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104146 to 104149— Continued. 



A collection of seeds originally from 

 Turkmenistan, Russian Turkistan. 



104146. No. 141591. 



104147. No. 141715. 



104148. 

 104149. 



No. 141805. 

 No. 142059. 



104150 to 104157. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From Manitoba. Canada. Scions presented 

 by G. F. Chipman, Winnipeg. Received 

 January 30, 1934. 



104150 and 104151. Pbunus aumeniaca L. 



Apricot. 



Seedlings of a native apricot from the 

 Harbin district, Manchuria. The trees 

 have been growing near Winnipeg for 4 

 years and have shown no winterkilling on 

 the wood, but the fruit buds have not been 

 entirely hardy. 



104150. No. 335. 



104151. No. 336. 



104152. Prunus sp. 



Champa cherry. A hybrid between the 

 North Dakota sand cherry (Prunus bes- 

 seyi) and some unknown plum ; originated 

 by Dr. N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. Dak. 



104153. Prunus sp. 



Sand cherry, selection no. 842. A seed- 

 ling of the Sioux sand cherry, originated 

 by Dr. N. E. Hansen. The fruit is over 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter, 

 and, although the flesh is soft, the flavor 

 is very good. The tree is winter-hardy at 

 Winnipeg. 



104154. Prunus sp. 



Tom Thumb cherry. A hybrid between 

 the North Dakota native sand cherry 

 (Prunus besseyi) and some unknown 

 plum ; originated by Dr. N. E. Hansen, 

 Brookings, S. Dak. 



1C4155 to 104157. Prunus spp. 



Hybrids originated by Dr. N. E. Han- 

 sen, at Brookings, S. Dak., between the 

 Assiniboine, a pure Manitoba native plum, 

 and three of Burbank's best California 

 plums. At a temperature as low as 45° 

 to 50° F. below zero they show only 

 slight winter injury. 



104155. Prunus sp. 

 Cree plum. 



104156. Prunus sp. 

 Ojibwa plum. 



104157. Prunus sp. 

 Pembina plum. 



104158 to 104160. Prunus domestica 

 L. Amygdalaceae. Common plum. 



From Germany. Scions presented by Adolf 

 Schrey, Ratzeburg. Received January 30, 

 1934. 



A collection of nlum scions, received un- 

 der the following varietal names, for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



104158. Buhler. 



104159. Erfinger Friihzwetsche. 



104160. Liitzelsachsener. 

 48500—36 2 



104161 to 104163. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent. Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived February 5, 1934. 



104161. Gleditsia amorphoides (Griseb.) 

 Taub. Caesalpiniaceae. Honeylocust, 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 104115. 



104162. 

 ceae. 



Pinus edulis Engelm. 



Pina- 

 Pine. 



A small tree, generally 10 to 20 feet 

 high, sometimes as much as 40 feet high, 

 with horizontal branches, developing a 

 rounded head in old age. The rigid dark- 

 green leaves are about 1 inch long, and 

 the small greenish-yellow cones are over 

 an inch long. Native to the southwestern 

 United States. 



104163. Toluifera pereirae (Klotzsch) 

 Baill. Fabaceae. Balsam-of-Peru. 



A handsome leguminous tree with 

 glossy green, pinnate leaves and racemes 

 of white flowers. The balsam-of-Peru of 

 commerce is obtained from the lower part 

 of the trunk. 



For previous introduction see 97900. 

 104164 to 104172. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. H. 

 Baker, Richmond, Victoria. Received 

 January 26, 1934. 



104164. Acacia sp. Mimosaceae. 



Locally known as jam wood ; the blos- 

 som has tne fragrance of raspberry jam. 

 Received as Acacia acuminata, but the 

 seeds do not agree with that species. 



104165 to 104172. Eucalyptus spp. 

 Myrtaceae. 



104165. Eucalyptus calophylla 

 Lindl. 



Variety rosea. A medium-sized Aus- 

 tralian tree with dense foliage and 

 dark, corky, deeply furrowed bark. The 

 thick firm leaves are ovate-lanceolate, 

 and the large pink flowers appear in big 

 clusters. It is an ornamental tree of 

 slow growth, not enduring much frost 

 or drought, and is used as a shade tree 

 in California. 



For previous introduction see 44959. 



104166. Eucalyptus 

 DC. 



gomphocephala 

 Tooart. 



A tree, native to Australia, of fairly 

 rapid growth, which reaches a height 

 of 100 feet. The very heavy, tough, 

 and strong wood is used for general con- 

 struction. This species will endure but 

 little frost and prefers limestone soils. 



For previous introduction see 103654. 



104167. Eucalyptus lehmanni 

 (Schauer) Preiss. Lehmann gum. 



A large shrub or small tree with 

 rough reddish bark, peeling off in irreg- 

 ular sheets. The greenish-yellow flow- 

 ers open from July to September. 

 Native to Western Australia. 



For previous introduction see 95318. 



