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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32168. 
  Prunus 
  subcordata 
  Benth. 
  

  

  From 
  Lassen 
  County, 
  Cal., 
  west 
  of 
  Honey 
  Lake, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  about 
  4,700 
  feet. 
  

   Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Karl 
  Kair; 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Marsden 
  Manson, 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

   Received 
  September 
  7, 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  December 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   Variety 
  kelloggii. 
  "A 
  small 
  tree, 
  native 
  of 
  dry 
  rocky 
  hills 
  of 
  northern 
  California, 
  

   with 
  thick 
  leaves 
  and 
  white 
  flowers 
  changing 
  to 
  rose. 
  The 
  dark-red, 
  clingstone 
  fruits 
  

   contain 
  a 
  subacid 
  flesh 
  and 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  drying 
  and 
  preserving. 
  For 
  testing 
  and 
  breed- 
  

   ing 
  purposes 
  in 
  dry 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  " 
  

  

  Plants 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  were 
  formerly 
  distributed 
  under 
  No. 
  25933. 
  

  

  32169. 
  Aralia 
  californica 
  S. 
  Watson. 
  California 
  spikenard. 
  

  

  From 
  Mill 
  Valley, 
  Marin 
  Co., 
  Cal., 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Adams, 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  P. 
  Rixford, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Collected 
  November 
  

  

  15, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  December 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "In 
  moist, 
  cool 
  ravines 
  where 
  the 
  sun 
  only 
  slants 
  athwart 
  the 
  branches 
  and 
  a 
  certain 
  

  

  dankness 
  always 
  lingers 
  the 
  California 
  spikenard 
  scents 
  the 
  air 
  with 
  its 
  peculiar 
  odor, 
  

  

  It 
  closely 
  resembles 
  Aralia 
  racemosa 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  larger, 
  coarser 
  

  

  plant 
  in 
  every 
  way. 
  It 
  throws 
  up 
  its 
  tall 
  stems 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  confidence 
  that 
  there 
  will 
  

  

  be 
  ample 
  space 
  for 
  its 
  large 
  leaves 
  to 
  spread 
  themselves 
  uncrowded. 
  Its 
  feathery 
  

  

  panicles 
  of 
  white 
  flowers 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  clusters 
  of 
  small 
  purple 
  berries 
  and 
  are 
  rather 
  

  

  more 
  delicate 
  than 
  we 
  should 
  expect 
  from 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  plant." 
  (M. 
  E. 
  Parsons, 
  The 
  

  

  Wild 
  Flowers 
  of 
  California, 
  pp. 
  77-78.) 
  

  

  "Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  breeding 
  experiments 
  with 
  the 
  Japanese 
  udo 
  (Aralia 
  cordata) 
  

   and 
  the 
  American 
  spikenard 
  (Aralia 
  racemosa) 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  improve 
  the 
  character 
  

   of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  vegetable. 
  " 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  32170 
  to 
  32172. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckl6. 
  Received 
  De- 
  

   cember 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   The 
  following 
  material; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Werckl6: 
  

  

  32170. 
  Dioscorea 
  sp. 
  

   u 
  Papa 
  caribe." 
  

  

  32171. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  good 
  green 
  sapote. 
  " 
  

  

  32172. 
  Persea 
  pittieri 
  Mez. 
  Avocado. 
  

   "A 
  very 
  early 
  variety, 
  but 
  rather 
  poor. 
  Good 
  quality, 
  but 
  little 
  flesh. 
  " 
  

  

  32173. 
  Aralia 
  cordata 
  Thunb. 
  Udo. 
  

  

  From 
  Chevy 
  Chase, 
  Md. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Fairchild, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Indus- 
  

   try, 
  on 
  his 
  place, 
  "In 
  the 
  Woods. 
  " 
  

   Collected 
  November 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   "Seeds 
  collected 
  from 
  plants 
  2, 
  3, 
  and 
  4 
  years 
  old. 
  " 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  32174. 
  Thea 
  sp. 
  Tea. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  C. 
  Boyer, 
  Cranford, 
  N. 
  J. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  

   Green, 
  Pomologist 
  in 
  Charge, 
  South 
  Texas 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Browns- 
  

   ville, 
  Tex., 
  December 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Chinese 
  tea 
  seed, 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  tea 
  plant, 
  but, 
  as 
  I 
  understand 
  it, 
  of 
  the 
  Camellia 
  

   family. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  crushed 
  for 
  the 
  oil, 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  edible 
  oil 
  and 
  for 
  many 
  

   other 
  purposes. 
  " 
  (Boyer.) 
  

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