﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MAECH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  63 
  

  

  27112 
  to 
  27150— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27117. 
  Berberis 
  concinna 
  Hook, 
  f 
  . 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Interior 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  12,000 
  to 
  

   13,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Sikkim, 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  27118. 
  Berberis 
  dictyophylla 
  Franch. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Yunnan, 
  southern 
  

   China, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  10,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  27119. 
  Berberis 
  pachyacantha 
  Koehne. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  10,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Province 
  of 
  Kashmir, 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  27120. 
  Berberis 
  thunbergii 
  DC. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Kiushu, 
  Japan. 
  

   Generally 
  cultivated 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental. 
  

  

  27121. 
  Berberis 
  umbellata 
  Wall. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  9,000 
  to 
  

   11,000 
  feet, 
  from 
  Kumaon 
  to 
  Bhotan, 
  India. 
  

  

  27122. 
  Berberis 
  virescens 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  9,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  

   provinces 
  of 
  Sikkim 
  and 
  Bhotan, 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  27123. 
  Malus 
  medwietzkyana 
  Dieck. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  These 
  seeds 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Pyrus 
  niedzwetzkyana. 
  

   The 
  first 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  apple, 
  Malus 
  medwietzkyana, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Neu- 
  

   heiten-Offerte 
  des 
  National-Arboretums 
  zu 
  Zoeschen 
  bei 
  Merseburg, 
  for 
  1891, 
  

   page 
  16. 
  Dr. 
  Dieck 
  here 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  collected 
  by 
  "Herrn 
  Gerichtspraisi- 
  

   denten 
  Medwietsky." 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  catalogue 
  for 
  1892-3, 
  Dr. 
  Dieck 
  gives 
  the 
  

   collector's 
  name 
  as 
  "Herrn 
  Gerichtspraisidenten 
  Niedzwetsky," 
  and 
  calls 
  the 
  

   apple 
  "Malus 
  niedzwetzkyana.^ 
  Being 
  trade 
  catalogues, 
  a 
  description 
  printed 
  

   therein 
  is 
  not 
  considered 
  as 
  botanical 
  publication 
  of 
  these 
  names. 
  Another 
  

   notice 
  of 
  this 
  apple 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Wiener 
  Garten 
  Zeitung 
  for 
  April, 
  1891, 
  

   page 
  164. 
  Here, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Malus 
  Medwietzkyana, 
  are 
  given 
  the 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  found 
  in 
  Dieck' 
  s 
  1891 
  catalogue, 
  and 
  the 
  description 
  being 
  sufficient 
  

   for 
  identification, 
  it 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  botanical 
  publication. 
  Also, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Gardeners' 
  Chronicle 
  for 
  April 
  11, 
  1891, 
  page 
  461, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Malus 
  

   medwietzkyana, 
  the 
  same 
  notes 
  and 
  descriptions 
  are 
  given, 
  evidently 
  taken 
  from 
  

   Dieck's 
  catalogue. 
  

  

  Koehne, 
  Deutsche 
  Dendrologie 
  259, 
  1893, 
  under 
  Malus 
  paradisiaca, 
  mentions 
  

   M. 
  niedzwetzkyana, 
  stating 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  not 
  sure 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  M. 
  paradisiaca. 
  

   Hemsley, 
  Curtis's 
  Botanical 
  Magazine, 
  plate 
  7975, 
  1904, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Pyrus 
  

   niedzwetzkyana, 
  gives 
  a 
  figure 
  and 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  and 
  cites 
  

   all 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  publications. 
  Regarding 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  he 
  re- 
  

   marks: 
  "As 
  to 
  the 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  distinctive 
  name, 
  we 
  have 
  adopted 
  the 
  

   one 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  his 
  second 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  where, 
  however, 
  

   he 
  gives 
  no 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  deviation 
  from 
  the 
  first." 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  correct 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Dieck's 
  patron, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  V. 
  Babine, 
  

   assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Slavic 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress, 
  in 
  reply 
  to 
  

   an 
  inquiry 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  correct 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  name, 
  states: 
  "I 
  have 
  looked 
  up 
  the 
  

   name 
  you 
  mention. 
  The 
  second 
  form 
  given 
  by 
  you 
  (Medwietzky) 
  is 
  more 
  

   nearly 
  correct." 
  There 
  seems, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  change 
  of 
  

   spelling 
  adopted 
  by 
  Hemsley, 
  and 
  the 
  correct 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  apple 
  remains 
  

   Malus 
  medwietzkyana, 
  as 
  first 
  used 
  by 
  Dieck 
  and 
  as 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Wiener 
  

   Garten 
  Zeitung, 
  above 
  cited. 
  (H. 
  C. 
  Skeels.) 
  

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