﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  85 
  

  

  30393 
  to 
  30415— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30410. 
  Pbunus 
  domestica 
  L. 
  Prune. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1544a, 
  January 
  11, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  

  

  small 
  prune 
  growing 
  well 
  on 
  rather 
  alkaline 
  land. 
  Used 
  in 
  sweetmeats 
  and 
  in 
  

   compote 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30411. 
  Ziziphus 
  jujuba 
  Miller. 
  Jujube. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1545a, 
  November 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  

  

  Chinese 
  date 
  called 
  Tchi-lan; 
  sparingly 
  grown 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  Chinese 
  Tur- 
  

   kestan." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30412. 
  Elaeagntjs 
  angustifolia 
  L. 
  Oleaster. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  "(No. 
  1547a, 
  Jan. 
  28, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  oleaster; 
  fruits 
  pale 
  orange 
  in 
  color. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  fruit 
  tree 
  

   for 
  the 
  home 
  garden 
  in 
  arid 
  and 
  alkaline 
  regions, 
  supplying 
  sweetmeats 
  for 
  

   the 
  children." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30413. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  Barberry. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1548a, 
  Nov. 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  fruits 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  barberry 
  are 
  sold 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  in 
  Khotan 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Zich. 
  

   They 
  are 
  used 
  ground 
  as 
  a 
  spice 
  on 
  rice, 
  boiled 
  with 
  sugar 
  and 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  

   compote, 
  stewed 
  with 
  meats, 
  and 
  steeped 
  in 
  boiling 
  water 
  like 
  tea 
  and 
  the 
  

   beverage, 
  with 
  some 
  sugar 
  added, 
  drunk 
  as 
  a 
  refreshing 
  summer 
  draft. 
  

   The 
  plant 
  is 
  apparently 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  great 
  drought 
  and 
  heat. 
  Recommended 
  

   as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  America." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30414. 
  Fraxinus 
  sp. 
  Ash. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1551a, 
  Nov. 
  26, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  tall- 
  

   growing 
  ash, 
  native 
  name 
  I-mo-don; 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  considerable 
  drought 
  and 
  

   alkali; 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  and 
  timber 
  tree 
  in 
  those 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   where 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  and 
  the 
  winters 
  not 
  too 
  cold. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  a 
  cold 
  region 
  like 
  the 
  upper 
  Mississippi 
  Valley." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30415. 
  Halimodendron 
  halodendron 
  (Pallas) 
  Voss. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kuk-rabat, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1553a, 
  Nov. 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   very 
  spiny, 
  leguminous, 
  Colutea-like 
  shrub, 
  occurring 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  cliffs 
  

   and 
  on 
  alkaline 
  soil; 
  also 
  sparingly 
  utilized 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant; 
  to 
  be 
  experimented 
  

   with 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  dry, 
  hot 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30416 
  to 
  30419. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Kinman, 
  horticulturist, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  March 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Young: 
  

  

  30416. 
  "A 
  nonacrid 
  dasheen 
  having 
  pink 
  sprouts. 
  The 
  tubers 
  are 
  variable 
  

   in 
  size, 
  some 
  weighing 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  10 
  ounces. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  white 
  when 
  

   cooked, 
  but 
  have 
  little 
  flavor." 
  

  

  30417. 
  " 
  The 
  qualities 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  there 
  

   were 
  no 
  large 
  tubers 
  in 
  this 
  lot." 
  

  

  30418. 
  "A 
  nonacrid 
  variety 
  of 
  dasheen, 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  Japanese 
  

   sorts, 
  having 
  white 
  sprouts, 
  and 
  being 
  of 
  rather 
  inferior 
  quality 
  when 
  cooked. 
  

   The 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  tubers 
  received 
  varied, 
  but 
  none 
  weighed 
  over 
  6 
  ounces." 
  

  

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