PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



104000 to 104009— Continued. 



104003. No. 4. La Yu Lee, or large oil 

 chestnut. Collected in the foothills 

 south of Sun Chia Tzu Lang, east of 

 Nanking. A very large, dark-brown 

 chestnut, rarely grown in this region. 



104004. No. 5. Pai Mao Lee, or white- 

 hairy chestnut. Collected in the 

 foothills near the village of Tiehling- 

 kiang, northeast of Yuhong. A lo- 

 cally grown chestnut, rather small 

 hut with a very sweet kernel. The 

 dark-brown hull is covered with 

 white hairs on the lower end, and 

 because of this it is called white- 

 hairy chestnut. 



104005. No. 6. Mao Hsiang Lee, or 



hairy fragrant chestnut. Collected 

 near the foot of Pao Shih Shan, near 

 Hongchow. A little-grown variety. 



104006. No. 7. Kuei Hua Lee Tzu, or 

 cassia-flower chestnut. This chestnut 

 is so named because it has a cassia- 

 like fragrance when young. 



104007. No. 8. Kuei Lee, or large 

 chestnut. Collected at the foot of 

 Pao Shih Shan, near Hongchow. A 

 very common chestnut of this region, 

 used in cooking. The flavor is not as 

 good as that of tne North China 

 chestnuts. 



104008. No. 9. Kuei Lee, or large chest- 

 nut. Collected in the foothills of Ssu 

 Yen Ching, at the south mountain of 

 Hongchow. 



104009. No. 10. Kuei Lee, or large 



chestnut. Collected in the foothills 

 of Ssu Yen Ching, at the south moun- 

 tain of Hongchow. Nuts from a dif- 

 ferent tree than no. 9 (104008). 



104010 to 104012. 



From China. Seeds presented by G. Weid- 

 man Groff, Lingnan University, Canton. 

 Received January 4, 1934. 



104010. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Grapefruit. 



Kao Phuang, or white tassel. Grown 

 near Bangkok, Siam, and considered one 

 of the best pomelos of the Far East. 



104011. Diosptros kaki L. f. Diospyra- 

 ceae. Kaki persimmon. 



Taai Tsz. A large oblong persimmon 

 from Canton and a good edible variety. 



104012. Diosptros kaki L. f. Diospyra- 

 ceae. Kaki persimmon. 



Kaai Sam Tsz. Chicken-heart persim- 

 mon. An interesting and vigorous small 

 Canton persimmon which is especially 

 good for stock. 



104013. Amygdalus communis L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



From Italy. Plants purchased from Dr. 

 Mario Calvino, Stazione Sperimentale di 

 Floricultura, San Remo. Received Janu- 

 ary 8, 1934. 



Pollardi. An ornamental bushy almond 

 that originated as a seedling in the garden 

 of Mr. Pollard at Ballarat, Victoria, Aus- 

 tralia, in 1904. 



104014 to 104021. Castanea ckenata 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Fagaceae. 



Japanese chestnut. 



104014 to 104021— Continued. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., New York, N. Y. 

 Received January 3, 1934. 



104014. From the Temple Forest, Koy- 

 asan, Wakayana-ken. 



104015. From Nobeoka Eirinsho, Yokugo- 

 mura, Higashi, Usuki-gun, Miyasaki- 

 ken. 



104016. From Numakunai Eirinsho, Ippoi- 

 mura, Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken. 



104017. From Masuda-gun, Shimohara- 

 mura, Gifu-ken (Hidadani). 



104018. From Sendai Eirinsho, Kawasaki- 

 mura, Shibata-gun, Miyagi-ken. 



104019. From Kakudate Eirinsho, Ko- 

 maniuchi National Forest, Senhoku- 

 gun, Akita-ken. 



104020. From Mizusawa Eirinsho, Ezashi- 

 gun, Yanagawa-mura, Iwate-ken. 



104021. From Oshima Province, Kameta- 

 gun, Yunokawa-mura, Hokkaido. 



104022 to 104056. 



From Italy. Plants purchased from Mar- 

 tino Bianchi, Pistoia. Received January 

 8, 1934. 



Received under the following varietal 

 names, for the use of Department special- 

 ists. 



104022 to 104026. Amygdalus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



104022 to 104024. Amygdalus persica L. 



Beach. 



104022. Orossa gialla di Verona. 



104023. Maddalena precoae. 



104024. Poppa di Venere Settem- 

 brina. 



104025 and 104026. Amygdalus persica 

 nectarina Ait. Nectarine. 



104025. Nooe pesoa gialla. 



104026. Violet Musqud. 



104027 to 104036. Malus sylvestris Mill. 

 Malaceae. Apple. 



104027. Garpendola Reale. 



104028. Cellini. 



104029. Dal Ferro. 



104030. Golden Noble. 



104031. Jakob Lebel. 



104032. Morgenduft. 



104033. Renetta di Mans. 



104034. Renetta dorata. 



104035. Renetta grigia di Brownlen. 



104036. Rosa di Bema. 



104037 to 104056. Pyrus communis L. 

 Malaceae. Common pear. 



104037. Abbe Fetel. 



104038. Ananassa. 



104039. Belle di Pistoia. 



104040. BlickUng. 



104041. Bonne de Beugny. 



104042. Bonne d'Ezee. 



104043. Butirra Bedford. 



