PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77303. SOLANUM MELONGENA L. So- 



lanaceae. Eggplant. 



From Tiflis, Georgia, Russia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the director of the Botanic 

 Garden. Received August 20, 1928. 



Locally grown seeds. 



77304 and 77305. Lactuca sativa L. 

 Cichoriaceae. Lettuce. 



From Yungsui. Hunan. China. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Father Theophane Maguire, 

 C. P., Catholic Mission, Passionist Fa- 

 thers. Received August 30, 1928. 



Awh swen. A vegetable planted in this 

 region during the early months of the 

 year. When it has sprouted the sprouts 

 are transplanted about a foot apart. The 

 sturdy stem when developed is peeled and 

 sliced into thin pieces. It may be pre- 

 pared uncooked, eaten like cucumbers .with 

 vinegar, etc., or it may be cooked with 

 meat juices until soft. 



77304. A foreign variety. 



77305. A native variety. 



77306. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



Cuban shaddock. 



From Holguin. Cuba. Seeds presented by 

 Thomas R. Towns. Received August 17, 

 1928. 



A shaddock used as a stock for citrus 

 varieties in Cuba ; especially good for 

 navel orange, but not for grapefruit or the 

 kumquat. 



For previous introduction see No. 



77307. Erioboteya japonica (Thunb.) 

 Lindl. Malaceae. * Loquat. 



From Yungsui. Hunan. China. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Father Theophane Maguire, 

 C. P., Catholic Mission. Passionist 

 Fathers. Received August 30, 1928. 



The fruits are not large, and they are 

 gathered in clusters because the seeds leave 

 little meat. This variety makes delicious 

 jam. 



77308 to 77312. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Peru. Seeds obtained through O. 

 F. Cook, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received July 26, 1928. 



77308. Gossypium sp. 



No. 1. Tanguis. From Huacho Valley, 

 Pisco. 



77309. Gossypium sp. 



No. 2. Tanguis. From Huacho Valley. 

 Pisco. 



77310. Gossypium sp. 



No. 3. Algodon tanguis. From Unanue 

 hacienda, Canete Valley. 



77311. Gossypium sp. 



No. 4. Algodon tanguis. From Unanue 

 hacienda, Canete Valley. 



77312. Gossypium sp. 



No. 5. Algodon tanguis. From Hual- 

 cura hacienda. Canete Valley. 



77313 to 77318. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From Benenden, Kent, England. Bud 

 sticks presented by Capt. Collingwood 

 Ingram. Received August 7, 1928. 



77313. Prunus incisa X serrulata. 

 Vmineko. 



77314. Prunus incisa X subhirtella. 



77315 to 77317. Pbunus serrulata Lindl. 

 Oriental cherry. 



77315. Daikoku [the god of prosperity]. 

 A variety introduced into England 

 about 1905. with large purplish pink 

 double flowers up to 2 inches wide. 

 The thick purplish red buds are 

 truncate at the end, and the young 

 foliage is yellowish green. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 72008. 



77316. Hokusai [named by Captain 

 Ingram after the famous Japanese 

 artist]. Tree spreading, up to 20 

 feet high ; young leaves bronze col- 

 ored ; flowers semidouble up to 2 

 inches in diameter, light pink, borne 

 in loose clusters. 



77317. Cheal's Weepmg cherry. Tree 

 of medium size, with pendulous 

 branches and a profusion of rather 

 small but double deep-pink flowers 

 resembling carnations. 



77318. Prunus sebbulata sachalinensis 



(Schmidt) Makino (P. sargenti Rehder). 



Sargent cherry. 



A tall handsome tree, native to north- 

 ern Japan, up to 80 feet high, with 

 smooth dark-brown bark and ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, sharply serrate leaves 

 up to 5 inches long. The single pink 

 flowers, 1 to 1% inches wide, are in 

 few-flowered clusters, and the black 

 fruits are about the size of peas. This 

 wild Japanese cherry is considered by E. 

 H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass., to be the parent 

 of several of the finest double-flowered 

 varieties of flowering cherries and also 

 to be the most satisfactory stock on 

 which to work these varieties. 



For previous introduction see No. 73881. 



77319. Anthemis sancti-johannis 

 Stoy., Steff., and Turrill. Aster- 

 aceae. 



From Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Seeds presented by J. C. Bennett. Re- 

 ceived August 31, 1928. 



An ornamental herbaceous perennial, 3 

 to 4 feet high, native to the mountain slopes 

 of Bulgaria at an altitude of 4.000 feet 

 The woolly stems, with few branches, have 

 two to three times partly pinnate basal 

 leaves, 5 to 7 inches long, the tips of 

 which are armed with hard white acumi- 

 nate points. The stem leaves are similar 

 but gradually smaller, leaving bare stems 

 3 to 7 inches below the flower heads, which 

 are solitary, 1 to 2 inches broad, and the 

 ray flowers and disk are an intense orange, 

 making a brilliant showing in contrast to 

 the woolly leaves. 



77320. Ptychosperma macarthuri 

 Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Little River, Fla. Seeds presented 

 by Charles F. Simpson. Received August 

 30, 1928. 



