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101891 to 101902— Continued. 



101896. Kadetten Zellernuss, no. 

 141808. 



101897. Koodryvchik, no. 141815. 



101898. Lombardsky red, no. 141807. 



101899. Lombardsky white, no. 141811. 



101900. Trapezund, no. 141810. 



101901 and 101902. Corylus maxima 

 Mill. Giant filbert. 



Kerasund. Best of quality and an ex- 

 cellent keeper. 



101901. No. 141818. A long variety. 



101902. No. 101809. A round variety. 



101903 to 101906. Diospyros kaki L. 

 f. Diospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



From China. Scions collected northeast of 

 Taian. Shantung, by Peter Liu, Peiping. 

 Received January 31, 1933. 



101903. Fang Shih, or square persimmon. 

 From an orchard near Mata village. 

 This rather flat persimmon, about 1 

 inch high and 2 inches across, is used 

 for making persimmon cakes or as dry 

 persimmons. 



101904. Niu Hsin Shih Tzu, or heart 

 persimmon. From an orchard near 

 Mata village. The fruit is about 2 

 inches high and 2 inches thick, and 

 the pointed top makes it somewhat 

 heart-shaped. It is one of the most 

 common varieties of the region and 

 ripens in October. 



101905. Ta Ho Shih, or large-box per- 

 simmon. A large persimmon 2 inches 

 high and sometimes 4 inches wide, 

 collected near the village of Liuchia- 

 chuang. This is a common variety in 

 this region. 



101906. Yo Ho Fang Shih, the seeded 

 square persimmon. A rather rare va- 

 riety collected near the village of Liu- 

 chiachuang. 



101907. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Cut- 

 tings presented by the Director of Agri- 

 culture. Received February 1, 1933. 



101908. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From the Hawaiian Islands. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by the experiment station of the 

 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, 

 Honolulu. Received February 1, 1933. 



101909. Viburnum sargenti Koehne. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



Sargent cranberrybush. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector of the forest experiment station, 

 Keijo, Chosen. Received January 30, 

 1933. 



A strong-growing shrub 12 to 15 feet 

 high, somewhat resembling Viburnum opu- 

 lus, with broadly ovate two-lohed leaves and 

 large clusters of bright-red fruits which are 

 very attractive. 



For previous introduction see 92071. 



101910. Eeemocitrus glauca (Lindl.) 

 Swingle (Atalantia glauca Benth. ). 

 Rutaceae. 



Australian desert kumquat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Council for Scientific and Industrial Re- 

 search, Canberra. Received February 2, 

 1933. 



A shrub or small tree about 14 feet high, 

 native to the deserts of northeastern Aus- 

 tralia. The small, thick, leathery leaves 

 are gray green, and the fruits are less than 

 an inch in diameter. The acid juice of the 

 fruit forms the basis of an agreeable bev- 

 erage, and the peel has a sweetish flavor 

 of the kumquat. It is the hardiest of all 

 the evergreen citrus fruits and is of prom- 

 ise to plant breeders. 



101911 to 101913. Phleum pratense 

 L. Poaceae. Timothy. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by McGill 

 & Smith, Ltd., Ayr. Received February 

 3, 1933. 



101911. No. S 49. 



101912. No. S 50. 



101913. No. M/S 90. 



101914. Phaseolus 

 Fabaceae. 



vulgaris L. 

 Common bean. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz. 

 Received February 3, 1933. 



An excellent string bean. 



101915. Eleutherine palmifolia (L.) 

 Merr. Iridaceae. 



From the Philippine Islands. Bulbs ■ pre- 

 sented by Dr. W. Dwight Pierce. Re- 

 ceived July 25, 1930. Numbered in Feb- 

 ruary 1933. 



A tropical irislike plant with white 

 flowers an inch across, borne on a scape 

 about 9 inches high. The 1 or 2 linear- 

 lanceolate leaves are 12 to 18 inches long. 

 Native to the American Tropics and nat- 

 uralized in the Philippines. 



101916 to 101921. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the All Union 

 Institute of Forest Culture and Forest 

 Melioration, Moscow. Received February 

 3, 1933. 



101916. Buxus sbmpervirens L. Buxa- 

 ceae. Common box. 



An extra large form. 



101917. Elaeagnus angustifolia L. 

 Elaeagnaceae. Russian-olive. 



101918. Laurocerasds officinalis 

 Roemer. Amygdalaceae. 



English cherry-laurel. 



From Sukhum, Caucasus. A form with 

 very large fruits. 



101919. LlLIUM MONADELPHUM Bieb. 



Liliaceae. Great Caucasian lily. 



Variety szowitzianum, from Bakoury- 

 any, Caucasus. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 101787. 



101920. Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. 

 Vacciniaceae. 



