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64223 to 64230 — Continued. 



crop of large obovate pears averaging 

 8 to 10 ounces in weight. The flesh is 

 coarse, granular, juicy, and lacking in 

 flavor. (Row 28, tree 10, old test or- 

 chard.) 



64229. Pyrus sp. 



Fruits medium sized, turbinate, aver- 

 aging 2% inches long and 2% inches 

 wide, with a fairly smooth surface, 

 slightly roughened in spots by russet 

 patches. The flesh is white, fairly 

 juicy and firm, sweet, with a pleasant 

 flavor. A satisfactory dessert pear 

 which ripens early in September. (Row 

 34, tree 4, old test orchard.) 



64230. Pyrds sp. 



A pear averaging 7 or 8 ounces in 

 weight, obovate in form, greenish yel- 

 low, and heavily dotted. The flesh is very 

 coarse and gritty and would probably be 

 of value only for cooking, purposes. The 

 tree is spreading, open, and vigorous and 

 as yet shows no evidence of disease. 

 Fruits ripen in October at Chico, Calif. 

 (Row 27, tree 9, old test orchard.) 



64231 to 64243. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented 

 by A. Kol, chief of information and in- 

 troduction, Institute of Applied Botany. 

 Received June 12, 1925. 



64231. Abies sibirica nephrolepis 

 Trautv. Pinaceae. 



A tall Siberian fir with a trunk 2 to 4 

 feet in diameter, dark yellow-green 

 crowded leaves, and slender brownish 

 yellow cones. This is said to be a very 

 hardy fir, although the young growth is 

 often injured by late frosts. 



64232. ACANTHOPANAX SENTICOSUM 



(Rupr.) Harms. Araliaceae. 



A very spiny shrub bearing palmate- 

 divided leaves and having at the end of 

 its long shoots small umbels of black 

 berries. Grows generally in dense shade, 

 and may prove useful as a park or gar- 

 den shrub or as an undergrowth beneath 

 tall trees. (Frank N. Meyer, note under 

 8. P. I. No. 20309.) 



.Acer tegmentosum Maxim. 

 Aceraceae. Maple. 



A small hardy Manchurian maple, very 

 similar to Acer rufinerve. The bright- 

 green three-lobed leaves are about 3 

 inches long and slightly less in width. 



64234. Betula schmidtii Regel. Betu- 

 laceae. Birch. 



A Japanese birch, described by C. S. 

 Sargent (Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, pt. 

 3, pp. 475 and 476) as a large tree with 

 thick branches, found only in the Prov- 

 ince of Shimotsuke, Hondo, Japan. It 

 grows to be 65 feet tall, with a trunk 3% 

 to 7y 2 feet thick, and black bark which 

 falls off in thick, rather small plates. 

 The finely serrate leaves are short 

 stemmed, and the catkins are narrow, 

 stiff, and erect. 



64235. Fraxinus mandshurica R u p r. 

 Oleaceae. Ash. 



An Asiatic ash, described by Bean 

 (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 569) as a handsome tree 



64231 to 64243— Continued. 



often 100 feet in height, native to Japan 

 and the adjacent parts of the Asiatic 

 mainland. The leaves are up to 15 

 inches in length, with dull-green bristly 

 leaflets. The tree is said to be suscepti- 

 ble to late spring frosts. 



64236. Larix dahurica Turcz. Pinaceae. 



Larch. 



A larch from Manchuria and south- 

 eastern Siberia, sometimes as much as 70 

 feet in height. In many sections it is 

 superior to the common European larch 

 as a park tree. In the spring the young 

 cones are very attractive because of 

 their bright pink color. 



64237. Maackia amurensis Rupr. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A small tree, native to eastern Asia, 

 with orange-brown bark, dull-green com- 

 pound leaves, and short erect clusters of 

 small yellowish white flowers. 



64238. Picea JEZOENSis (Sieb. and Zucc.) 

 Carr. Pinaceae. 



A handsome hardy spruce, . native to 

 eastern Asia, which becomes about 70 feet 

 high, with low-spreading branches and a 

 dense pyramidal habit. The leaves are 

 silvery above and rich green beneath, 

 and the staminate flowers are orange- 

 crimson. 



64239. Prunus maackii Rupr. Amygda- 

 laceae. Cherry.. 



A Manchurian bird cherry, 40 feet or 

 more in height, with very smooth brown- 

 ish yellow bark which peels off like that 

 of a birch. The leaves are pointed and 

 very finely toothed, and the white flowers 

 are in short racemes borne on the pre- 

 vious season's wood. 



64240. Prunus salicina Lindl. Amygda- 

 laceae. Plum. 



Var. koreana. A horticultural form 



of the Japanese plum which will be 



grown to ascertain its horticultural 

 value. 



64241. Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim. Mal- 

 aceae. Pear.. 



A hardy Chinese pear, some strains 

 of which have shown unusual resistance 

 to the pear blight. Introduced for hor- 

 ticulturists engaged in pear-breeding ex- 

 periments. 



64242. Schizandra chinensis (Turcz.) 

 Baill. Magnoliaceae. 



A trailing vine of small growth, found, 

 among bowlders and rocks. The leaves 

 are not unlike those of Actinidia kolo- 

 mikta, and the sour red berries are in 

 small clusters. Might be of use as a 

 small porch and trellis vine for the 

 colder sections of the United States. 

 {Frank N. Meyer, note under 8. P. I. 

 No. 36755.) 



64243. Tilia amurensis Rupr. Tiliaceae_ 



A Manchurian linden which according- 

 to Schneider (Illustriertes Handbuch der 

 Laubholzkunde, vol. 2, p. 374) has a 

 habit similar to that of the small-leaved 

 linden (Tilia cordata Mill.), with ovate 

 papery long-pointed leaves which are- 

 dark green above and blue-green below. 

 It is distinguished from the small-leaved 

 linden by its coarser dentations. 



