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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26901 
  to 
  26907— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26904. 
  Actinidia 
  sp. 
  

  

  11 
  Deng 
  li 
  (deng-lee), 
  or 
  vine 
  pear, 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  resembling 
  somewhat 
  

   in 
  appearance 
  a 
  Chinese 
  pear, 
  grows 
  among 
  the 
  hills. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  small 
  

   seeds 
  and 
  slightly 
  resembles 
  a 
  fig 
  in 
  taste. 
  It 
  is 
  good 
  for 
  eating 
  raw, 
  stewed, 
  or 
  

   made 
  into 
  jam." 
  

  

  26905. 
  Myrica 
  nagi 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  " 
  Yiangme 
  (yiangma), 
  or 
  tree 
  strawberry. 
  A 
  round, 
  bright-red, 
  sweet, 
  juicy 
  

   fruit, 
  growing 
  on 
  trees; 
  construction 
  similar 
  to 
  Osage 
  orange 
  or 
  hedge 
  apple. 
  

   It 
  is 
  splendid 
  for 
  eating 
  raw 
  or 
  stewed; 
  the 
  canned 
  fruit 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  

   dark, 
  or 
  it 
  turns 
  to 
  vinegar. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  to 
  this 
  fruit 
  except 
  juice, 
  but 
  it 
  

   should 
  become 
  a 
  favorite 
  at 
  once; 
  aside 
  from 
  eating 
  raw, 
  its 
  best 
  use 
  would 
  

   probably 
  be 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  drink 
  by 
  pressing 
  out 
  pulp 
  and 
  seeds. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  

   better 
  shipper 
  than 
  the 
  strawberry." 
  

  

  26906. 
  Raphanus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Radish. 
  

   "Large 
  white 
  radish. 
  We 
  use 
  these 
  as 
  a 
  cooked 
  vegetable 
  on 
  the 
  table 
  and 
  

  

  also 
  raw; 
  they 
  are 
  best 
  cooked 
  with 
  meat." 
  

  

  26907. 
  Trachycarpus 
  excelsus 
  (Thunb.) 
  Wendl. 
  

  

  "A 
  beautiful 
  palm, 
  hardy 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  ground 
  freezes 
  slightly." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated, 
  and 
  probably 
  indigenous, 
  in 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  

  

  Kiangsu, 
  Chekiang, 
  and 
  Szechwan, 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Empire, 
  in 
  the 
  Korean 
  

  

  Archipelago, 
  and 
  in 
  Japan 
  and 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Formosa." 
  

  

  26908 
  to 
  26910. 
  

  

  From 
  Limon, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz, 
  Ancon, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  

   Panama. 
  Received 
  February 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  26908. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Granadilla. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  flavored 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  granadillas, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  Grandita 
  de 
  

  

  China 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  often 
  incorrectly 
  identified 
  as 
  Passiflora 
  quad- 
  

   rangularis. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  parchment-like 
  shell 
  of 
  a 
  yellow 
  or 
  orange 
  color, 
  some- 
  

   times 
  speckled 
  with 
  minute 
  dots 
  of 
  a 
  lighter 
  color. 
  Its 
  pulp 
  has 
  a 
  pleasant 
  

   acidulous 
  flavor 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  many 
  tropical 
  countries 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  cooling 
  

   drink, 
  and 
  also 
  for 
  frozen 
  sherbets. 
  For 
  this 
  purpose 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  superior 
  

   to 
  the 
  'water-lemon' 
  (P. 
  laurifolia), 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  identified 
  by 
  its 
  soft, 
  

   flexible 
  skin, 
  and 
  the 
  'passion 
  fruit,' 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Australia 
  (P. 
  edulis) 
  which 
  is 
  

   characterized 
  by 
  its 
  purple-dotted 
  surface. 
  The 
  flowers 
  are 
  ornamental, 
  and 
  

   the 
  plant 
  grows 
  rapidly, 
  soon 
  covering 
  trellises 
  and 
  arbors 
  in 
  warm 
  countries." 
  

   W. 
  E. 
  Safford.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Mexico 
  southward 
  to 
  Colombia 
  and 
  

   Ecuador, 
  and 
  in 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  26909. 
  Chayota 
  edulis 
  Jacq. 
  Chayote. 
  

  

  26910. 
  Anona 
  sp. 
  

  

  26911. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Samara 
  Province, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Vollmer 
  & 
  Co., 
  Riga, 
  

   Russia, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Westgate, 
  February 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  seed 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  introductions 
  of 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  have 
  

   been 
  secured 
  from 
  this 
  same 
  section." 
  (Westgate.) 
  

  

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