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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26330 
  to 
  26343— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  'Royal 
  Inclosures.' 
  The 
  'Special 
  Tea' 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Chungan 
  magistrate's 
  

   private 
  stock. 
  The 
  Kienningfu 
  plants 
  produce 
  an 
  inferior 
  quality 
  of 
  tea 
  from 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  cliff 
  district. 
  These 
  plants 
  may 
  be 
  raised 
  from 
  cuttings 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  cliff 
  district 
  by 
  seed 
  only. 
  

  

  "The 
  seeds 
  should 
  be 
  soaked 
  in 
  water 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  before 
  planting, 
  

   and 
  then 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  low 
  mounds 
  3 
  feet 
  apart; 
  

   ridges 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  so 
  the 
  rain 
  runs 
  freely 
  from 
  the 
  mounds. 
  Considerable 
  

   moisture 
  after 
  planting 
  is 
  not 
  desirable. 
  

  

  "The 
  Dragon 
  Pool 
  seed 
  sent 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Wuishan 
  district. 
  All 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  

   authentic, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Nightingale 
  gathered 
  them 
  personally." 
  {Extract 
  from 
  letter 
  

   dated 
  October 
  25, 
  1909, 
  written 
  by 
  Consul 
  Gracey 
  to 
  Mr. 
  George 
  S. 
  Baker, 
  United 
  

   States 
  dispatch 
  agent, 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Cal.) 
  

  

  26344 
  to 
  26352. 
  Rosa 
  spp. 
  Rose. 
  

  

  From 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  Mass. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  H. 
  Walsh. 
  Received 
  December 
  

   2, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  Rambler 
  roses; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walsh: 
  

  

  26344. 
  "Kalmia 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  light 
  Kalmia 
  formed 
  and 
  colored 
  flower, 
  

   single." 
  

  

  26345. 
  " 
  Bonnie 
  Belle 
  is 
  carmine 
  and 
  pink, 
  single." 
  

  

  26346. 
  " 
  Delight, 
  bright 
  red. 
  " 
  

  

  26347. 
  "La 
  Fiamma, 
  single; 
  intense 
  crimson, 
  with 
  white 
  center." 
  

  

  26348. 
  " 
  Coquina, 
  as 
  its 
  name 
  denotes, 
  is 
  shell 
  color. 
  " 
  

  

  26349. 
  "Milky 
  Way, 
  single, 
  white, 
  large 
  flower; 
  an 
  improved 
  wichuriana. 
  " 
  

  

  26350. 
  "Lady 
  Blanche, 
  double 
  white 
  wichuriana 
  hybrid; 
  very 
  dark, 
  glossy 
  

   foliage; 
  flowers 
  borne 
  in 
  clusters 
  similar 
  to 
  Lady 
  Gay. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  deli- 
  

   ciously 
  fragrant." 
  

  

  26351. 
  "Excelsa 
  is 
  double, 
  crimson 
  maroon, 
  with 
  tips 
  of 
  petals 
  fiery 
  scarlet; 
  

   this 
  will 
  rank 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best. 
  " 
  

  

  26352. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Jessica, 
  a 
  climbing 
  variety, 
  large 
  glossy 
  foliage; 
  large, 
  double 
  flower, 
  

   cotton 
  white, 
  fragrant; 
  a 
  valuable 
  acquisition." 
  

  

  26353. 
  Metternichia 
  wercklei 
  K. 
  Schum. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ad. 
  Tonduz. 
  Received 
  December 
  

   4, 
  1909. 
  

   "Fleshy 
  roots 
  of 
  what 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle 
  calls 
  the 
  'edible 
  tuber' 
  of 
  Metternichia 
  

   wercklei 
  K. 
  Schum. 
  (Solanacese); 
  he 
  experimented 
  with 
  eating 
  these 
  pseudotubercles 
  

   and 
  found 
  them 
  agreeable 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  poisonous 
  principle. 
  Metternichia 
  wercklei 
  

   grows 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  plateaus 
  of 
  La 
  Palma, 
  near 
  San 
  Jose, 
  at 
  5,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  It 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  a 
  branching 
  bush, 
  7 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  high, 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  a 
  semiepiphy 
  te 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  rotted 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  hollow 
  of 
  some 
  large 
  

   tree. 
  Mr. 
  Werckle 
  says 
  that 
  this 
  bush 
  can 
  be 
  propagated 
  very 
  easily 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  roots. 
  " 
  (Tonduz.) 
  

  

  26354. 
  Crataegus 
  azarolus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Acre, 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Miss 
  Rifka 
  Aaronsohn, 
  Zichron-Jacob, 
  

   near 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  October 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  the 
  large, 
  red-fruited 
  variety." 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26116 
  for 
  description. 
  

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