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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26242— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  summer 
  and 
  spring 
  months 
  they 
  retire 
  to 
  their 
  mountain 
  villages, 
  but 
  in 
  winter, 
  

   driven 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  snows, 
  they 
  descend 
  into 
  the 
  plains 
  bordering 
  the 
  sea 
  and 
  live 
  

   as 
  squatters. 
  Each 
  family 
  has 
  acquired 
  hereditary 
  rights 
  for 
  years 
  and 
  years 
  to 
  occupy 
  

   certain 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  plains, 
  paying 
  a 
  head 
  tax 
  for 
  the 
  cattle 
  which 
  accompany 
  it 
  

   and 
  having 
  a 
  right 
  to 
  collect 
  valonia 
  in 
  a 
  certain 
  area. 
  The 
  old 
  patriarch 
  of 
  the 
  fam- 
  

   ily, 
  with 
  his 
  wife, 
  sons, 
  daughters, 
  and 
  grandchildren 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  collecting 
  valonia, 
  

   for 
  which 
  they 
  pay 
  a 
  tax 
  of 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  kind 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  property. 
  

  

  "In 
  1899 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  valonia 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  localities 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  5,000 
  

   tons 
  in 
  Acarnania 
  and 
  Aetolia; 
  4,100 
  tons 
  in 
  Laconia 
  and 
  Arcadia; 
  and 
  900 
  tons 
  in 
  

   Achaia. 
  In 
  1908 
  the 
  total 
  product 
  of 
  Greece 
  had 
  diminished 
  to 
  4,000 
  tons." 
  ( 
  Wood.) 
  

  

  "Valonia 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  acorn 
  cups, 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  which 
  contain 
  about 
  40 
  per 
  cent 
  

   of 
  tannin. 
  It 
  is 
  especially 
  serviceable 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  heavy 
  leathers. 
  The 
  

   tree 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Paris, 
  where 
  it 
  attained 
  an 
  age 
  of 
  25 
  to 
  28 
  years 
  

   before 
  bearing 
  fruit. 
  In 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  valonia 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  children 
  and 
  young 
  

   girls 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  largely 
  used, 
  the 
  pay 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  skillful 
  amounting 
  to 
  about 
  30 
  

   cents 
  per 
  day." 
  (If. 
  W. 
  Stockberger.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Lower 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  valleys 
  of 
  Greece, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Cyclades. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  6833 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  26243. 
  Garcinia 
  brasiliensis 
  Mart. 
  (?). 
  

  

  From 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman, 
  Hortus 
  Tenggerensis. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Para, 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Brazil. 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  26244 
  and 
  26245. 
  Polakowskia 
  tacaco 
  Pittier. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ad. 
  Tonduz, 
  through 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  

  

  Pittier. 
  Received 
  November 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

  

  26244. 
  Small 
  variety 
  having 
  fiber. 
  26245. 
  Large 
  variety 
  without 
  fiber. 
  

   "A 
  cucurbitaceous 
  plant, 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  green 
  vegetable. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   near 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  chayote, 
  but 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  smaller, 
  fusiform, 
  set 
  with 
  stiff 
  spines 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  distinct 
  taste. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  primitive 
  foods 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  

   Indians 
  of 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  where 
  it 
  grows 
  wild 
  in 
  fresh, 
  shady 
  places 
  of 
  the 
  temperate 
  

   region, 
  and 
  its 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  vegetable 
  has 
  been 
  readily 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  Costa 
  

   Ricans. 
  Nowadays 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  semicultivated 
  on 
  the 
  central 
  plateau. 
  To 
  

   grow 
  it, 
  a 
  whole 
  mature 
  fruit 
  is 
  set 
  in 
  a 
  rich, 
  loose 
  leaf 
  mold 
  with 
  the 
  spiny 
  end 
  up 
  

   and 
  almost 
  showing 
  at 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  vines 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  or 
  on 
  low 
  bushes 
  

   or 
  supports. 
  The 
  fruits, 
  which 
  are 
  about 
  2\ 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  \\ 
  inches 
  broad, 
  hang 
  

   from 
  short 
  peduncles 
  and 
  are 
  picked 
  Avhen 
  still 
  green. 
  After 
  taking 
  away 
  the 
  basal 
  

   spines 
  they 
  are 
  boiled 
  in 
  water, 
  either 
  whole 
  or 
  cut 
  into 
  small 
  pieces, 
  or 
  pickled, 
  or 
  

   made 
  into 
  preserves. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  a 
  favorite 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  vegetable 
  

   soups." 
  (H. 
  Pittier.) 
  

  

  26246 
  to 
  26252. 
  Prunus 
  spp. 
  Cherry. 
  

  

  From 
  western 
  Hupeh, 
  China. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Sargent, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  

   Arnold 
  Arboretum, 
  Jamaica 
  Plain, 
  Mass. 
  Received 
  November 
  22, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Wilson: 
  

  

  26246. 
  From 
  Changyang 
  Hsien. 
  "(A. 
  A. 
  No. 
  3.) 
  A 
  very 
  ornamental 
  tree, 
  

   attaining 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  10 
  to 
  30 
  feet. 
  Grows 
  on 
  mountains 
  at 
  an 
  alititude 
  of 
  

   2,500 
  to 
  3,500 
  feet. 
  Flowers 
  white." 
  

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