﻿JANUAEY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  79 
  

  

  33138 
  to 
  33179— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  

  

  33174 
  to 
  33179. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  

  

  

  Nightshade. 
  

  

  33174. 
  

  

  33177. 
  

  

  Variety 
  miniatum. 
  

  

  33175. 
  Variety 
  Jlavum. 
  

  

  33178. 
  

  

  Variety 
  oleraceum. 
  

  

  33176. 
  Variety 
  guineense. 
  

  

  33179. 
  

  

  Variety 
  villosum. 
  

  

  33180 
  and 
  33181. 
  Juglans 
  regia 
  L. 
  Walnut. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  S. 
  Knabenshue, 
  American 
  consul 
  general, 
  

   Tientsin, 
  China. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Field 
  Station, 
  Chico, 
  

   Cal., 
  March, 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  33180. 
  "This 
  hard-shelled 
  variety 
  grows 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  of 
  Changli, 
  in 
  this 
  

   province 
  (Chihli), 
  and 
  Shansi. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  grow 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  hill 
  country. 
  

   The 
  nuts 
  marketed 
  in 
  Tientsin 
  come 
  either 
  from 
  the 
  mountainous 
  region 
  

   north 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  Peking 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Shantung. 
  These 
  nuts 
  

   came 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  hills 
  at 
  Peking 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  fair 
  samples 
  of 
  the 
  hard- 
  

   shelled 
  variety. 
  " 
  

  

  33181. 
  "This 
  soft-shelled 
  variety 
  was 
  also 
  obtained 
  from 
  Changli. 
  This 
  

   town 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  country, 
  and 
  the 
  district 
  around 
  it, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   can 
  be 
  learned, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  producing 
  the 
  soft- 
  shelled 
  nuts. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  any 
  precise 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  soil. 
  The 
  hills 
  of 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  are 
  evidently 
  of 
  volcanic 
  origin, 
  though 
  extremely 
  ancient 
  in 
  

   geologic 
  time. 
  The 
  soil, 
  to 
  all 
  appearance, 
  is 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Plain 
  of 
  

   China, 
  an 
  alluvial 
  formation, 
  brought 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  loess 
  deposits 
  to 
  the 
  

   west 
  of 
  Peking. 
  The 
  heavy 
  wind 
  storms 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  which 
  bring 
  the 
  much- 
  

   dreaded 
  tornadoes 
  of 
  dust, 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  centuries 
  must 
  have 
  added 
  mate- 
  

   rially 
  to 
  the 
  soil 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  China. 
  The 
  wind 
  brings 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  

   Gobi 
  Desert 
  a 
  very 
  fine, 
  yellow 
  sand 
  apparently. 
  " 
  

  

  33182 
  and 
  33183. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  W. 
  Barrett, 
  Chief, 
  Division 
  

   of 
  Experiment 
  Stations, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Manila. 
  Received 
  March 
  20, 
  

   1912. 
  

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

  

  33182. 
  Ficus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  small 
  tree, 
  rarely 
  branching. 
  Leaves 
  linear 
  lanceolate, 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  1$ 
  feet 
  

   in 
  length, 
  dark 
  green, 
  the 
  peculiar 
  fruits 
  being 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  the 
  

   leaves. 
  As 
  the 
  plant 
  grows 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  shed, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  

   at 
  the 
  top, 
  making 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  appear 
  not 
  unlike 
  a 
  bird's-nest 
  fern. 
  

   It 
  should 
  make 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  greenhouse 
  subject. 
  " 
  

  

  33183. 
  Lagerstroemia 
  speciosa 
  (L.) 
  Pers. 
  

  

  "A 
  small 
  shrubby 
  tree, 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  blooming 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  

   when 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  striking 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  " 
  

  

  33184. 
  Annona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  From 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  F. 
  O'Brien. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  21, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  cherimoya 
  on 
  my 
  ranch 
  was 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  produced 
  by 
  a 
  tree 
  originally 
  

   brought 
  from 
  Peru 
  by 
  a 
  brother-in-law 
  of 
  a 
  Mr. 
  Miller, 
  who 
  now 
  lives 
  in 
  Hollywood, 
  

   Cal. 
  The 
  old 
  tree 
  was 
  killed 
  some 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  