﻿62 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  27107 
  to 
  27111. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  agriculturist, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Industry 
  

   and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  Received 
  March 
  19,1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Parker: 
  

  

  27107. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Cherry. 
  

   "Chinese 
  name 
  Ying 
  tao. 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  Manchuria 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  

  

  as 
  44° 
  to 
  45° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Growth 
  resembles 
  the 
  sand 
  cherry 
  of 
  America, 
  

   almost 
  shrubby. 
  Sometimes 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  10 
  feet. 
  Fruit 
  borne 
  along 
  

   main 
  stalks 
  similar 
  to 
  sand 
  cherry 
  and 
  gooseberry. 
  Valuable 
  in 
  America 
  for 
  

   ornamental 
  purposes, 
  for 
  grafting, 
  and 
  for 
  cookery. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  tart 
  and 
  well 
  

   flavored." 
  

  

  27108. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Crab 
  apple. 
  

   ' 
  £ 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Shan 
  ting 
  tsze. 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  Manchuria 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  

  

  as 
  44° 
  to 
  45° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Very 
  hardy 
  and 
  healthy 
  growth. 
  Fruit 
  about 
  

   one-half 
  to 
  three-fourths 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  resembling 
  a 
  thorn 
  apple. 
  Trees 
  

   attain 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  Valuable 
  in 
  America 
  for 
  grafting 
  purposes 
  only 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  27109. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   "Chinese 
  name 
  Hing. 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  Manchuria 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

  

  43° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  A 
  small, 
  spreading 
  tree. 
  Fruit 
  small 
  and 
  fibrous, 
  poor 
  

   quality. 
  Valuable 
  in 
  America 
  for 
  grafting 
  and 
  budding 
  purposes 
  only." 
  

  

  27110. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach.. 
  

   "Chinese 
  name 
  Tao. 
  Same 
  description 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

  

  27109)." 
  

  

  27111. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

   "Chinese 
  name 
  Ta 
  po 
  tao. 
  A 
  large 
  white 
  peach, 
  native 
  in 
  Shantung 
  

  

  Province, 
  China 
  (Chefoo 
  district). 
  Quality 
  of 
  fruit, 
  fair; 
  growth 
  of 
  tree 
  not 
  

   known." 
  

  

  27112 
  to 
  27150. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Prain, 
  director, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  

   Gardens. 
  Received 
  February 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27112. 
  Actaea 
  rubra 
  (Ait.) 
  Willd. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  to 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  west 
  to 
  the 
  

   Rocky 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  27113. 
  Aronia 
  arbutipolia 
  (L.) 
  Pers. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  swamps 
  and 
  wet 
  woods, 
  from 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  to 
  Minnesota, 
  

   and 
  south 
  to 
  Florida 
  and 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  27114. 
  Aronia 
  melanocarpa 
  (Michx.) 
  Ell. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  swamps 
  and 
  low 
  woods, 
  or 
  occasionally 
  on 
  rocks, 
  from 
  Nova 
  

   Scotia 
  to 
  Florida, 
  and 
  west 
  to 
  Michigan. 
  

  

  27115. 
  Berberis 
  angulosa 
  Wall. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   11,000 
  to 
  13,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Nepal 
  and 
  Sikkim, 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  27116. 
  Berberis 
  aristata 
  DC. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  

   10,000 
  feet, 
  between 
  Bhotan 
  and 
  Kunawar; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  in 
  southern 
  

   India, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Ceylon, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  

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