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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



46111 to 46118. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato, 



From Reading, England. Tubers presented by Sutton & Sons. Received 

 April 20, 1918. 



46111. Sutton's Harbinger. 



46112. Sutton's Gladiator. 



46113. Sutton's Early Ashleaf. 



46114. Sutton's Drummond Castle. 



46115. Sutton's Edinburgh Castle, 



46116. Sutton's Berwick Castle. 



46117. Sutton's Carrisbrooke Castle. 



46118. Sutton's Dunnottar Castle. 



46119. Eucommia ulmoides Oliver. Trochodendracese. 



Tu-chung. 



From Suilokuo, Hupeh, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agri- 

 cultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received February 

 25, 1918. 



An interesting deciduous tree somewhat resembling an elm in habit and 

 foliage. The leaves and bark contain a remarkable substance resembling rubber. 



For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 46061. 



46120. Actinidia chinensis Planch. Dilleniacese. Yang-tao. 



From Ichang, Hupeh, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural 

 Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received February 25, 

 1918. 



The yang-tao, as this deciduous climber is known in Szechwan Province, 

 where it is native, has attracted considerable attention from travelers and mis- 

 sionaries in China, because of the high quality of its fruits and the ornamental 

 value of the plant. Single plants often grow 30 feet in length, so that the vine 

 will cover large areas of trellis. The leaves have a plushlike texture and an 

 unusual dark-green color. The young shoots are bright pink and villous pubes- 

 cent. The size and regular spacing of the leaves make this climber valuable 

 • where large areas of foliage are desired. The flowers are buff yellow to white, 

 fragrant, and large size, being from 1 to \\ inches in diameter. The abun- 

 dance of these flowers adds greatly to the beauty of this plant and enhances its 

 value as an ornamental. The following account of the fruit was written by Mr. 

 Wilson while in China : 



" Fruits abundantly produced, ovoid to globose, russet brown, more or less 

 clothed with villous hairs. Flesh green, of most excellent flavor, to my palate 

 akin to that of the gooseberry, but tempered with a flavor peculiarly its own." 



The fruit is excellent when fresh, and it also makes very line jam and 

 sauce. Full information is lacking in regard to the fruit grown outside 

 of China ; some fruits received from California, however, bear out the high 

 praise given the fruit by travelers. While this plant is not hardy in regions 

 of severe winters, the rapid growth in the spring will make it a valuable 

 ornamental, even in those regions where it is killed to the ground each winter. 

 Yines have lived and made excellent growth near Washington during the 



