﻿1910. 
  35 
  

  

  26771 
  to 
  26782. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26771. 
  Daidaimaru. 
  26777. 
  Kurokuma. 
  

  

  26772. 
  Emon. 
  26778. 
  Minozuru. 
  

  

  26773. 
  FuyugalL 
  26779. 
  O-gosho. 
  

  

  26774. 
  Gosho-gaH. 
  26780. 
  Tanenashi 
  (seedless). 
  

  

  26775. 
  Hachiya. 
  26781. 
  Tauba-gaki. 
  

  

  26776. 
  Hiayakume. 
  26782. 
  Tsuru-no-ko. 
  

  

  26783. 
  Brassica 
  pekinensis 
  (Lour.) 
  Skeels. 
  Pe 
  tsai 
  cabbage. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Maurice 
  de 
  Vilmorin, 
  Paris, 
  France, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  

   Swingle. 
  Received 
  January 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  Chinese 
  Pe 
  tsai 
  which 
  I 
  got 
  from 
  Abbe 
  Martin, 
  Gan 
  pin 
  Koey, 
  who 
  says: 
  

   'I 
  tried 
  your 
  improved 
  Petsai 
  but 
  prefer 
  the 
  strain 
  of 
  this 
  Province. 
  Instead 
  of 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  many 
  leaves 
  this 
  one 
  makes 
  a 
  very 
  white 
  and 
  tender 
  head. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  sown 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  but 
  plant 
  it 
  much 
  closer, 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  for 
  salads. 
  It 
  is 
  peculiarly 
  

   good 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  hoarfrost.' 
  " 
  ( 
  Vilmorin.) 
  

  

  26784. 
  Chlorophora 
  tinctoria 
  (L.) 
  Gaud. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cornelius 
  Ferris, 
  jr., 
  American 
  consul, 
  Asun- 
  

   cion, 
  Paraguay, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Conrado 
  Kraus, 
  horticulturist. 
  Received 
  February 
  

   17, 
  1910. 
  

   Tata-yuba. 
  A 
  tree 
  with 
  gray 
  bark, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  armed 
  with 
  thorns. 
  The 
  wood 
  

   is 
  yellow 
  and 
  furnishes 
  a 
  dye. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico, 
  south 
  through 
  

   Central 
  and 
  South 
  America 
  to 
  Paraguay; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  26785. 
  Rhus 
  coriaria 
  L. 
  Sicilian 
  sumac. 
  

  

  From 
  Portici, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  L. 
  Savastano, 
  R. 
  Scuola 
  di 
  Agricoltura. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  11, 
  1910. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  the 
  well-known 
  Sicilian 
  sumac, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  central 
  Europe, 
  occurring 
  

   in 
  Sicily, 
  Spain, 
  Portugal, 
  Greece, 
  and 
  Cyprus. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  

   Algeria 
  and 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  Australia. 
  The 
  cultivation 
  of 
  this 
  shrub 
  and 
  the 
  marketing 
  

   of 
  the 
  dried 
  leaves, 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  mordanting 
  fabrics 
  and 
  tanning 
  certain 
  types 
  

   of 
  leather, 
  forms 
  an 
  important 
  industry 
  in 
  Sicily 
  and 
  Tuscany. 
  In 
  its 
  native 
  habitat 
  

   this 
  species 
  succeeds 
  well 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  rather 
  barren 
  soil. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  propagated 
  either 
  

   from 
  seeds 
  or 
  cuttings, 
  and 
  its 
  cultivation 
  presents 
  no 
  special 
  difficulties. 
  Introduced 
  

   for 
  testing 
  its 
  possibilities 
  as 
  a 
  cultivated 
  crop." 
  (W. 
  W. 
  Stockberger.) 
  

  

  26786. 
  Alysicarpus 
  vaginalis 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Guam. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Thompson, 
  special 
  agent 
  in 
  

   charge, 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  February 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  an 
  annual, 
  upright 
  legume, 
  isolated 
  plants 
  growing 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  6 
  feet; 
  

   when 
  growing 
  thickly, 
  however, 
  it 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  only 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  feet. 
  Its 
  economic 
  

   possibilities 
  were 
  first 
  recognized 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Thompson, 
  who 
  found 
  it 
  growing 
  

   extensively 
  in 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  an 
  annual, 
  but 
  under 
  

   favorable 
  circumstances 
  grows 
  again 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  so 
  that 
  two 
  or 
  even 
  three 
  cuttings 
  

   can 
  be 
  made. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  extensively 
  experimented 
  with, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  

   States 
  where 
  alfalfa 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  grown." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  tropics 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World, 
  and 
  naturalized 
  in 
  Jamaica, 
  

   Antigua, 
  and 
  Trinidad. 
  

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