﻿86 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30416 
  to 
  30419— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30419. 
  "This 
  variety 
  has 
  slightly 
  acrid 
  tubers 
  somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  Tegu-imo 
  

   (No. 
  21646), 
  but 
  otherwise 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding." 
  

   Note. 
  — 
  The 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  give 
  definite 
  

   data 
  regarding 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  Colocasia 
  varieties 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  the 
  labels 
  in 
  their 
  

   collection 
  had 
  become 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  mixed. 
  ( 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30420. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Bearded 
  barley. 
  

  

  From 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Regel, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Applied 
  

   Botany. 
  Received 
  March 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   Black. 
  

  

  30421 
  to 
  30429. 
  

  

  From 
  Canton, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  "Weidman 
  Groff, 
  Canton 
  Christian 
  

   College. 
  Received 
  March 
  29 
  and 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

   Notes 
  and 
  native 
  names 
  on 
  this 
  material 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Groff. 
  

  

  30421. 
  Sagittaria 
  sagittifolia 
  L. 
  

  

  "Chi 
  Jcoo. 
  In 
  propagating 
  the 
  Chi 
  Jcoo 
  the 
  Chinese 
  plant 
  the 
  bulb, 
  which 
  

   develops 
  into 
  a 
  strong 
  plant 
  about 
  1 
  foot 
  high. 
  This 
  they 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  or 
  

   second 
  month. 
  In 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  months 
  the 
  plant 
  develops 
  underground 
  

   rootstocks, 
  which 
  are 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  mother 
  stalk 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  rows 
  about 
  

   2 
  feet 
  apart. 
  The 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  rice, 
  the 
  plants 
  

   standing 
  in 
  water. 
  A 
  sandy 
  or 
  loamy 
  soil 
  is 
  desirable. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  are 
  very 
  

   fond 
  of 
  the 
  tubers, 
  which 
  they 
  boil 
  with 
  beef 
  or 
  pork." 
  

  

  30422. 
  Xanthosoma 
  sp. 
  Yautia. 
  

   u 
  Paan 
  long 
  heung 
  woo." 
  "The 
  tubers 
  received 
  were 
  small, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  

  

  as 
  thick, 
  and 
  had 
  purplish-red 
  sprouts; 
  flesh 
  white 
  inside 
  but 
  purplish 
  next 
  

   to 
  skin; 
  very 
  slightly 
  acrid; 
  flavor 
  good, 
  more 
  distinctive 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  yau- 
  

   tias." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30423. 
  Sagittaria 
  sagittifolia 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Kweilin, 
  Kwangsi. 
  "Ma 
  tai. 
  This 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  

   as 
  the 
  Chi 
  koo 
  (No. 
  30421). 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  good 
  boiled 
  with 
  meat. 
  The 
  

   Chinese 
  eat 
  them 
  raw, 
  too. 
  Kweilin, 
  the 
  capital 
  of 
  Kwangsi, 
  is 
  famous 
  for 
  a 
  

   variety 
  of 
  Ma 
  tai, 
  and 
  these 
  come 
  from 
  that 
  country." 
  

  

  30424. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "Kot 
  shue 
  variety 
  Fan 
  hot. 
  These 
  are 
  planted 
  much 
  like 
  sweet 
  potatoes 
  and 
  

   are 
  an 
  excellent 
  tuber. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  are 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  food. 
  The 
  tuber 
  

   is 
  often 
  ground 
  into 
  flour 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  porridge 
  is 
  made. 
  The 
  tubers 
  are 
  also 
  

   eaten 
  with 
  pork, 
  etc." 
  

   30425 
  and 
  30426. 
  Zizania 
  latifolia 
  (Griseb.) 
  Stapf. 
  Wild 
  rice. 
  

  

  30425. 
  "Kau 
  sun 
  variety 
  Tseng 
  mau 
  (green)." 
  

  

  30426. 
  "Kau 
  sun 
  variety 
  Wong 
  mau 
  (yellow)." 
  

  

  30427. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Orange. 
  

   "Lau-chaang." 
  

  

  30428. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

   "Ha 
  mat 
  to." 
  

  

  30429. 
  Citrus 
  japonica 
  Thumb. 
  Kumquat. 
  

   "Kum 
  variety 
  Tim 
  hum." 
  

  

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