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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  26761 
  to 
  26767— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26763. 
  Pyrus 
  salicipolia 
  Pall. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  372, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  wild 
  pear 
  growing 
  on 
  exposed, 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides 
  and 
  in 
  cliffs 
  and 
  gullies. 
  

   It 
  grows 
  up 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  high, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  generally 
  seen 
  as 
  a 
  tall 
  bush, 
  very 
  variable 
  

   as 
  to 
  shape 
  and 
  outlines; 
  young 
  branches 
  and 
  foliage 
  very 
  downy. 
  Apparently 
  

   very 
  drought 
  resistant. 
  Will 
  probably 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  pears 
  in 
  the 
  

   semiarid, 
  hot-summered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  

   Southwest." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26764. 
  Pyrus 
  salicipolia 
  Pall. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  373, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910. 
  ) 
  

   A 
  very 
  compact-growing, 
  round-headed 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26763). 
  Of 
  use 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  tree 
  of 
  small 
  dimensions 
  

   in 
  the 
  semiarid, 
  hot-summered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26765. 
  Crataegus 
  orientalis 
  Pall. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  374, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  hawthorn 
  growing 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  stony 
  places. 
  Mostly 
  seen 
  as 
  a 
  shrub, 
  but 
  

   also 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  small 
  tree. 
  Able 
  to 
  stand 
  considerable 
  drought, 
  heat, 
  and 
  

   neglect. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  tree 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  pears 
  in 
  the 
  

   semiarid, 
  hot-summered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  or 
  shrub, 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  forests 
  on 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  slopes 
  of 
  Greece 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  

  

  26766. 
  Jasminum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  375, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  jasmine, 
  apparently 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  /. 
  nudiflorum; 
  has 
  bright-green 
  branches 
  

   in 
  winter, 
  is 
  of 
  bushy 
  growth, 
  reaching 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  feet. 
  Found 
  

   on 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides 
  in 
  somewhat 
  shady 
  places. 
  May 
  prove 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  

   small 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  shrub 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26767. 
  Ligustrum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  376, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  low, 
  bushy, 
  semi-evergreen 
  privet, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  L. 
  vulgar 
  e; 
  grows 
  on 
  

   dry, 
  rocky, 
  mountain 
  sides 
  in 
  somewhat 
  shady 
  places. 
  Of 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  garden 
  

   shrub 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26768. 
  Lucuma 
  multiflora 
  DC. 
  "Jacana." 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Hess, 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  February 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Fruit 
  1^ 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  wide. 
  Some 
  are 
  pointed, 
  others 
  almost 
  round; 
  seeds 
  

   one-third 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  sweet, 
  mealy 
  pulp. 
  The 
  pulp 
  is 
  edible, 
  texture 
  and 
  color 
  

   strongly 
  suggesting 
  the 
  yolk 
  of 
  a 
  hard-boiled 
  egg. 
  

  

  "On 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  large, 
  lustrous 
  foliage 
  and 
  symmetrical 
  growth 
  this 
  tree 
  should 
  be 
  

   valuable 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  avenue 
  tree 
  for 
  south 
  Florida 
  and 
  California. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  

   prove 
  a 
  vigorous 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  egg 
  fruit 
  (Lucuma 
  nervosa 
  DC); 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   is 
  delicious, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  slow 
  grower. 
  

  

  "I 
  found 
  Lucuma 
  seed 
  very 
  slow 
  in 
  germinating. 
  The 
  fresh 
  seeds 
  require 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  

   months 
  for 
  germination, 
  but 
  after 
  germinating 
  they 
  grow 
  very 
  rapidly." 
  (Hess.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  and 
  other 
  West 
  Indian 
  islands; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  southern 
  

   Florida 
  and 
  California. 
  

  

  26769. 
  Hibiscus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Tientsin, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Bade, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  Butler, 
  

   American 
  vice 
  consul-general 
  in 
  charge. 
  Received 
  January 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Probably 
  a 
  Japanese 
  single 
  variety." 
  (Bade.) 
  

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