﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  77 
  

  

  31269 
  to 
  31271. 
  Meconopsis 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Liverpool, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Bees 
  Ltd. 
  Received 
  June 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31269. 
  Meconopsis 
  integrifolia 
  (Maxim.) 
  Franch. 
  

  

  "This 
  striking 
  plant 
  was 
  first 
  discovered 
  by 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Russian 
  traveler, 
  

   Przewalski, 
  in 
  1872-73, 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  northwest 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Kansu, 
  

   and 
  he 
  subsequently 
  collected 
  it 
  in 
  several 
  different 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   region. 
  Potanin 
  also 
  collected 
  it 
  in 
  Kansu, 
  in 
  1885. 
  In 
  1887 
  it 
  was 
  collected 
  

   by 
  Delavay 
  in 
  the 
  Snowy 
  Range 
  of 
  Likiang, 
  Yunnan, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  13,000 
  

   feet; 
  and 
  in 
  1890 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Pratt 
  obtained 
  very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  Tachienlu. 
  Its 
  first 
  appearance 
  in 
  European 
  gardens 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  Abbe 
  Farges, 
  who 
  sent 
  seed 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Maurice 
  L. 
  de 
  Vilmorin 
  in 
  

   1895, 
  with 
  whom 
  it 
  flowered 
  in 
  1897, 
  but 
  it 
  produced 
  no 
  seed 
  and 
  was 
  conse- 
  

   quently 
  lost 
  to 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  '■'In 
  1903 
  Messrs. 
  James 
  Veitch 
  & 
  Sons 
  sent 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Wilson 
  on 
  a 
  second 
  

   journey 
  to 
  China, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  objects 
  being 
  to 
  collect 
  seeds 
  of 
  Meconop- 
  

   sis 
  integrifolia. 
  He 
  'found 
  it 
  in 
  millions' 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  west 
  of 
  Tachienlu 
  

   at 
  elevations 
  of 
  11,000 
  to 
  15,500 
  feet; 
  never 
  lower. 
  As 
  may 
  be 
  expected, 
  it 
  is 
  

   perfectly 
  hardy 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground, 
  but, 
  what 
  was 
  less 
  to 
  be 
  expected, 
  it 
  

   flourishes 
  and 
  flowers 
  freely 
  without 
  any 
  special 
  treatment. 
  Whether 
  it 
  will 
  

   seed, 
  time 
  will 
  prove. 
  Under 
  the 
  most 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  state, 
  

   Mr. 
  Wilson 
  observed 
  plants 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  high, 
  bearing 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  18 
  flowers, 
  

   while 
  at 
  its 
  greatest 
  altitudinal 
  limit 
  it 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  rosette 
  of 
  leaves 
  with 
  one 
  

   flower 
  nestling 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  a 
  robust 
  biennial, 
  usually 
  If 
  to 
  3 
  feet 
  high, 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  

   silky 
  hairs 
  varying 
  in 
  color, 
  but 
  usually 
  yellowish 
  brown. 
  Stem 
  stout; 
  branches 
  

   and 
  peduncles 
  in 
  whorls. 
  Leaves 
  numerous, 
  mostly 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  6 
  inches 
  

   to 
  1 
  foot 
  long, 
  shorter 
  on 
  the 
  stem. 
  Peduncles 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  leaves, 
  one- 
  

   flowered, 
  clothed 
  with 
  reversed 
  hairs. 
  Flowers 
  yellow, 
  usually 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  sometimes 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  10." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  Curtis' 
  s 
  Botanical 
  Maga- 
  

   zine, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  1905.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Kansu 
  and 
  Yunnan 
  

   in 
  China. 
  

  

  31270. 
  Meconopsis 
  delavayi 
  Franch. 
  

  

  "This 
  beautiful 
  little 
  plant 
  was 
  first 
  discovered 
  by 
  Pere 
  Delavay 
  in 
  1884 
  on 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  Lichiang 
  Range, 
  northwest 
  Yunnan, 
  at 
  about 
  12,500 
  

   feet 
  altitude. 
  In 
  height 
  it 
  varies 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  9 
  inches, 
  reaching 
  the 
  latter 
  only 
  in 
  

   the 
  most 
  favorable 
  situations. 
  The 
  roots 
  are 
  long, 
  thick, 
  and 
  fleshy. 
  Flowers 
  

   solitary-, 
  semipendulous, 
  If 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  color 
  deep, 
  satiny, 
  purple- 
  

   blue. 
  Mature 
  capsule, 
  erect, 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  \ 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   This 
  charming 
  species 
  flowers 
  in 
  June 
  or 
  July, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  of 
  its 
  

   proving 
  perfectly 
  hardy 
  in 
  this 
  (Scotland) 
  climate. 
  The 
  flowers, 
  with 
  their 
  

   shining, 
  deep-colored 
  petals 
  and 
  orange-colored 
  anthers, 
  form 
  a 
  delightful 
  con- 
  

   trast 
  to 
  the 
  glaucous 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  foliage 
  and 
  scapes. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  gregarious, 
  

   and 
  delights 
  in 
  open, 
  sheltered 
  situations. 
  The 
  first 
  specimens 
  found 
  by 
  me 
  

   formed 
  small, 
  scattered 
  colonies 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  ragged 
  limestone 
  

   cliffs, 
  at 
  about 
  11,000 
  to 
  12,000 
  feet. 
  These 
  were 
  growing 
  on 
  poor, 
  patchy 
  pas- 
  

   ture, 
  in 
  the 
  shelter 
  of 
  dwarf 
  bushes 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  lee 
  of 
  rocks. 
  The 
  soil 
  was 
  

   composed 
  of 
  limestone, 
  gravel, 
  and 
  chips 
  of 
  varying 
  size. 
  The 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  are 
  thick 
  and 
  fleshy 
  and, 
  in 
  the 
  exceedingly 
  free 
  formation, 
  penetrate 
  

   to 
  quite 
  a 
  considerable 
  depth, 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  12 
  to 
  18 
  inches. 
  

   Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  greater 
  abundance 
  at 
  a 
  higher 
  

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