2 1 SEEDS \M' PLAN I - I MPORTED. 



25470 to 25504 -Continued. 



25488. (Undetermined.) (Aste/acese.) 



•• A perennial plant: whitish leaves; pink flowers; might serve as a fodder 

 plant. Cattle and mules eat it ; grows dry in pure sand near vast river beds." 



25489. Chinodendj \ Molina. 



"Patagua. A beautiful, evergreen shade tree; drooping, white, bell-shaped 

 flowers; tree formed like a weeping willow. Needs damp soil, beside running 

 water, swamps, etc. Lumber lasts long dry. Bad for fuel wood." 



i medium-sized tree, growing in the low, swampy woods in 

 the vicinity of Puchacay and ttata, and in the province of Maule, in Chile. 



25490. EuCBYPHIA CORDIFOLIA Cav. 



•• Ulmo is a hardy giant Chilean forest tree, known from chile to Victoria as 

 ulmo; farther south to Valdivia, Chilo6, an<l in the far south it is called muermo. 

 The w,„. .1 is hard, fine, and extra durable in water; is largely used for piles 

 driven in the sea, in naval construction, furniture, the industries, eta Its 

 planks and knees an- Letter than live oak for shipbuilding. The bark and 

 scraped wood contain a great quantity of tannin and are largelj used for tan- 

 ning. The w 1 Bhavings are used anywhere that tannic acid is required 



instead of the acid it -elf. In com hi nation with linge ( Persea lingtu i the ulmo 

 cial merits for tanning. 



"As a tree ulmo is one of the largest and is extremely handsome; its dark, 

 evergreen, lustrous leaves are so whitened underneath as to he very orna- 

 mental. When in flower it is gloriously beautiful. The shape of its white 

 flowers is similar to that of the apple or quince, aboul - inches in diameter. 

 The entire tree i- actually covered with in >nse grand bunches of these Mow- 

 er-, forming an ideal fairy tree of sn.»w. whose bloom is deliciously and in- 

 comparably fragrant. 



"Theufmois not particular as to soil, but, like linge, needs those that are 

 very damp or wet; in fact, they always grow t comrades, linge en- 



hancingthe beauteous bloom of the ulmo upon its superbly dark evergreen 



lea.' 



Distribution. — A tall, white-flowered tree, native of the region around San 

 Carlos, in Chile. 



25491 and 25492. Embothhium coccinei m I 



25491. From Puerto Montt. 



25492. From Chilo,'. 



" CirueliUu. A beautiful flowering tree: blossoms red." 

 Distribution. — A native of the southern part of Chile. 

 25493. Weinmankia tkichospeema Cav. 



Distribution. — A small tree, found in the region of San Carlos, in Chile. 

 25494 to 25503. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon. 



"All sweet; thick flesh; good size; grown dry on low lands where corn and 

 watermelons dried up on account of the unusual drought. Melons grown 

 with much less moisture than watermelons and have no diseases like the 

 latter. Every number is a different kind. ' ' 

 25504. Citrullx's vulgaris Schrad. Watermelon. 



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