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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26279 
  to 
  26281. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  T. 
  D. 
  Holmes, 
  Alfred, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  24, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26279. 
  Aleurites 
  fordii 
  Hemsl. 
  China 
  wood-oil 
  tree. 
  

   Largest 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  yet 
  received. 
  See 
  No. 
  25081 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26280. 
  Sapindus 
  mtjkorossi 
  Gaertn. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  Chinese 
  use 
  this 
  fruit, 
  just 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  gathered, 
  to 
  wash 
  with. 
  My 
  wife 
  says 
  

   these 
  soap 
  balls 
  are 
  superior 
  to 
  our 
  soap 
  for 
  washing 
  flannel 
  fabric, 
  in 
  that 
  they 
  

   prevent 
  shrinking. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Holmes.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  China, 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Chekiang, 
  Fukien, 
  

   Hupeh, 
  and 
  Kwangtung. 
  Also 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  introduced 
  into 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26281. 
  Gymnocladus 
  chinensis 
  Baill. 
  

  

  "The 
  pods 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  soap." 
  (Holmes.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  China, 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Hupeh, 
  

   Chekiang, 
  and 
  Kiangsi. 
  

  

  26282. 
  Vicia 
  faba 
  L. 
  Horse 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Cawnpore, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Leake, 
  

  

  economic 
  botanist 
  to 
  government. 
  Received 
  November 
  29, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  of 
  the 
  only 
  form 
  of 
  Vicia 
  faba 
  grown 
  here. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  cold-weather 
  crop, 
  sown 
  in 
  

  

  October 
  and 
  ripening 
  in 
  March. 
  The 
  unripe 
  pod 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  vegetable 
  and 
  the 
  ripe 
  

  

  seed 
  after 
  soaking 
  and 
  boiling. 
  The 
  stalks 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  fodder 
  for 
  stock, 
  chopped 
  up 
  

  

  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  other 
  fodder 
  (e. 
  g., 
  sorghum). 
  

  

  "The 
  plant 
  is 
  grown 
  only 
  for 
  personal 
  consumption. 
  It 
  has, 
  therefore, 
  no 
  market 
  

   value." 
  (Leake.) 
  

  

  26283. 
  Pinus 
  pinceana 
  Gordon. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Elswood 
  CharTey, 
  Hacienda 
  de 
  Cedros, 
  Mazapil, 
  

   Zacatecas, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  November 
  18, 
  1909. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Seed 
  from 
  a 
  pine 
  which 
  grows 
  some 
  50 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter. 
  " 
  

   (Chaff 
  ey.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  gulches 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  table-land 
  in 
  northeastern 
  

   Mexico, 
  between 
  19° 
  and 
  25° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  

  

  26284 
  to 
  26288. 
  

  

  From 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  J. 
  Perkins, 
  who 
  procured 
  them 
  

   from 
  The 
  Tokyo 
  Plant, 
  Seed 
  and 
  Implement 
  Co. 
  Received 
  November 
  29, 
  

   1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26284 
  to 
  26287. 
  Raphanus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Radish. 
  

  

  26284. 
  Sakurajima. 
  See 
  No. 
  22399 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  26285. 
  Nerima. 
  See 
  No. 
  22397 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  26286. 
  Takuivan. 
  

  

  26287. 
  Miyashige. 
  

  

  26288. 
  Aralia 
  cordata 
  Thunb. 
  Udo. 
  

  

  Kan. 
  For 
  description, 
  see 
  Bulletin 
  42, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

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