28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19390 to 19419— Continued. 



19416. (Undetermined.) 



From Tang-hsi. "(No. 231a, Mar. 1, 1906.) An ornamental, very 

 densely beaded, evergreen tree, not growing to large dimensions; leaves 

 are rather small, but glistening green; bears black berries in tbe spring. 

 Tbe trunk of tbe tree is exceedingly spiny. It may do as a bedge plant 

 in tbe mild-wintered regions of tbe United States." {Meyer.) 



19417. Solanum dulcamara. Nightshade. 



From Wei-tsan Mountains, near Peking. " (No. 233a, Nov., 1905.) 

 A climbing, hardy, perennial Solanum, sometimes used as an ornamental 

 vine." (Meyer.) 



19418. Clerodendron bungei. 



From Chang-li. "(No. 234a, Nov., 1905.) Black seeds given to me as 

 being of an ornamental shrub." (Meyer.) 



19419. Gleditsia sp. 



From Dear Hanchau. "(No. 235a, Mar. G, 190G.) A tall-growing tree 

 with wide-spreading branchea May prove to be an ornamental tree." 



I Mi in r. i 



19420. Crntus decumana. Pomelo. 



Prom Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon, of tbe Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, November 19, L906. 



"Pomelo ii< China TAilcban, a pomelo <>f superior quality, though slightly 

 s ly." i Lyon, i (See also S. 1'. I. Nos. 19292 and 19385.) 



19421 to 19423. 



I'n. in Bangkok, Siam. Presented by His Excellency, Phya Akharaj 

 Varadhara, minister of Siam to the United States. Received November 

 19, P. it k;. 



19421 and 19422. Dioscobea sp. Yam. 



Man Sow. 

 19423. Ipomoea batatas. Sweet potato. 



Man-thes. 



" These yams are used by the people of Siam in much the same manner 

 that ordinary potatoes are used in the West, i. e., they are boiled, fried, 

 and roasted. The sprouts are cut off with a little of the body of the yam 

 and planted. From this the new plant develops." (Edward Loftus, 

 private secretary. Siamese Legation.) 



19425 to 19428. 



From northern Korea and Siberia. Received through Mr. F. N. Meyer, 

 agricultural explorer, November 13, 1906. 



19425. Zoysia pungens. Korean lawn-grass. 



From near Ai-djou, north Korea. "(No. 470a, July 15, 1906.) A per- 

 ennial grass growing but a few inches high, well adapted for lawn 

 purposes. Needs mowing, in all probability, but once or twice a year 

 and requires very little water. This grass was found in a very dry, 

 exposed situation. Probably a very valuable grass." (Meyer.) 



19426. Zoysia pungens. Korean lawn-grass. 



From the banks of the Yalu, northern Korea. "(No. 471a, July 27, 

 1906.) The same grass as No. 470a (S. P. I. No. 19425), but from a 

 moister locality. There were donkeys continually browsing upon this 

 grass and considerable walking over it, but it was one green velvet turf, 

 and as such will be excellent for golf links, lawns, etc." (Meyer.) 



