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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30678— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  tight, 
  it 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  cellar 
  or 
  cave 
  to 
  keep 
  cool, 
  and 
  is 
  ready 
  for 
  use. 
  This 
  fresh- 
  

   strained 
  juice 
  is 
  simply 
  spread 
  on 
  paper 
  with 
  a 
  brush, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  

   paper 
  immune 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  insects 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  less 
  pervious 
  to 
  moisture. 
  Cloth 
  

   is 
  sometimes 
  treated 
  with 
  this 
  juice, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  for 
  painting 
  stencils, 
  tanning 
  

   fishing 
  nets, 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  purposes." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  Cuttings. 
  

   30679 
  to 
  30682. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

  

  From 
  Albano, 
  Stockholm, 
  Sweden. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Veit 
  Wittrock, 
  director, 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  April 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  botanical 
  study 
  and 
  breeding 
  

   work. 
  

  

  30679. 
  Yellow 
  fruited. 
  30681. 
  Gold 
  fruited. 
  

  

  30680. 
  Black 
  fruited. 
  30682. 
  Green 
  fruited. 
  

  

  30683. 
  Musa 
  textilis 
  Nee. 
  Manila 
  hemp. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  M. 
  Saleeby, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  fiber 
  

   plants, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Manila, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Lyster 
  H. 
  Dewey. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  10, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  April 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Maguindanao. 
  

  

  30684 
  and 
  30685. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  sandy 
  plains 
  near 
  Erivan, 
  Russian 
  Armenia, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Ararat. 
  

   Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Masterson, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Kharput, 
  Mamuret-ul- 
  

   Aziz, 
  Turkey, 
  who 
  had 
  them 
  procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Heingartner, 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  consul, 
  Batum, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  April 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   ''These 
  are 
  the 
  finest 
  flavored 
  of 
  any 
  melons 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  tasted 
  anywhere, 
  and 
  are 
  

   good 
  to 
  eat 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  mature 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  summer 
  until 
  some 
  time 
  after 
  Christ- 
  

   mas. 
  A 
  particular 
  point 
  in 
  their 
  favor 
  is 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  firm 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  shipped 
  

   any 
  distance 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Masterson 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30686 
  to 
  30696. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Forrest; 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Bulley, 
  

   Liverpool, 
  England. 
  Received 
  April 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Forrest: 
  

  

  30686. 
  Rhus 
  vernicifera 
  DC. 
  Lacquer 
  tree. 
  

   "The 
  lacquer 
  tree 
  of 
  Lichiang 
  Range, 
  western 
  Yunnan." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  Kashmir, 
  

   Sikkim, 
  and 
  Bhutan 
  and 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  in 
  India 
  eastward 
  through 
  China 
  to 
  

   Japan; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Java. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  2189, 
  5016, 
  and 
  8406 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  30687. 
  Pistacia 
  chinensis 
  Bunge. 
  Pistache. 
  

   "Another 
  of 
  the 
  varnish 
  trees 
  of 
  Yunnan, 
  from 
  Langkong 
  Valley 
  at 
  8,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Grows 
  from 
  40 
  to 
  80 
  feet 
  tall." 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  21970, 
  24659, 
  and 
  29499 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  30688. 
  Pinus 
  armandi 
  Franch. 
  Pine. 
  

   "A 
  tree 
  that 
  reaches 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  70 
  to 
  200 
  feet. 
  Cones 
  9 
  to 
  12 
  inches. 
  Fruits 
  

  

  edible, 
  sold 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  markets. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Song-si. 
  From 
  Lichiang 
  Range, 
  

   latitude 
  27° 
  20' 
  N., 
  altitude 
  9,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  feet." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  27046 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

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