CHINESE TREES DO WELL HERE 



THAT the climate of Eastern 

 China is similar to that of 

 Eastern North America seems 

 to be the reason for the success 

 which has attended the introduction of 

 many Chinese plants into this country; 

 at least this is the opinion of the 

 specialists in the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture's Office of Foreign 

 Seed and Plant Introduction. In a new 

 publication of this office which lists 

 seeds and plants imported during the 

 fall of 1912 a definite report is given on 

 the growth of seventy-nine different 

 importations from China, most of which 

 may be termed successful. Plant in- 

 troductions from foreign countries are 

 distributed by the office until sufficient 

 time has elapsed to give some indica- 

 tion of their possibilities in this country. 

 A maple which grows seventy-feet 

 high, whose leaves turn a golden 



yellow in autumn, is one of the orna- 

 mental trees introduced from China of 

 which something may be expected. A 

 Chinese elm particularly adapted for 

 dry sections for windbreak purposes 

 has proven very satisfactory and will be 

 more generally introduced. A pine 

 tree also has grown here. It is hoped 

 that these may all prove as ornamental 

 and useful as the gingko tree (also 

 known as the maiden hair fern tree) 

 which has grown so well along a number 

 of the streets of Washington. 



A peach which bears an edible fruit 

 containing a smooth stone (something 

 quite unknown heretofore among 

 peaches) has been brought from China, 

 and may be used to improve our 

 commercial peach. A tree that grows 

 in roadside thickets in parts of China 

 bears a fine variety of quince, golden on 

 one side and reddish on the other. 



Photo by Frank N. Meyer. 



Chinese Chestnut, Chili Province, China. 



THIS IS A VIGOROUS GROWING GROVE OF CHINESE CHESTNUT AT THE VILLAGE OF SCHO DJA DIEN TZE AND WAS IN- 

 SPECTED BY MR. MEYER IN HIS INVESTIGATION OF THE CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE. THE LOW BRANCHING HABITS 

 OF THIS TREE MAKE IT OF NO VALUE AS A TIMBER TREE. NOTE THE BURIAL MOUNDS UNDER THE TREES. 



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