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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



75408 to 75438— Continued. 



75411. No. 31. A cultivated variety, origi- 

 nally from Shinshu, Nagano Ken, growing 

 in the botanic garden, Hokkaido 1 i.perial 

 University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Septem- 

 ber 20, 1927. 



75412. No. 32. Sho-gwatsu. A late, culti- 

 vated variety from Fukuchi farm, Ma- 

 mada Cho, Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, 

 October 21, 1927. 



75413. No. 33. October 21, 1927. Seeds from 

 the same tree as No. 32 [No. 75412]. 



75414. No. 34. Cho-bei. A cultivated vari- 

 ety from Fukuchi farm, Mamado Cho, 

 Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 

 1927. 



75415. Betula japonica Siebold. Betulaceae. 

 Japanese white birch. 



No. 35. Shira kamba. Near Sapporo, Octo- 

 ber 17, 1927. A Japanese tree about 60 feet high. 



75416 to 75438. Castanea crenata Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Fagaceae. 



75416. No. 36. Shimo-katangi. A cultivated 

 variety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, 

 Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 

 1927. 



75417. No. 37. Seeds from the same tree as 

 No. 36 [No. 754161. 



75418. No. 38. Otamba. A cultivated vari- 

 ety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, 

 Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 

 1927. 



75419. No. 39. Yoro. A cultivated variety, 

 originally from Angyo, growing at the 

 Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, Nishiku- 

 roda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 



75420. No. 40. Kamasu-guri. A cultivated 

 variety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, 

 Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 

 1927. 



75421. No. 41. Yoro. A late cultivated vari- 

 ety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, 

 Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 

 1927. 



75422. No. 42. Okutamba. A cultivated va- 

 riety from Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, 

 Tochigi Ken, October 20, 1927. This tree 

 was a seedling and was not grafted. A 

 seedling is much older before it bears 

 than a grafted tree. 



75423. No. 43. Chusei tamba. A very pro- 

 lific, cultivated variety from Sunaga farm, 

 Ovama Cho, Tochigi Ken, October 20, 

 1927. 



75424. No. 44. Yamaguchi-ganne. A very 

 late, cultivated variety from Sunaga farm, 

 Oyama Cho, Tochigi Ken, October 20, 

 1927. A grafted tree. 



75425. No. 45. Togenashi-guri. A cultivated 

 variety from Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, 

 Tochigi Ken, October 20, 1927. A rare 

 variety and not of much commercial value. 

 It bears fewer fruits than other kinds, 

 and these are attacked by worms. 



75426. No. 46. Okutamba. A cultivated va- 

 riety from Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, 

 Tochigi Ken, October 20, 1927. A grafted 

 tree whose fruit is not good for storing 

 because it is attacked by the fruit worms. 



75427. No. 47. A cultivated variety, origi- 

 nally from Angyo, growing at the Tateno 

 farm, Nogi Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, 

 Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. The tree 

 grows well, but does not have many 

 fruits. The varietal name is unknown. 



75408 to 75438— Continued. 



75428. No. 48. Shimo-katsugi. A cultivated 

 variety, originally from Ayabe, Kyoto, 

 growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, 

 Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 

 21, 1927. 



75429. No. 49. Wazo. A cultivated variety 

 from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- 

 suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 



75430. No. .SO. Ganne. A cultivated variety 

 from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- 

 suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 



75431. No. 51. Chobei. A cultivated variety 

 from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- 

 suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 

 The main stem is infected with chestnut 

 blight, and the owner said that the tree 

 would die in three or four years. 



75432. No. 52. Kinyoshi. A cultivated vari- 

 ety, originally from Okitsu, Schizuaka 

 Ken, growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi 

 Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, 

 October 21, 1927. 



75433. No. 53. Tamba-guri. A late culti- 

 vated variety from Sunaga farm, Oyama 

 Cho, Tochigi Ken, October 20, 1927. 



75434. No. 54. Banseki. A cultivated vari- 

 ety, originally from Angyo, growing at 

 the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimotsuga 

 Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 

 The trunk is infected with blight. The 

 fruit ripens the last part of October and 

 the first part of November. 



75435. No. 55. Otamba, chokoji. A culti- 

 vated variety originally from Angyo, 

 growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, 

 Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 

 21, 1927. 



75436. No. 56. Kenaga. A cultivated vari- 

 ety from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- 

 suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 



75437. No. 57. Kin-seki (golden red). A 

 cultivated variety originally from Angyo, 

 growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, 

 Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 

 21, 1927. The varietal name was given by 

 the owner of this tree and is not a 

 recognized variety. 



75438. No. 58. Sho-gwatsu. A cultivated va- 

 riety, growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi 

 Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, 

 October 21, 1927. The original scions of 

 this tree came from Ayabe, Kyoto, and 

 were grafted on wild stock of Shiba-guri. 



75439. Iris sp. Iridaceae. 



From Spain. Bulbs collected by David Fairchild, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 

 ceived April 21, 1927. Numbered in December, 

 1927. 



No. 1297. March 31, 1927. A dwarf blue- 

 flowered iris, not over 6 or 8 inches tall, covering 

 patches of hundreds of square yards of dry sandy 

 soil near the sea along the southern coast of Spain 

 between Malaga and Gibraltar. 



75440 to 75525. 



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

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received in No- 

 vember, 1927. 



Nos. 75440 to 75455 were collected near Sapporo, 

 Hokkaido, Japan, in October, 1927. 



• 75440. Picea jezoensis (Sieb. and Zucc.) Carr. 

 Pinaceae. Yeddo spruce. 



No. 60. Kuro-ezo. October 17, 1927. A 

 Japanese tree, up to 150 feet in height, with 

 dark-gray bark and slender horizontally spread- 

 ing branches. The leaves are silvery white 

 above and dark green beneath, and the staminate 

 flowers are orange-crimson. 



For previous introduction see No. 65942. 



