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12136 and 12137 — Continued. 



ulmoides. The bark is the only part used, and is much esteemed by the 

 Chinese as a drug, tonic and various other properties being assigned to it. It 

 is described in nearly all Chinese works on materia medica and botany, the 

 earliest mention of it being given in the Herbal of which the Emperor Shen- 

 Nung is the reputed author, and which was committed to writing probably as 

 early as the first century of our era. 



• "The tree is cultivated in small plantations in the mountainous regions of 

 Szechwan, Hupeh, and Shensi; and from these districts it is brought to Han- 

 kow, the great niart for drugs that are produced in the western provinces. 

 From this port about 100 tons are annually exported by steamer to the other 

 treaty ports. 



" Eucommia ulmoides has been grown out of doors at Kew without any pro- 

 tection for the last six years. It is a vigorous, free-rooting plant, and bears 

 transplanting well. It will, I believe, thrive in any soil of average quality, 

 but seems to prefer a rich, light loam. In such a soil, at Kew, young trees 

 struck from cuttings five years ago are now 6 feet high and make shoots 2 feet 

 to 2J feet long in one season. 



"It can be propagated easily by means of cuttings, and with these two 

 methods may be adopted. The quickest method is to take pieces of the current 

 season's growth, about 6 inches long, in late July or early August, insert them 

 in pots of very sandy soil (the usual mixture for cuttings), and then place the 

 pots in a house or frame where slight bottom heat can be afforded. The cut- 

 tings should be made of shoots in what gardeners term a "half-woody" con- 

 dition. They will fake root in a few weeks and can then, after a "hardening- 

 off " period, be planted in nursery beds. The second method is to make the 

 cuttings of the leafless wood in November and dibble them in sandy soil in a 

 cool frame or out of doors under a cloche, or hand light. They will take root 

 the following spring. This method is not so quick as the other, nor have we 

 found it so sure." {Kew Bulletin No. 1, 1904.) 



12137. Davidia involucrata. Davidia. 



(See description of this beautiful tree under S. P. I. No. 16208. ) 



12138. Mangifera indica. Mango. 

 From Miami, Fla. Received thru P. H. Rolfs, November 23, 1904. 



Gordon. Grown from S. P. I. No. 3705. 



12139. Nicotiana sanderae. Flowering tobacco. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Henrv A. Dreer, Incorporated, Novem- 

 ber 25, 1904. 

 Carmine tuberose-flowered. Seed of a new hybrid Nicotiana raised in England. 

 Described as forming bushy, much-branched plants 2 feet high, laden with flowers 

 from base to summit. Flowers are a carmine red and fragrant, a single plant pro- 

 ducing thousands. Resembles N. affinis in form, but has. a short, stout tube and does 

 not close up in daytime. (See No. 12358 for history. ) 



12140 to 12230. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received thru the Yokohama Nursery Company at 

 the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., October 31, 1904. 



12140. Aralia coedata. Moyashi udo. 

 Two-year-old roots. 



12141. Citrus sp. , Orange. 

 Natsudaidai. 



12142. Edgeworthia gardneri. Mitsumata paper plant. 

 12143 to 12155. Lilium spp. Lily. 



12143. Lilium alexan- 12145. Lilium batman- 



drae. niae. 



12144. Lilium auratum. 12146. Lilium brownii. 

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