hand, retted in water, 

 and the fiber cleaned by hand from the wet stalks in 

 the water. It could be grown profitably in this 

 country if there were satisfactory methods for remov- 

 ing the fiber from the stalk and preparing it for 

 market. The fiber is used for burlaps, bagging and 

 gunny sacks." (L. H. Dewey.) 



