﻿16 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28367 
  to 
  28368— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  better 
  in 
  richer 
  ground 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  ground 
  where 
  potash 
  predominates. 
  

   The 
  usual 
  practice 
  in 
  sowing 
  it 
  around 
  here 
  is 
  to 
  irrigate 
  the 
  grain 
  stubble 
  

   field 
  if 
  there 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  rain 
  enough, 
  to 
  sow 
  nearly 
  a 
  bushel 
  of 
  seed 
  to 
  an 
  acre 
  

   right 
  on 
  the 
  stubble 
  and 
  just 
  cover 
  the 
  seeds 
  with 
  the 
  old 
  native 
  plow, 
  and 
  then 
  

   drag 
  a 
  pole 
  over 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  smooth 
  it 
  somewhat, 
  which 
  of 
  course 
  helps 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  to 
  come 
  up 
  more 
  evenly 
  and 
  also 
  decreases 
  the 
  surface 
  evaporation. 
  It 
  

   is 
  sown 
  broadcast. 
  It 
  likes 
  the 
  ground 
  well 
  drained, 
  either 
  naturally 
  or 
  arti- 
  

   ficially, 
  and 
  the 
  earlier 
  it 
  is 
  sown 
  the 
  better 
  it 
  is, 
  within 
  the 
  time 
  mentioned." 
  

  

  28369. 
  Bambos 
  arundinacea 
  Retz. 
  Bamboo. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  bamboo 
  does 
  not 
  spread 
  rapidly 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  seldom 
  necessary 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  plant 
  

   in 
  check. 
  It 
  never 
  becomes 
  a 
  troublesome 
  weed, 
  and 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  extirpated 
  without 
  

   difficulty, 
  if 
  desired." 
  {Gage.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  21317 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

  

  28370. 
  Pice 
  a 
  breweriana 
  S. 
  Watson. 
  Veiled 
  spruce. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kerbyville, 
  which 
  is 
  reached 
  by 
  stage 
  from 
  Grants 
  Pass, 
  Oreg. 
  Col- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Adams; 
  purchased 
  from 
  Miss 
  Alice 
  Eastwood, 
  Gray 
  Her- 
  

   barium, 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass. 
  Received 
  July, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rarest 
  and 
  most 
  unique 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  spruces. 
  It 
  grows 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  

   summit 
  of 
  the 
  Siskiyou 
  Mountains 
  of 
  northern 
  California 
  and 
  southern 
  Oregon. 
  I 
  

   saw 
  some 
  small 
  trees 
  on 
  Canyon 
  Creek 
  in 
  Trinity 
  County 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  call 
  the 
  tree 
  the 
  

   veiled 
  spruce 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  weeping 
  spruce. 
  It 
  grows 
  to 
  quite 
  a 
  height, 
  70 
  or 
  80 
  

   feet, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet. 
  The 
  drooping 
  branches 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  

   pendent, 
  slender 
  branchlets. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  delicate 
  and 
  graceful 
  in 
  outline, 
  but 
  not 
  

   funereal 
  or 
  sad. 
  The 
  cones 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Norway 
  spruce. 
  " 
  (Eastwood.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Dry 
  mountain 
  ridges 
  and 
  peaks 
  near 
  the 
  timber 
  line 
  on 
  both 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Siskiyou 
  Mountains 
  on 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  California 
  and 
  Oregon 
  at 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Oregon 
  coast 
  ranges 
  at 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Illinois 
  

   River, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  4,000 
  to 
  5,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  28371 
  to 
  28531. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  material 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Van 
  Fleet 
  to 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduc- 
  

   tion 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal. 
  Numbered 
  July, 
  1910. 
  Notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Van 
  Fleet. 
  

   A 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Van 
  Fleet, 
  at 
  Little 
  Silver, 
  N. 
  J., 
  and 
  selected 
  by 
  him 
  

   out 
  of 
  many 
  thousands 
  as 
  especially 
  valuable 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  

   groups 
  represented. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  his 
  own 
  hybrids 
  or 
  crosses. 
  The 
  technical 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  omitted 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  brevity. 
  

   28371. 
  Albizzia 
  julibrissin 
  Bovin. 
  

  

  (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  No. 
  6460.) 
  ' 
  ' 
  Seedlings 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  20 
  feet 
  high 
  growing 
  in 
  Monmouth 
  

   County, 
  N. 
  J., 
  little 
  injured 
  by 
  winter 
  temperatures 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  —12° 
  F. 
  Evi- 
  

   dently 
  a 
  hardy 
  type. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountains 
  of 
  northern 
  Persia, 
  India, 
  northern 
  China, 
  and 
  

   Japan; 
  cultivated 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  tree 
  in 
  Asia, 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  northern 
  

   Africa, 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   223 
  

  

  