﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  37 
  

  

  26794 
  to 
  26797— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26797. 
  "Cuttings 
  from 
  different 
  trees 
  of 
  good 
  unnamed 
  sorts. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  

  

  if 
  they 
  really 
  would 
  constitute 
  separate 
  varieties. 
  My 
  friend, 
  Mr. 
  Sung 
  Shao 
  

  

  Ru, 
  says 
  they 
  are 
  good 
  kinds 
  he 
  selected 
  carefully." 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Hwai 
  Yuan 
  pomegranates 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  China, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  

  

  is 
  very 
  likely 
  true. 
  I 
  believe 
  they 
  are 
  sent 
  from 
  here 
  for 
  the 
  Emperor's 
  use. 
  These 
  

  

  | 
  cuttings 
  were 
  gathered 
  for 
  me 
  by 
  a 
  friend 
  who 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  tree 
  lover 
  and 
  skilled 
  in 
  

  

  arboriculture 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  the 
  trees 
  

  

  nor 
  eaten 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  particular 
  ones 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  cuttings 
  were 
  taken, 
  but 
  

  

  I 
  rely 
  on 
  what 
  he 
  says. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Cochran.) 
  

  

  26798. 
  Cytisus 
  biflorus 
  L'Herit. 
  

  

  From 
  Sarepta, 
  Russia. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  K. 
  B. 
  Christies, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  

   von 
  Arapow, 
  agronomist 
  of 
  Samara, 
  Russia, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Scofield. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  January 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  has 
  a 
  prostrate 
  woody 
  stem 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  decimeters 
  long, 
  with 
  slightly 
  oval 
  

   jeaves 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  somewhat 
  in 
  Europe 
  as 
  an 
  orna- 
  

   mental, 
  but 
  from 
  its 
  description 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  promising 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  plant." 
  

   (P. 
  L. 
  Richer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Russia, 
  and 
  in 
  Siberia, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Ural 
  

   and 
  Altai 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  26799. 
  Aleurites 
  fordii 
  Hemsl. 
  China 
  wood-oil 
  tree. 
  

  

  From 
  Audubon 
  Park, 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  La. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Peter 
  Bisset. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  February 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  13104. 
  See 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25081 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26800. 
  ROBINIA 
  PSEUD-ACACIA 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

  

  V 
  ariety 
  fastigiata. 
  "This 
  curious 
  tree, 
  now 
  seldom 
  seen, 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Leguminosse 
  at 
  Kew 
  by 
  a 
  specimen 
  50 
  feet 
  or 
  so 
  high. 
  In 
  habit 
  it 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  erect 
  and 
  columnar 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  trees, 
  narrower, 
  indeed, 
  in 
  propor- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  its 
  height 
  than 
  the 
  Lombardy 
  Poplar." 
  (W. 
  J. 
  Bean, 
  Gardeners' 
  Chronicle, 
  

   March 
  9,1907.) 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  Linnseus 
  in 
  the 
  Species 
  Plantarum, 
  1753, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  722, 
  published 
  the 
  

   above 
  specific 
  name 
  as 
  two 
  words, 
  " 
  Robinia 
  Pseudo 
  Acacia." 
  In 
  the 
  second 
  edition 
  

   of 
  the 
  Species 
  Plantarum, 
  1763, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  1043, 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  changed 
  to 
  " 
  Robinia 
  

   Pseud- 
  Acacia," 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  here 
  accepted 
  as 
  the 
  correct 
  form. 
  

  

  26801 
  to 
  26817. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   February 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26801. 
  Olea 
  europaea 
  L. 
  Olive. 
  

  

  From 
  Nikita, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  388, 
  January 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  Cuttings 
  from 
  

   a 
  very 
  large 
  olive 
  tree, 
  several 
  centuries 
  old, 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Botan- 
  

   ical 
  Garden 
  at 
  Nikita, 
  and 
  bearing 
  large 
  fruits. 
  This 
  and 
  following 
  numbers 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  26802 
  to 
  26811) 
  are 
  cuttings 
  of 
  olive 
  trees 
  that 
  have 
  withstood 
  

   temperatures 
  of 
  about 
  —2° 
  F. 
  unhurt 
  when 
  other 
  olives 
  were 
  frozen 
  to 
  the 
  

   207 
  

  

  