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22974 to 23038— Continued. 



Has a future for the western people as a very graceful, spring-dowering 

 shrub of dwarfy habits.'* (Meyer.) 



23034. Rosa xanthina Lindl. Rose. 

 From Fengtai, near Peking, Chihli. China. "(No. GOG, Mar. 31, 1908.) 



A yellow rose, remarkably hardy, resisting drought and extremes of dry 

 heat and dry cold to an unusual degree. For further remarks see Nos. 

 G7, GS, and 254 i S. P. I. Nos. 17469 and 22452)." ( Meyer.) 



23035. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 From Tientsin. Chihli. China. "(No. 697, Apr. 3, 1908.) A red rose 



said to be very floriferous, but the dowers are small. Hardy in the 

 uncongenial climate <>f Tientsin, where it passes the winter unprotected 

 in the open. Chinese name Ten hong shoo mei lcwei." (Meyer.) 



23036. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 From Soochow, Kiangsu, China. "(No. 698, Apr. 2G, 1908.) Small- 

 leaved red rose: rare. Chinese name Hong si i/n chi." (Meyer.) 



23037. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 From Soochow, Kiangsu. China. "(No. 699, Apr. 20, 1008.) Small- 

 flowered white rose. Apparently a rambler. Chinese name Pai si ya 

 chi." [Meyer.) 



23038. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 From Sooehow, Kiangsu, china. "(No. 700, Apr. 26, 1008.) Small- 

 flowered yellow rose. Apparently a rambler. Chinese name Hwang si 

 ya chi" > Meyer, i 



23039. Enterolobium cyclocarpdm (Jacq.) Griseb. 



From Gorgona, Canal Zone. Panama. Presented by Mr. V. Allan Ruther- 

 ford. Received June 3, 1008. 

 "This tree grows 40 feet high, covering a radius of 20 to 30 feet, and forms 

 a beautiful shade. It bears a pod about 5 to G inches and is good food for 

 cattle. There are other peculiar features of the tree that make it valuable for 

 shade; when 4 or 5 years old it is from 25 to 30 feet high. I think this tree 

 would -make a fine shade tree for the South and Southwestern States, where 

 there is so much prairie laud." (Rutherford.) (See No. 11592 for further 

 description.) 



23040. Cacara erosa (L.) Ktmtze. Hicama. 

 From San Juan. P. R. Presented by Mr. Wm. Allan, through Mr. C. V. 



Piper. Received June 23, 1908. 

 See No. 22071 for description. 



23041 to 23199. Solanum tuberosum L. Potato. 



From Chile. South America. Procured by Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida 

 via Molina, Chile, at the request of Prof. L. C. Corbett. Received June 

 24, 1908. 

 The following tubers, descriptions of varieties by Mr. W. V. Shear: 

 23041 to 23086. 



From the archipelago of Chiloe. " The archipelago of Chiloe- is situ- 

 ated in the southern part of Chile and is the indigenous home of potato 

 tubers (Solanum tuberosum) . It is from here that the Spanish obtained 



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