﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  57 
  

  

  27045 
  to 
  27048. 
  

  

  From 
  Orleans, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Leon 
  Chenault, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Philippe 
  Vilmorin. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27045. 
  X 
  Berberis 
  stenophylla 
  Lindl. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Seedlings 
  of 
  this 
  hybrid 
  between 
  B. 
  Ctarwinii 
  and 
  B. 
  empetrifolia. 
  The 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  break 
  up 
  in 
  all 
  intermediate 
  types 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  plant 
  serves 
  as 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  illustration 
  that 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  immediate 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  hybridization 
  does 
  not 
  

   give 
  what 
  is 
  wanted, 
  the 
  seedlings 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  plant 
  may." 
  (F. 
  N. 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  27046. 
  Pinus 
  armandi 
  Franch. 
  

  

  "A 
  new 
  rather 
  dwarf 
  pine 
  from 
  western 
  China." 
  (F. 
  N. 
  Meyer.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Tsingling 
  Mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Shensi, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Szechwan 
  and 
  Yunnan, 
  western 
  China. 
  

  

  27047. 
  Lonicera 
  pileata 
  Oliver. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  plant 
  for 
  rockeries 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  beds 
  of 
  shrubbery 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   of 
  cespitose 
  habit 
  like 
  the 
  Cotoneaster 
  horizontalis 
  ." 
  (F. 
  N. 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Only 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ichang 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  

   Hupeh, 
  China. 
  

  

  27048. 
  Morus 
  alba 
  L. 
  White 
  mulberry. 
  

   " 
  Variety 
  fastigiata. 
  Quite 
  rare, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  

  

  as 
  a 
  pyramidal 
  tree." 
  (F. 
  N. 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  27049 
  to 
  27072. 
  

  

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

   12, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27049 
  to 
  27057. 
  Punica 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  421 
  to 
  429, 
  February 
  10, 
  

   1910.) 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  named 
  pomegranates 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  experimental 
  

   station 
  near 
  Sukhum. 
  As 
  the 
  plants 
  were 
  only 
  recently 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  

   no 
  definite 
  information 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  regarding 
  them 
  at 
  present." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27049. 
  "Krylezy-Kabuk. 
  (No. 
  421.)" 
  

  

  27050. 
  " 
  Seville 
  a 
  gros 
  grain. 
  (No. 
  422.) 
  " 
  

  

  27051. 
  "Alopar. 
  (No. 
  423.)" 
  

  

  27052. 
  "Sushinskirannyi. 
  (No. 
  424.)" 
  

  

  27053. 
  "DiBrindishi. 
  (No. 
  425.)" 
  

  

  27054. 
  ll 
  Afruttogrosso. 
  (No. 
  426.)" 
  

  

  27055. 
  " 
  Yelisavetpolski 
  sladkii. 
  (No. 
  427.) 
  A 
  large-fruited 
  variety 
  

   having 
  red 
  flesh 
  and 
  of 
  sour 
  taste. 
  A 
  local 
  Caucasian 
  variety, 
  obtained 
  

   originally 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Yelisavetpol 
  (Caucasus)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27056. 
  "Shirinar. 
  (No. 
  428.)" 
  

  

  27057. 
  "Nain 
  des 
  Antilles. 
  (No. 
  429.)" 
  

  

  27058. 
  Citrus 
  medica 
  L. 
  Lemon 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  435, 
  February 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  large-fruited 
  lemon, 
  very 
  juicy, 
  and 
  with 
  few 
  seeds. 
  Has 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   heavy 
  fruiter 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  frost 
  resistant 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  lemon 
  in 
  this 
  locality. 
  

   Found 
  originally 
  among 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  other 
  citrus 
  stock 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Smitskoi, 
  near 
  Sukhum, 
  where 
  these 
  cuttings 
  were 
  obtained." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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