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PLANT MATEEIAL INTRODUCED 



83734 to 83758— Continued. 



83755. Tree No. 3. 



83756. Tree No. 4. 



83757 and 83758. November 21, 1929. 

 From Agda. 



Large pink fruits ; vesicles large, 

 red, juicy ; flavor slightly subacid ; 

 seeds small, quality excellent. 



83757. No. 303. 



83758. No. 304. 



83759 to 83772. Fragaria spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Strawberry. 



From Orleans, France. Plants presented by 

 Edmond Versin. Received January 15, 

 1930. 



83759. Fragaria sp. 

 Amelioree Caennaise. 



83760. Fragaria sp. 

 Ananas de Guemene. 



83761. Fragaria sp. 

 Belle de Meaux. 



83762. Fragaria sp. 

 Berger. 



83763. Fragaria sp. 

 Comtesse Pierre de Brye. 



83764. Fragaria sp. 

 Espoir. 



83765. Fragaria sp. 

 Janus amelioree. 



83766. Fragaria sp. 

 Goliath. 



83767. Fragaria sp. 

 Lucida Perfecta. 



83768. Fragaria sp. 

 Merveille de France. 



83769. Fragaria sp. 

 Allrabilis. 



83770. Fragaria sp. 

 Monstreuse caennaise. 



83771. Fragaria sp. 

 Saint Antoine. 



83772. Fragaria sp. 

 Victoire Francaise. 



83773. Lilium cordifoliuh Thunb. 

 Liliaceae. Lily. 



From India. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chandra Nursery, Rhenock, Sikkimf, Ben- 

 gal. Received January 18, 1930. 



A Japanese lily, 4 to 7 feet high, with 

 pendulous leaves 12 to 18 inches long and 

 nearlv as wide, and a raceme of 4 to 10 

 fragrant white flowers, which are often 6 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 75677. 



83774 to 83776. 



From Hanoi. Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by Mr. Poilane. Institut des Recherches 

 Airronomique de l'lndochine. Received 

 January 2, 1930. 



83774 to 83776— Continued. 



83774. Diospyros sp. Diospyraceae. 



83775. Elaeocarpus sp. Elaeocarpaceae. 



83776. Elaeocarpus sp. Elaeocarpaceae. 



83777 to 83954. 



From Chosen and Japan. Seeds and 

 scions collected by P. H. Dorsett and 

 W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received Janu- 

 ary 6, 1930. 



83777 to 83794. From Chosen. 



83777. Acer tschonoskii Maxim. Acer- 

 aceae. Maple. 



No. 1960. From Onseiri, Novem- 

 ber 28, 1929. A graceful shrubby tree 

 20 feet or less high, native to Japan. 

 The leaves turn bright yellow in the 

 autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77822. 



83778. Ardndinella axomala Steud. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 2037. From Kanko, November 

 23, 1929. Dry rocky hillside. A tall 

 coarse grass 3 to 5 feet high, which 

 grows in large spreading masses. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 57276. 



83779. Clerodendrum sp. Verbenaceae. 



No. 1952. From Kongo Mountain, 

 near Onseiri, November 28. 1929. A 

 hardy deciduous shrub with opposite 

 entire leaves and terminal panicles 

 of showy cylindrical flowers, followed 

 bv attractive fruits. 



83780. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 1777. From a hillside near 

 Fusanmen, about 20 miles from Heijo. 

 Plants very branching and from 12 

 to 18 inches high. May be of value 

 as green manure on acid soils. 



83781. Cymbopogon sp. Poaceae. Grass, 



No. 1937. From the village of 

 Kanko, Chosen, November 23. 1929. 

 A large stout, rather coarse perennial 

 grass with solid stems and large 

 flower heads ; extensively used in bou- 

 quets by the Japanese. 



83782. Diervilla sp. 



Caprifoliaceae. 



Weigela. 



No. 1947. From Onseiri, November 

 27, 1929. From canyons in the Kongo 

 Mountains ; said to have pink flowers. 



83783 to 83792. Diospyros kaki L. f. 

 Diospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



Scions from the fruit farm of Mr. 

 Narusada, on river-bottom land not 

 far from Fusan. 



83783. No. 3101. Fruits rather small, 

 pointed, golden yellow ; 1 inch 

 through and about 2 inches long ; 

 asiringent and used as a stocx. 



83784. No. 3102. Fruits flat, square, 

 red. of intermediate size, astrin- 

 gent ; ripen late. 



83785. No. 3103. An unnamed early 

 variety, possibly Wase. Fruits 

 nonastringent, of medium size ; at 

 first red, but becoming dark later 

 in the season. 



