﻿10 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26485 
  to 
  26489— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Manchuria, 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  43° 
  to 
  44° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Their 
  power 
  to 
  resist 
  drying 
  winds 
  

   and 
  drought 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  character 
  they 
  possess. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  all 
  hard, 
  

   maturing 
  late 
  and 
  keeping 
  all 
  winter. 
  The 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  not 
  anywhere 
  near 
  

   as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  American 
  Bartlett 
  or 
  Anjou; 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  edible, 
  however, 
  and 
  might 
  be 
  

   valuable 
  for 
  culture 
  in 
  such 
  regions 
  as 
  North 
  and 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  where 
  hot 
  winds, 
  

   short 
  periods 
  of 
  drought, 
  and 
  cold 
  winters 
  form 
  a 
  climate 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  

   habitat 
  of 
  these 
  trees; 
  they 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  grafting 
  stocks." 
  

  

  26485. 
  "(No. 
  6.) 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Yali. 
  A 
  very 
  popular 
  pear 
  in 
  Chinese 
  

   markets; 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  shaped 
  like 
  the 
  American 
  Bartlett 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  yellowish- 
  

   white 
  color; 
  flesh 
  rather 
  coarse 
  and 
  not 
  highly 
  flavored, 
  keeps 
  all 
  winter. 
  

   Kwangning 
  is 
  the 
  oldest 
  and 
  best 
  known 
  producing 
  center 
  of 
  this 
  pear." 
  

  

  26486. 
  "(No. 
  7.) 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Hungli. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  small, 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  in 
  

   color, 
  and 
  in 
  shape 
  similar 
  to 
  Whitney 
  crab 
  apples. 
  Flesh 
  of 
  fruit 
  coarse 
  and 
  

   not 
  highly 
  flavored." 
  

  

  26487. 
  "(No. 
  8.) 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Chang 
  pao 
  li. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  yellowish 
  white 
  in 
  

   color; 
  shape 
  long 
  and 
  oval; 
  flesh 
  of 
  fruit 
  coarse 
  and 
  not 
  highly 
  flavored." 
  

  

  26488. 
  "(No. 
  9.) 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Yuen 
  pao 
  li. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  yellowish 
  white 
  in 
  

   color, 
  shape 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  round 
  apple, 
  flesh 
  coarse 
  and 
  not 
  highly 
  

   flavored." 
  

  

  26489. 
  (No 
  name 
  or 
  description 
  received 
  with 
  this 
  lot 
  of 
  cuttings.) 
  

  

  26490 
  to 
  26494. 
  

  

  From 
  Settsu, 
  near 
  Kobe, 
  Japan. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  J. 
  Perkins, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Japan 
  Nursery 
  Company. 
  Received 
  January 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26490 
  and 
  26491. 
  Diospyros 
  sp. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  26490. 
  Hachiya. 
  26491. 
  Fuyulahi. 
  

  

  26492. 
  Papyrius 
  sp. 
  

   Kogo. 
  

  

  26493. 
  Papyrius 
  papyrefera 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  26494. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

   " 
  Natsu-mikan." 
  See 
  No. 
  22670 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26496. 
  LlMONIA 
  ACIDISSIMA 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Kirkee, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  A. 
  Gammie, 
  Imperial 
  Cotton 
  Special- 
  

   ist. 
  Received 
  January 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  growing 
  in 
  dry 
  situations 
  in 
  India, 
  sometimes 
  at 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  4,000 
  feet. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  very 
  small, 
  but 
  are 
  occasionally 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  

   condiment 
  by 
  the 
  natives. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  hard 
  and 
  suitable 
  for 
  parts 
  of 
  machinery 
  

   where 
  great 
  strength 
  and 
  toughness 
  are 
  required. 
  This 
  plant 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  orange 
  

   family 
  and 
  is 
  introduced 
  primarily 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  experiments 
  now 
  in 
  progress 
  

   in 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  new 
  types 
  of 
  citrus 
  fruits 
  and 
  stocks 
  for 
  the 
  same. 
  " 
  ( 
  W. 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  (Seed.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  dry 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  Himalayas, 
  ascending 
  to 
  4,000 
  feet, 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  Monghyr 
  Hills 
  in 
  Behar, 
  in 
  Assam, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Bombay 
  Ghats 
  and 
  Coromandel 
  

  

  southward 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  peninsula 
  of 
  India. 
  It 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Yunnan 
  , 
  

  

  southwestern 
  China. 
  

  

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