﻿18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45248. Prtintts serrtjlata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino. 

 (P. sargentu ReMer.) [Amygdalacese. Sargent's cherry. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Seeds purchased from the Tokyo Plant, Seed, & 

 Implement Co. Received October 19 and 22, 1917. 

 A large tree, attaining a height of 60 to 80 feet, which produces valuable 

 wood ; the bark is reddish and lustrous, the branches becoming chestnut brown 

 in age. The leaves are large, ovate, glabrous, and lustrous, turning to crimson 

 and yellow in autumn. Flowers two to four together, very showy, rose pink, 

 about li inches across, appearing before the leaves. Fruit the size of a pea, 

 bright red, becoming black and shining at maturity. A valuable timber tree of 

 great ornamental value which is hardy in New York and Massachusetts and 

 bears" its handsome broad flowers in great profusion. Native of northern Japan, 

 Sakhalin, and Chosen (Korea). (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. 5. p. 2839.) 



45249 and 45250. 



From Kerman, Persia. Seeds presented by Capt. J. N. Merrill, First Regi- 

 ment of Cavalry, Persian Army. Received October 10, 1917. 



45249. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutace?e. * Pummelo. 

 (C. decumana Murray.) 



" Seeds of the Persian * pumaloe,' a fruit like that of China and the 

 Philippines, about 8 or more inches in diameter, with a skin that is 

 spongy, very thick, and oily. The fruit is slightly bitter and acid, but 

 not disagreeable to the taste. Used by the Persians as a decorative 

 fruit ; a preserve made by boiling the skin with sugar is highly esteemed. 

 The fruit is grown at Khabis, some 65 miles east of here, elevation 1,800 

 feet, near the edge of the great desert of Persia. Personally, I found 

 the fruit, when eaten with powdered sugar, a good dish, though the 

 Persians do not eat it." (Merrill.) 



45250. Lawsonia inermis L. Lythracese. Henna. 

 "A shrub bearing very fragrant, small, white, rose-colored, or greenish 



flowers. It is readily propagated from cuttings, grows in the form of a 

 bush sending up shoots, and is suitable for hedges. When kept clipped 

 it is not unlike privet. Its odor at short range is rank and overpower- 

 ing, but from a distance it is like that of mignonette. On the shores of 

 Central America the land breezes frequently waft the odor out to sea. 

 This species is the ' sweet-smelling camphire ' of Solomon. It is a native 

 of western Asia, Egypt, and the African coasts of the Mediterranean, 

 and now grows wild in some parts of India. It is also cultivated in many 

 countries. It has been a favorite garden plant in the East from the 

 time of the ancient Egyptians to the present day." (W. E. Safford.) 



45251 to 45262. 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Peking, China. Received 

 October 23, 1917. Quoted notes by Dr. Kin. 

 45251 to 45254. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Gagn. Brassicaceae. 



Pai ts'ai. 



45251. "Mi sze pai ts'ai. Especially useful for salting down." 



45252. " Yu ts'ai. Light variety, from Yuyao, Chekiang Province. 

 Said to be a very rapid grower, coming to maturity in four weeks 



