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  JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  79 
  

  

  7297 
  and 
  27298. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  Campbell, 
  Kia-ying 
  chau, 
  China. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  March 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Campbell: 
  

  

  27297. 
  "Chinese 
  name 
  Pah 
  ho, 
  meaning 
  white 
  water 
  lily. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  

   planted 
  anywhere 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  calendar 
  

   to 
  the 
  second 
  month 
  (February). 
  Take 
  each 
  tuber 
  and 
  cutoff 
  about 
  a 
  third 
  

   of 
  the 
  root 
  end 
  before 
  planting 
  (this 
  third 
  is 
  the 
  perquisite 
  of 
  the 
  hogs). 
  It 
  

   will 
  do 
  well 
  in 
  either 
  loam 
  or 
  clay 
  soil 
  if 
  one 
  only 
  gives 
  it 
  plenty 
  of 
  human 
  

   urine 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  manure. 
  '(The 
  Chinese 
  attach 
  the 
  greatest 
  value 
  to 
  urine 
  

   as 
  manure 
  but 
  always 
  dilute 
  it 
  freely 
  before 
  applying.)'" 
  

  

  The 
  sprouts 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  white. 
  

  

  27298. 
  "Chinese 
  name 
  Chong 
  chu. 
  It 
  is 
  named, 
  I 
  suppose, 
  after 
  the 
  great 
  

   city 
  of 
  Changchow 
  fu, 
  west 
  of 
  Amoy. 
  The 
  directions 
  for 
  planting 
  this 
  are 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  above 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27297), 
  save 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  planting 
  

   corresponds 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  January 
  and 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  February." 
  

   The 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  sprouts 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  pink. 
  

  

  27299 
  and 
  27300. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Hockanum, 
  Conn. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  H. 
  Brewer. 
  Received 
  March, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Princess 
  Marie. 
  Seed 
  grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  22657: 
  

  

  27299. 
  "Dark 
  seeds 
  from 
  melons 
  whose 
  flesh 
  was 
  a 
  gray 
  white 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  

   sweet 
  as 
  the 
  yellow 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27300)." 
  (Brewer.) 
  

  

  27300. 
  "White 
  seeds 
  from 
  a 
  yellow-fleshed 
  melon 
  which 
  was 
  very 
  sweet." 
  

   (Brewer.) 
  

  

  In 
  size 
  these 
  were 
  larger 
  than 
  described, 
  " 
  being 
  oblong 
  like 
  an 
  ice-cream 
  melon." 
  

  

  (Brewer.) 
  

  

  27301. 
  Rosa 
  gigantea 
  Collett. 
  Rose. 
  

  

  From 
  Oporto, 
  Portugal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Baron 
  de 
  Soutellinho, 
  115 
  Entre 
  Quintas, 
  

   who 
  procured 
  his 
  original 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Kew, 
  

   England. 
  Received 
  March 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  now 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  since 
  Dr. 
  (now 
  Sir 
  George) 
  Watt 
  discovered 
  this 
  king 
  

   of 
  wild 
  roses 
  in 
  Manipur 
  (India), 
  and 
  nineteen 
  years 
  since 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  Henry 
  Collett 
  

   sent 
  seeds 
  of 
  it 
  to 
  Kew. 
  

  

  "Here 
  is 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  it 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hildebrand, 
  who 
  knew 
  and 
  grew 
  the 
  rose 
  in 
  Burma; 
  

   indeed, 
  I 
  believe 
  he 
  helped 
  Sir 
  Henry 
  Collett 
  to 
  get 
  it 
  home 
  to 
  England: 
  l 
  Rosa 
  

   gigantea 
  grows 
  in 
  profusion 
  immediately 
  opposite 
  the 
  window 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  writing 
  at, 
  

   and 
  for 
  100 
  yards 
  or 
  more 
  away. 
  The 
  boles 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  a 
  

   man's 
  thigh. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  creeper, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  flower 
  until 
  it 
  gets 
  over 
  or 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   tree 
  it 
  climbs. 
  These 
  specimens 
  are 
  on 
  large 
  evergreen 
  trees, 
  and 
  their 
  roots 
  are 
  in 
  

   limestone 
  and 
  vegetable 
  mold, 
  through 
  which 
  run 
  innumerable 
  springs 
  of 
  pure 
  water. 
  

   The 
  boles 
  never 
  get 
  the 
  sun, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  always 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  

   which, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  the 
  roots 
  find. 
  The 
  whole 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  group 
  of 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  

   and 
  western 
  side 
  is 
  covered 
  up 
  to 
  50 
  or 
  80 
  feet 
  with 
  the 
  rose's 
  shoots, 
  and 
  when 
  in 
  

   full 
  bloom 
  they 
  look 
  like 
  a 
  sheet 
  of 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  air 
  all 
  round 
  is 
  most 
  deliciously 
  

   scented. 
  It 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  glorious 
  sight. 
  The 
  ground 
  all 
  round 
  is 
  strewed 
  with 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  of 
  the 
  rose 
  in 
  July.' 
  " 
  (Extract 
  from 
  The 
  Garden, 
  February 
  9, 
  1907, 
  p. 
  67.) 
  

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