JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 19 3 3 



101704 and 101705. Castanea ckenata 

 Sieb. and Zncc. Fagaceae. 



Japanese chestnut. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., through their 

 New York office. Received January 18, 

 1933. 



101704. Akita-ken. Collected in Sen- 

 hoku-gun, Kakudate, Eirimoho, Japan. 



101705. Abinori-ken. FrUm Sahhohe-guh, 

 Nakui Mura, Nakuidake, Japan. 



101706 to 101724. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Plants and cuttings presented by 

 the Horticultural Experiment Station at 

 Sochi, Black Sea district. Received Jan- 

 uary 19, 1933. 



101706 to 101711. Corylus spp. Betu- 

 laceae. Filbert. 



101706. Corylus avellana L. 



Cherkessky. A locally grown vari- 

 ety. 



101707 to 101709. Corylus maxima 

 Mill. Giant filbert. 



101707. Kerasund; a round variety. 



101708. Kerasund; a long variety. 



101709. Kerasund; " X ", no. 141861. 



101710. Corylus sp. 

 Kudravchik. No. 141862. 



101711. Corylus avellana L 



Trapezund. No. 141860. 



101712 to 101724. Ficus carica L. Mo- 

 raceae. Common fig. 



101712. Arabuly. No. 141874. 



101713. Borgezet. 



101714. Dalmatsky. 



101715. Dor. 



101716. Eriphera. 



101717. Golden Drop. No. 141876. 



101718. Malepira. 



101719. Neapolitan. 



101720. Nikitsky. No. 1. 



101721. Smirnsky. 



101722. Violet. 



101723. Violet Delicate. 



101724. Zakavkassky Pink. No. 141864. 



101725 to 101735. 



;From China. Seeds purchased through 

 Peter Liu, of Peiping, and sent through 

 Owen L. Dawson, agricultural commis- 

 sioner, Shanghai. Received January 16, 

 1933. 



101725. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



Mao Tao, hairy peach. Collected in 

 the village of Shangchihtsun, Shantung. 

 The Chinese use this peach as a rootstock. 



101726. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fa- 

 baceae. Mung bean. 



Ming Lu Tou, or bright-green bean. 

 Collected near Hsiaokankechuang, north- 

 east of Luanchow, Hopeh. A bean used 

 for making vermicelli and also used in 

 the rice porridge in summer. 



101725 to 101735— Continued. 



101727. Prunus japonica Thunb. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Chinese bush cherry. 



Ouli. A wild cherry purchased in 

 Peiping, but probably grown in the Ming 

 Tomb region. 



101728 to 101735 were collected Septem- 

 ber 28, 1932, in the village of Hsiaokan- 

 kechuang, northeast of Luanchow, Hopeh. 



101728 to 101730. Soja max (L.) Piper. 

 Fabaceae. Soybean. 



101728. Hei Chi Huang Tou, black 

 and yellow bean. The best variety 

 in this locality for making bean 

 curd. 



101729. Hsiao Ching Tou, small green 

 bean. A light-green bean which is 

 a prolific bearer. 



101730. Ta Ching Tou, large green 

 bean. Used for making sprouts and 

 also as a green vegetable. 



101731 to 101735. Vigna sinensis 

 (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



These cowpeas are mixed with kaoliang 

 and made into porridge. They are also 

 used for making sweet bean paste to 

 be eaten with bread at the New Year 

 time. 



101731. Hsiao Pai Tou. A small 

 white cowpea. 



101732. Hua Yao Chiang Tou, mean- 

 ing color girdled bean. 



101733. Ma Chiang Tou. A mottled 

 cowpea. 



101734. Ta Pai Tou. A large white 

 cowpea. 



101735. Tu Ti Lien, which means 

 " face of the God of the earth ", 

 because it is a rather dull-colored 

 cowpea. 



101736 to 101797. 



From England. Seeds purchased from W. 

 E. Th. Ingwersen, Ltd., Birch Farm 

 Hardy Plant Nursery, Sharpthorne, East 

 Grinstead, Sussex. Received January 13, 

 1933. 



101736. Tanacetum abrotanifolium 

 (L.) Druce (Achillea abrotanifolia 

 (L.). Asteraceae. Tansy. 



A perennial composite with an erect 

 stem about 2 feet high, hairy pinnatisect 

 leaves, and yellow flower heads in 

 corymbs. 'Native to ■southeastern Asia. 



101737 to 101748. Achillea spp. As- 

 teraceae. Yarrow. 



101737. Achillea alpina L. 



An attractive much-branched, alpine 

 perennial, with smooth sessile pin- 

 natifid leaves and terminal corymbs 

 of golden-yellow flowers. It is very 

 similar to A. ptarmica. Native to 

 the Alps. 



101738. Achillea clavennae L. 



A dwarf alpine perennial herb up 

 to 10 inches high, native to Europe. 

 The deeply divided leaves are dentate 

 at the tip, but the segments are ob- 

 tuse, and the white flower heads ap- 

 pear in the spring. 



101739. Achillea decolorans Schrad. 



A perennial with a much-branched 

 stem, linear-acute serrate leaves, and 



