PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101587 to 101607— Continued. 



101607. Castanea segdinii Dode. 



A wild bush chestnut from Hang- 

 chow, native to east-central China. It 

 is usually a bush or low tree, but oc- 

 casionally a shapely tree 40 feet high, 

 with deep-green leaves, paler beneath, 

 and small nuts of sweet agreeable flavor. 



101608. Oasuabina torulosa Ait. 

 Casuarinaeeae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Ih\ 

 Alexander McTaggart, Commonwealth 

 Forestry Bureau, Council for Scientific 

 and Industrial Research, Division of 

 Plant Industry, Canberra. Received 

 January 5, 1933. 



From the Coopernook State Forest, New 

 South Wales, November 14, 1932. A native 

 Australian tree with wood which is close 

 grained and very prettily marked. It is 

 used for shingles and also as veneer for 

 cabinetwork. 



For previous introduction see 92486. 



101609. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From the Society Islands. Scions collected 

 at Papeete, Tahiti, by Gerrit P. Wilder. 

 Received January 10, 1933. 



101610 to 101617. Castanea sativa 

 Mill. Fagaceae. Spanish chestnut. 



From Czechoslovakia. Scions presented by 

 the Ministry of Agricultura, Bratislava, 

 through Dr. Jan Skalicky, counselor, 

 Czechoslovak Legation, Washington, D.C. 

 Received January 10, 1933. 



A collection of scions of very cold-resist- 

 ant varieties. 



101810. From Bratislava. 



101611 to 101613. From Zablatie, in the 

 Vah River Valley. 



101614. From Drietoma, in the Vah 

 River Valley. 



101615. From Pruske, in the Vah River 

 Valley. 



101616. From Topolcianky. 



101617. From Radosina. 



101618. Allium sativum L. Liliaceae. 



Garlic. 



From Manchuria. Bulbs presented by 

 Schinichi Terada, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of the South Manchurian 

 Railway Co., Yugakujo. Received Janu- 

 ary 10, 1933. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



101619. T UL IP A BIEBERSTEINIANA 



Schnlt. f. Liliaceae. Tulip. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Nikita Bo- 

 tanic Garden through th? chief of the 

 Bureau of Introduction. Leningrad. Re- 

 ceived January 9, 1933. 



A rather low plant with 2 or 3 lanceolate 

 or linear grooved acute leaves and a 

 smooth stem bearing a single flower, yellow 

 within and greenish-yellow on the outside. 

 Native to southeastern Russia and closely 

 related to Tulipa celsiana. 



101620 to 101622. Avena spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Oats. 



101620 to 101622— Continued. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 New England Experiment Farm, Glen 

 Innes, New South Wales. Received Jan- 

 uary 12, 1933. 



101620. Avena sativa L. 



Laggan. 



101621. Avena sp. Burke. 



101622. Avena sp. Lampion. 



101623 to 101627. 



From Spain. Scions presented by Ramon 

 Sala, Balaguer, Lerida. Received Jan- 

 uary 14, 1933. 



101623. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. 



Common olive. 



Orossal. A locally grown variety with 

 fruit larger than the average, but the 

 t^ee is a poor cropper. 



101624 to 101627. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



101624. Canino. A fruit of rather 

 poor quality, but an enormous 

 yielder and a good shipper. Pos- 

 sibly the most widely grown variety 

 in Spain. 



101625. Moniqui. The best variety 

 grown in Spain. The fruit is large 

 with white flesh and is quite pecu- 

 liar and different from the other 

 apricots, but it is a poor yielder. 



101626. Perla. A very good variety, 

 which is planted quite extensively 

 in Spain. 



101627. Rosa. The earliest commer- 

 cial variety of Spain. The fruit is 

 earlier and larger than the Early 

 Newcastle. 



101628. Zamia portoricensis Urban. 

 Cycadaceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Tubers presented by 

 T. B. McClelland, director of the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Mayaguez. 

 Received January 18, 1933. 



A cycad with a short stem 12 to 14 

 inches high, native to Puerto Rico. The 

 pinnately compound leaves, 2 to 3 feet 

 long-, are made up of 20 to 34 smooth shin- 

 ing narrowly linear leaflets. 2 to 8 inches 

 long, which are usually entire but may 

 have 1 or 2 small teeth near the tip. The 

 oblong-cylindric fruiting cone, 10 inches 

 long, is covered with gray tomentose 

 scales. 



For previous introduction see 98737. 



101629. Hamamelis japonica Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Hamamelidaceae. 



Japanese witch-hazel. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chugai Shokubutsu Yen, nurserymen, 

 Yamamoyo, Kawabegun, near Kobe. Re- 

 ceived January 12, 1933. 

 A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet high, 

 with broadly ovate or obovate leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long. The flowers, which appear in 

 January and February, are an inch across 

 with revolute sepals, purple inside, and 

 bright yellow petals. Native to Japan. 



101630 to 101644. Vitis vinifera L 

 Vitaceae. European grape. 



From Italy. Cuttings presented by Prof. 

 Giovanni Delmasso, Direttore della R. 



