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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29016. 
  OSTERDAMIA 
  MATRELLA 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   A 
  valuable 
  lawn 
  grass. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Sandy 
  shores 
  of 
  tropical 
  Asia 
  from 
  India 
  eastward 
  through 
  China 
  

   and 
  Japan 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  29017 
  to 
  29019. 
  

  

  From 
  Kuling, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  John 
  Berkin. 
  Received 
  November 
  

   5, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29017. 
  Actinedia 
  chinensis 
  Planch. 
  Yangtaw. 
  

   "With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  yangtaw, 
  the 
  natives 
  say 
  they 
  think 
  all 
  vines 
  grow 
  

  

  fruit, 
  but 
  a 
  young 
  vine 
  never 
  bears. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  years 
  old 
  before 
  

   they 
  bear. 
  So 
  possibly 
  these 
  vines 
  in 
  time 
  will 
  produce 
  fruit." 
  {Berlin.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21781 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

  

  29018. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  cherry. 
  

  

  29019. 
  Vms 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  grape. 
  

  

  29020 
  and 
  29021. 
  

  

  From 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard, 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  November 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29020. 
  Elaeodendron 
  orientale 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  "Bois 
  d'olive. 
  A 
  shrub 
  10 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  high, 
  glabrous. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  cymes 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  across. 
  Drupe 
  oblong, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  Spanish 
  olive; 
  edible; 
  

   seed 
  two 
  celled. 
  Found 
  in 
  Mauritius, 
  Rodriguez, 
  and 
  Madagascar." 
  (Reg- 
  

   nard.) 
  

  

  29021. 
  Vangueria 
  madagascariensis 
  Gmelin. 
  

  

  " 
  Vavangue. 
  A 
  glabrous 
  shrub 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  long 
  

   leaves; 
  flowers 
  in 
  copious 
  peduncles, 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  awful 
  

   odor. 
  Globose 
  drupe 
  \\ 
  inches 
  thick 
  with 
  five 
  large 
  bony 
  stones. 
  The 
  fruit 
  

   is 
  eaten 
  only 
  when 
  quite 
  ripe 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  light-brown 
  color; 
  the 
  pulp 
  is 
  brown 
  

   with 
  a 
  sweet 
  acid 
  flavor. 
  Naturalized 
  over 
  Mauritius 
  and 
  the 
  Indian 
  Ocean 
  

   islands 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Regnard. 
  ) 
  

  

  29022 
  and 
  29023. 
  Iris 
  tenax 
  Dougl. 
  Iris. 
  

  

  From 
  Oregon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  R. 
  Schoch, 
  Forest 
  Grove, 
  Oreg. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Schoch: 
  

  

  29022. 
  "Flowers 
  purple, 
  penciled 
  with 
  yellow. 
  Height 
  of 
  flower 
  stems 
  6 
  to 
  

   12 
  inches." 
  

  

  29023. 
  "Variety 
  alba. 
  Height 
  of 
  flower 
  stems 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  inches." 
  

  

  "These 
  bloom 
  for 
  about 
  30 
  days 
  annually. 
  They 
  should 
  develop 
  attractive 
  flag 
  or 
  

   carpet 
  effects 
  in 
  extensive 
  grounds, 
  lawns, 
  or 
  parks. 
  The 
  herbage 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   mown, 
  save 
  once 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  The 
  seeds 
  should 
  be 
  forced, 
  as 
  they 
  germinate 
  

   reluctantly. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  endures 
  the 
  severest 
  droughts; 
  besides, 
  it 
  remains 
  green 
  when 
  not 
  

   subjected 
  to 
  severe 
  freezes. 
  It 
  should 
  find 
  friends 
  and 
  admirers 
  south 
  of 
  Tennessee." 
  

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