24054. 



"'(No. 



1110a.) 



24055. 



"(No. 



1111a.) 



24056. 



"(No. 



1112a.) 



24057. 



"(Xo 



1113a.) 



24058. 



"(No 



L114a.) 



24059. 



"(No. 



L115a.) 



24060. 



"(No 



11 Ilia, i 



24061. 



"(No 



1117a.) 



24062. 



"(No 



L118a.) 



26 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



23930 to 24113— Continued. 



24045 to 24058— Continued. 



Chinese name Hua lung tsao tung hsien hua." 



Chinese name Tze lung tsao tung hsien hua.'l 



Chinese name Lang lung tsao tung hsien hua." 



Chinese name P< i lung tsao tung hsien hua." 



Chinese name Lang hua pien lung tsao tung \ 



hsu " I"-"!." 



"All the preceding numbers are apparently varieties of the ordinary balsam, 



which is much grown by the Chinese as an ornamental summer annual, mostly 



in boxes and can hen vessels. There are some fine varieties among them, and 



as a whole they may prove to be somewhat hardier than our own strains." 



24059 to 24062. | Undetermined.) 

 From Peking, Chihli, china. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



Chinese name Ta nai long." 

 Chinese name Pai 7iai long." 

 Chinese name Hong sho yo." 

 Chinese name Sun huan moo." 

 "Thi»<' four Dumbers represenl apparently a Salvia or some closely allied 

 genus of Menthacese; they are mown by the Chinese as ornamental garden 

 plants." Meyer.) 



24063 to 24066. Dianthus chinensis L. Chinese pink. 



From Peking, Chihli, China, i Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24063. "(No. 1119a.) Chinese name Hong shir chotu". 



24064. '"(No. 1120a.) Chinese name Ten shir chow." 



24065. "(No. 1121a.) Chinese name Tze shir chow." 



24066. "(No. 1122a.) Chinese name Pai shir chow." 

 "The above are apparently different varieties of Chinese pinks, which are 



favorite plants in Chinese gardens." (Meyer.) 

 24067 to 24069. (Undetermined.) 

 From Peking, Chihli, China. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24067. "(No. 1123a.) Chinese name Hong wan sho chii hua." 



24068. "(Xo. 1124a.) Chinese name Pai wan sho chii hua." 



24069. "(Xo. 1125a.) Chinese name Huang wan sho chii hua." 

 "Grown as an ornamental garden plant in Xorth China." (Meyer.) 

 "These seeds belong to a species of Asteraceae." (H. C. Skeels.) 



24070. Helianthus sp. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. "(Xo. 1126a, Mar. 25, 1908.) Apparently a 

 Helianthus or a closely allied composite. Grown as an ornamental garden 

 plant in Xorth China. Chinese name Hong mi lou sung." (Meyer.) 

 24071 to 24073. Helianthus annuus L. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. (Mar. 25, 1908.) 



24071. "(Xo. 1127a.) Chinese name Huang Iwi hua." 



24072. "(Xo. 1128a.) Chinese name Cheeoo lien tung." 

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