﻿46 
  % 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26414 
  to 
  26418— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26417. 
  Striped 
  rind; 
  red 
  flesh; 
  black 
  seeds. 
  

  

  26418. 
  Rind 
  nearly 
  white; 
  red 
  flesh; 
  small 
  reddish-brown 
  seeds. 
  This 
  

   variety 
  was 
  quite 
  uniform, 
  there 
  being 
  only 
  one 
  type; 
  grown 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  

   lot 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  22658, 
  received 
  May 
  14. 
  

  

  26421 
  to 
  26423. 
  

  

  From 
  Hwai 
  Yuan, 
  via 
  Nanking, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  Cochran, 
  

   American 
  Presbyterian 
  Mission. 
  Received 
  October 
  15, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  and 
  native 
  names 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cochran: 
  

  

  26421. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  "Hwang 
  jang 
  hsi 
  kwa," 
  yellow 
  fleshed. 
  

   26422 
  and 
  26423. 
  BRAssiCAPEKiNENSis(Lour.)Skeels. 
  Pe 
  tsai 
  cabbage. 
  

   26422. 
  Tang 
  pei 
  ts'ai 
  (soup 
  white 
  vegetable). 
  

  

  Planted 
  in 
  spring, 
  summer, 
  and 
  autumn 
  by 
  sowing 
  thickly 
  on 
  freshly 
  

   cultivated 
  soil 
  and 
  then 
  raking 
  in. 
  Ready 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  days. 
  Eaten 
  

   boiled. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  sometimes 
  transplanted 
  from 
  the 
  beds 
  sown 
  as 
  above 
  

   into 
  rows, 
  each 
  bunch 
  being 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  so 
  apart. 
  It 
  then 
  grows 
  into 
  large, 
  

   thick-stalked 
  bunches 
  which 
  are 
  pickled 
  and 
  eaten 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  

   year. 
  It 
  is 
  gathered 
  at 
  first 
  hoarfrost 
  when 
  grown 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  as 
  the 
  

   first 
  frost 
  kills 
  it. 
  

   26423. 
  P'iao 
  pei 
  ts'ai 
  (dipper 
  white 
  vegetable). 
  

  

  So 
  called 
  from 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  leaf. 
  Sowd 
  in 
  beds 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  trans- 
  

   planted 
  into 
  rows 
  in 
  bunches, 
  each 
  clump 
  being 
  separate. 
  It 
  is 
  trans- 
  

   planted 
  in 
  September 
  or 
  early 
  October, 
  and 
  is 
  ripe 
  when 
  snow 
  falls; 
  it 
  

   continues 
  to 
  ripen 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  frost 
  and 
  snow, 
  but 
  its 
  

   quality 
  is 
  improved 
  by 
  being 
  covered 
  with 
  straw. 
  

  

  26424 
  to 
  26439. 
  

  

  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Perkins, 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Jackson 
  & 
  Perkins, 
  Newark, 
  N. 
  J., 
  

   while 
  making 
  a 
  trip 
  through 
  Japan. 
  Received 
  December 
  8, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  obtained 
  in 
  Japan, 
  unless 
  otherwise 
  noted; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Perkins: 
  

  

  26424. 
  Akebia 
  lobata 
  Decaisne. 
  

  

  A 
  vine 
  from 
  which 
  baskets 
  are 
  made 
  at 
  Aomori, 
  Japan. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  

   ornamental 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Seeds 
  of 
  an 
  especially 
  large-fruited 
  variety 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  common 
  kind 
  are 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  lot. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  24744 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction 
  and 
  distribution. 
  

  

  26425. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Orange. 
  

   " 
  Yusu." 
  A 
  Japanese 
  sour 
  orarge, 
  round 
  and 
  flat. 
  Used 
  as 
  lemon 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

  

  stock. 
  

  

  26426. 
  Citrus 
  trifoliata 
  L. 
  

  

  Seed 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co.'s 
  grounds. 
  

   26427 
  and 
  26428. 
  Cucurbita 
  pepo 
  L. 
  Squash. 
  

  

  26427. 
  "Chirimen.'" 
  Has 
  a 
  rough, 
  knotted 
  exterior; 
  named 
  after 
  a 
  

   kind 
  of 
  silk 
  having 
  rough 
  knots 
  in 
  its 
  texture. 
  

  

  26428. 
  " 
  Kikuza." 
  Has 
  a 
  smooth 
  exterior, 
  as 
  its 
  name 
  signifies. 
  

   Both 
  these 
  kinds 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  yellow 
  meat 
  1£ 
  inches 
  thick 
  which 
  

  

  is 
  of 
  fine 
  flavor 
  when 
  boiled, 
  

   205 
  

  

  