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Acer campbellii (Aceraceae), 47629. Maple. From 

 Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented 

 by Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. 

 The principal maple of the northeastern Himalayas, where 

 it grows at an altitude of 7,000 feet and more. The 

 leaves are a beautiful green with red petioles. The 

 grayish white , close-grained wood is moderately hard and 

 is extensively used for planking and for tea boxes. 

 The tree reproduces freely by seed or by coppice, and 

 plays an important part in the regeneration of the 

 hill forests. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 69.) 



Actinidia kolomikta (Dilleniaceae) , 47623. Grown at 

 the Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rock- 

 ville, Md . , and numbered for convenience in distri- 

 bution. "A large-growing, deciduous, ornamental climber, 

 native to Amur, China, and Japan. The flowers are \ 

 to | of an inch in diameter, white with purple stamens, 

 and are produced in abundance. The fruit Is the size 

 of a gooseberry or small plum, and has somewhat the 

 flavor of the former. The foliage is deep green tinted 

 with red and is very ornamental." (Johnson.) 



Aetinidia strigosa (Dilleniaceae), 47633. From 

 Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented 

 by Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. 

 A shrubby climber, native of Sikkim, India, with white 

 flowers in axillary cymes, and edible, ovoid, mucilagi- 

 nous fruits a little more than an inch in length. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, 

 p. 286.) 



Amerimnon sissoo (Fabaceae), 47637. From Darjeeling, 

 India. A collection of seeds presented by Mr. G. H. 

 Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "The timber is 

 very valuable, and is one of the numerous kinds which 

 are known in the timber trade as rosewood. The heart- 

 wood is brownish, and it possesses great strength and 

 elasticity. It is also heavy, its weight being about 

 50 Ibs. to the cubic foot. The wood is used for all 

 kinds of joinery and cabinet work, carving, building 

 material, gun carriages, etc. It requires a tropical 

 or subtropical temperature." (Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 Jan. 31, 1914.) 



Anemone vitifolia (Ranunculaceae) , 47639 From 

 Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented by 



