OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 



Fragaria spp. Rosa- 

 Strawberry. 



75137. Mentha arvensis pipera- 

 scens Malinv. Menthaceae. 



Japanese mint. 



From Japan. Plants obtained through the Federal 

 Horticultural Board. Received October 17, 

 1927. 



A cultivated variety with larger leaves and 

 yielding more oil than the ordinary mint. 



75138. Juglans sieboldiana Maxim. 

 Juglandaceae. Japanese walnut. 



From Sapporo, Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 November 12, 1927. 



Xo. 16. Collected at the botanic garden, Hok- 

 kaido Imperial University. A broad-headed Jap- 

 anese tree up to 50 feet high which bears its 

 ovoid nuts in long racemes often containing 20 nuts. 



75139. Bambusa arundinacea Retz. 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Dehra Dun, India. Seeds presented by R. 

 N. Parker, forest botanist of the Forest Research 

 Institute. Received November 18, 1927. 



A tall bamboo, native to India, rising to a height 

 of 60 feet. The stems are produced in dense clumps, 

 green and shining when young, but becoming 

 golden. The lower branches are spiny. 



75140 to 75143. 

 ceae. 



From Berlin, Germany. Plants purchased from 

 L. Spath. Received December 28, 1925. Num- 

 bered November, 1927. 



75140. Fragaria sp. 



Kaisers sdmling. Fruits large, bright red; 

 flesh sweet and melting; a heavy yielder. 



75141. Fragakia sp. 



Lucida perfecta. Late-ripening variety; fruits 

 large; flesh white, sweet, with an aromatic 

 flavor; a heavy yielder. 



75142. Fragaria sp. 



Sieger. Early ripening variety; fruits large» 

 bright red, juicy, of excellent flavor; a heavy 

 yielder. 



75148. Fragaria sp. 



Spate von Leopoldshall. Fruits large, bright 

 red; flesh dark red. 



75144. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Bedford, England. Plants purchased from 

 Laxton Bros. Received March 25, 1926. Num- 

 bered November, 1927. 



Grore End scarlet. An old and well-known, 

 midseason variety with small round fruits which 

 remain whole when preserved. 



75145. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



Raspberry. 



From Shitoukhetsy, Manchuria. Plants collected 

 by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received November 17, 

 1926. Numbered November, 1927. 



No. 7267. October 8, 1926. A wild Manchurian 

 raspberry cultivated for its abundance of red berries, 

 which are of good size and quality. 



75146 to 75170. 



From Kew, England. Plants presented by Dr. 

 A. W. Hill, Director of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received May 11, 1925. Numbered 

 December, 1927. 



75146 to 75170— Continued. 



75146 to 75152. Arundinaria spp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



75146. Arundinaria fastuosa (Marl.) 

 Makino. 



A slender hollow-stemmed Japanese 

 bamboo about 20 feet high. The dark-green 

 stems have purple markings. 



For previous introduction see No. 73957. 



75147. Arundinaria hindsii graminea Mitf . 



A very handsome and hardy Japanese 

 bamboo with slender stems 10 to 15: eet high 

 and very narrow leaves 6 to 10 inches long. 



75148. Arundinaria macrosperma Michx. 



Cane reed. 



A native American bamboo growing along 

 streams in the southeastern part of the 

 United States. The stems are 20 to 30 feet 

 high with numerous short divergent branches 

 and lanceolate leaves 10 to 15 inches long. 



75149. Arundinaria nagashima (Marl.) 

 Aschers. and Graebn. 



A small Japanese bamboo 3 to 5 feet high, 

 with erect stems, upright branches, and linear 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long. The nodes are 

 covered with white wax. 



75150. Arundinaria nitida Mitf. 



A hollow Chinese bamboo up to 20 feet 

 high, with the stems leafless the first year and 

 branching and arching the second year. The 

 pubescent sheaths are purplish, and the 

 small lanceolate leaves are bright green above 

 and glaucescent beneath. This is one of the 

 hardiest of the Arundinarias and thrives in 

 moist shady places. 



75151. Arundinaria simonii (Carr.) A. and 

 C. Riviere. 



A hollow bamboo, native to China and 

 Japan, with stems 25 feet high and an inch 

 thick, young sheaths purplish, and leaves 6 

 to 12 inches long which are bright green 

 above, often striped with white, and glauces- 

 cent beneath on one side of the midrib and 

 nearly green on the other side. 



75152. Arundinaria simonii variegata 

 Hook. f. 



A form of Arundinaria simonii with 

 smaller and narrower leaves which are irregu- 

 larly striped with white. 



75153 to 75160. Phyllostachys spp. Bamboo. 



75153. Phyllostachys aurea Carr. 



Golden Japanese bamboo. 



A yellow-stemmed bamboo, native to 

 China and Japan, with erect stems 15 to 18 

 feet high and an inch thick, and with dark- 

 green leaves 4 to 6 inches long and nearly an 

 inch wide. 



75154. Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. 

 and Zucc. 



A Chinese bamboo with stems over 50 

 feet high and 4 to 6 inches in diameter, bright 

 green with a bloom below the nodes, and the 

 sheaths mottled with purple. 



75155. Phyllostachys bambusoides cas- 

 tilloni (Marl.) H. de Lehaie. 



A smaller and more slender Japanese form 

 of Phyllostachys bambusoides with yellow 

 stems striped with green and the shorter and 

 narrower leaves often striped with pale 

 yellow. 



