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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62380 to 62384 — Continued. 



62382. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A bushy, herbaceous Japanese peren- 

 nial which flowers in early autumn, bear- 

 ing a profusion of rosy* purple flowers 

 wliich practically cover its drooping 

 branches. These branches sometime.-; 

 become 6 feet in length. 



62383. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.j Hook, 

 and Am. Fabaceae. 



A local strain. 



62384. Vicia DNIJUGA A. Br. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



A perennial vetch, native to Siberia, 

 with an upright or ascending stem 8 to 16 

 inches long and rather large, purplish 

 flowers. It is sometimes cultivated in 

 European gardens as an ornamental. 



62385. Stka^vaesia davidiaxa De- 

 caisne. Malaceae. 



From Kells, County Meath. Ireland. Seeds 

 presented by Lord Headfort. Received 

 January 13, 1925. 



The handsome evergreen foliage, loose 

 clusters of white flowers, and scarlet ber- 

 ries of this hardy Chinese shrub make it 

 an attractive ornamental. 



62386 to 62388. 



From Maidstone. England. Plants pre- 

 sented by George Bunyard & Co. Re- < 

 ceived January 22. 1925. Notes taken 

 from Bunyard's Catalogue of Fruit Trees. 

 1924-25. 



62386. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



Laxton's Superb, raised by Laxton i 

 Bros., from Beurre Superfin X Williams. 

 A large pear with very tender and de- 

 liciously flavored flesh, ripens early, and 

 is a good cropper. 



62387 and 62388. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. | 



Raspberry, j 



62387. Rubus sp. 



Lloyd George. This variety is quite 

 perpetual in habit and keeps* a supply 

 of fruit from the earliest season till i 

 late autumn. It is vigorous and pro- 

 ductive and is in all respects a sterling j 

 novelty. 



62388. Rubus sp. 



Royal. The enormous fruits, conical 

 in shape, are solid and of good flavor, 

 and are borne on short trusses. The 

 canes are very stout and vigorous. 



62389 to 62392. 



From Kew. England. Seeds presented bv 

 Dr. A. W. Hill, director. Royal Botanic 

 Garden. Received January 15, 1925. 



62389. Crataegus wattiaxa Hemsl. and 

 Lace. Malaceae. Hawthorn. 



62389 to 62392— Continued. 



compacta Craib. Hv- 



62390. DBUTZIA 

 drangeaceae. 



It is not known from just which 

 part of China this handsome shrub oriiri- 

 nated. according to Curtis's Botanical 

 Magazine (pi. 8795). It is described in 

 that place as a bushy shrub about 6 

 feet high, with dull-green leaves and 

 terminal clusters of flowers which are 

 white fringed with pink when young. 



62391. Loxicf.ua chaetocarpa Rehder. 

 Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



Lonlcera chaetocarpa was collected in 

 Kansu. western China, by E. H. Wilson. 

 It is described (Curtis's Botanical Maga- 

 zine, pi. 8804) as a shrub of compact 

 habit and about 5 feet in height. The 

 oblong leaves are bright green and more 

 or less hairy, and the flowers, an inch 

 or more in length, open early in June 

 and are a pleasing primrose yellow. 



62392. Straxvaesia salicifolia Hutchin- 

 son. Malaceae. 



A rosaceous, evergreen shrub, closely 

 related to Stranvaesia undulata, from 

 which, according to Curtis's Botanical 

 Magazine (pi. 8862), it differs in its 

 narrower, willowlike leaves and its fruits, 

 which are red. and not orange like those 

 of S. undulata. The small, white flowers 

 are in terminal clusters. It comes from 

 western China and is perfectly hardy 

 in southeastern England. 



62393. Castaxea mollissima Blume. 

 Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. 



From Canton. China. Seeds collected by 

 F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer. 

 Bureau of Plant industry. Received 

 January 24, 1925. 



No. 23. December 5. 1924. Fung Lut. 

 Seeds secured from Chung Hung, a vil- 

 lager from Lungtin, Kwangtung. He gave 

 the following information : Chestnuts are 

 grown to a considerable extent in this 

 region, the soil being sandy. The trees 

 are grown only from seeds, and just one 

 variety is cultivated. They begin to bear 

 at 7 or 8 years of age and live to become 

 30 to 40 years old. The harvest is during 

 September and October. The average crop 

 is about 50 or 60 pounds husked fruits 

 per tree, but crops of 150 to 250 pounds 

 are not uncommon. Seeds for planting 

 are stored in the husks in a cool dry 

 place and planted during December or 

 January in sand or sandy soil. (McClure.) 



62394. Popui/cs sp. Salicaeeae. Poplar. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. Cuttings col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett. agricultural 

 explorer. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived January 24, 1925. 



No. 1581. December 12, 1924. Hsiao 

 Yih Yang (small-leaved poplar). Secured 

 from young trees at the forestry station at 

 the Temple of Heaven. {Dorsett.) 



According to Curtis's Botanical Maga- : 62395 and 62396. 

 zine (pi. 8818) this attractive haw- ; 

 thorn was originally discovered by J. j 

 H. Lace, in the TJrak Gorge. Baluchistan, I 

 at an altitude of about 7,000 feet. It j 

 is a rather small tree, unarmed, laxly i 

 spreading, with brownish purple young ! 

 twigs. The white flowers are in many- 

 flowered terminal clusters, and the glob- I 

 ular fruits, half an inch in diameter, ' 

 are translucent yellow and become ripe j 

 in August. 



From Tripoli. Libia, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Miss Ernestina Fenzi. Re- 

 ceived January 21. 1925. 



62395. Juxiperus procera Hochst. Pina- 

 ceae. East African juniper. 



This is probably the largest and hand- 

 somest juniper in the world. It is na- 

 tive to the high mountains of eastern 

 tropical Africa, and should prove an 



