﻿28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45330 to 45342— Continued. 



45339 to 45342. Castanea pumila X cbenata. Fagaceae. 



Hybrid chestnut. 



45339. No. 1-b. "Mixed lot of seed for stocks. Grown at Bell, Md." 



45340. Bell No. 5. "A very attractive nut of fair quality, which 

 looks as though it would he a good commercial nut." 



45341. Bell No. S. " Second generation. A very prolific tree, yield- 

 ing from 3 to 4 pounds of nuts this season. The tree is about 7 

 feet high. The nuts are of very good flavor and of good size for 

 chinquapin, but small for chestnut." 



45342. Arlington No. 6. " Second generation. Part of a lot of 15 

 pounds of seed grown at Arlington Farm, Ya. The nuts are 1 inch 

 in diameter and are of good quality." 



45343 to 45345. 



From Kingaroy, Queensland. Seeds presented by Mrs. R. A. Pearse through 

 Mr. Dudley Harmon, Washington. D. C. Received October 30, 1917. 

 " I am sending several packages of seeds, some of which you may already have 

 but you may get different results from these, since they are acclimatized to 

 Queensland." (Pearse.) 



45343. Cttcumis sativus L. Cucurbitacea?. Cucumber. 

 " Mammoth." 



45344. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. Common bean. 

 " Zebra Runner:'' 



45345. Yigna sesquipedalis ( L. ) Fruwirth. Fabacese. Yard Long bean. 

 " Snake bean.'' 



45346. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 

 From Honolulu. Hawaii. Presented by the Hawaii Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Received October 29, 1917. 



Selected seeds sent in for breeding work. 



45347. Coryltjs colurxa L. Betulacese. Hazelnut. 

 From Rochester, N. Y. Presented by Mr. John Dunbar, Superintendent of 



Parks, through Mr. C. A. Reed, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 30, 1917.^ 

 " The plants from which these nuts were obtained came from L. Spath, Berlin, 



Germany, 25 years ago. They began to bear fruit about 6 years ago. The 



trees are now about 25 feet tall. It took these" nuts 2 years to germinate." 



(Dunbar.) 

 The tree is well worth growing for its stately form, so remarkable for a hazel. 



and for its curiously enveloped nuts. Native of southeastern Europe and Asia 



Minor; introduced to England about the middle of the seventeenth century. 



(Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 



J,02.) 



