OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1925 



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65612 to 65684— Continued. 



65639. Picea sp. Pinaceae. Spruce, 



No. 4637. October 30, 1925. Seeds from a 

 young tree, 12 to 18 feet high, growing in the 

 Russian cemetery. 



65640. Polygonum orientale L. Polygona- 

 ceae. Prince's plume. 



No. 4567. Echo. October 26, 1925. Seeds 

 presented by L. B. SmearnofE, who says that this 

 variety is a tall-growing ornamental plant. 



Poplar. 



65641 to 65645. Populus spp. Salicaceae. 



65641. Populus sp. 



No. 4562. October 25, 1925. Cuttings of a 

 poplar, appearing to be a large-leaved variety, 

 found southeast of Echo, in a region which is 

 barren except for the few trees that have been 

 planted there. 



65642. Populus sp. 



No. 4627. October 29, 1925. Scions of a 

 small-leaved poplar which is the only tree of 

 this kind we recall having seen here at Har- 

 bin. It is on the Chinese Eastern Railway 

 embankment across the Sungari River to the 

 north of Harbin. 



65643. Populus sp. 



No. 4632. Harbin. October 30, 1925. Cut- 

 tings of an almost round, wavy margined- 

 leaved poplar, with grayish white bark, 

 which is not very common here. 



65644. Populus sp. 



No. 4634. October 30, 1925. The ordinary 

 large-leaved poplar found most commonly in 

 the vicinity of Harbin. These cuttings were 

 obtained from trees in the new Russian 

 cemetery, in a dry exposed situation. 



65645. Populus sp. 



No. 4635. New Russian cemetery, Harbin. 

 October 30, 1925. Cuttings of a rather long- 

 pointed leaved poplar which is common in 

 his region. The under surface of the leaves 

 is inclined to be white tomentose. 



65646 to 65665. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



65646 to 65648. Prunus armeniaca L. 



Apricot. 



65646. No. 4604. Botanical Garden No. 3. 

 October 27, 1925. Scions of a large 

 yellow-leaved apricot, considered a very 

 good variety, presented by the botan- 

 ical garden of the Manchurian Research 

 Society, Harbin. 



65647. No. 4605. Botanical Garden No. 20. 

 October 27, 1925. Scions presented by 

 the botanical garden of the Manchurian 

 Research Society, Harbin. This is 

 considered their largest, earliest, and 

 best apricot. 



65648. No. 4672. October 29, 1925. Ta pai 

 lao yieh (large, white god-faced apricot) . 

 Scions obtained at the Fa Hua Ssu 

 Temple, near Peking. The freestone 

 fruits, \y>i to 2 inches in diameter, white 

 with a pink blush, ripen in June. 



65649. Prunus mandshurica (Maxim.) 

 Koehne. 



No. 4574. Ertsingtientze. October 25, 

 1925. Scions of the wild Manchurian apricot 

 which is, by far, the finest specimen we have 

 seen. It might make a hardy ornamental or 

 be useful in plant breeding. 



65612 to 65684— Continued. 



65650 to 65652. Prunus tomentosa Thunb. 

 Manchu cherry. 



65650. No. 4599. October 27, 1925. Scions 

 . of a red-fruited Manchurian cherry, 



about five-eighths of an inch in diam- 

 eter, presented by the botanical garden 

 of the Manchurian Research Society, 

 Harbin. 



65651. No. 4639. October 30, 1925. Scions 

 presented by the superintendent of the 

 Chinese Eastern Railway nursery, Har- 

 bin. This cherry is not very common 

 here. 



65652. No. 4640. October 30. 1925. 



of a Manchurian cherry presented by 

 the superintendent of the Chinese 

 Eastern Railway nursery, Harbin. We 

 assume that they saved these seeds 

 from their own planting. 



Numbers 65653 to 65660. October 27, 1925. 

 This material was presented by the botan- 

 ical garden of the Manchurian Research 

 Society, Harbin. 



65853. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4592. Botanical garden No. 2. A 

 rooted sucker of a red plum of very good 

 quality and a good fruiter. 



65654. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4593. Scions from the same tree as 

 No. 4592 [No. 65653]. 



65655. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4594. Botanical garden No. 28. Scions 

 of a large yellow plum of very good quality. 



65656. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4598. Scions of a fairly large yellow 

 plum of very good quality. 



65657. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4600. Scions of a rather large red plum 

 which ripens early in August. The flesh is 

 yellow, fragrant, and sweet, but slightly 

 bitter near the. stone. 



65658. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4601. Botanical garden No. 55. Scions 

 of a fairly good-sized purple or blue plum 

 which is the heaviest bearing variety at the 

 garden. 



65659. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4602. Botanical garden No. 9. Scions 

 of a purple or blue plum used in making very- 

 good preserves. The fruits dry well, and this 

 past season some of these plums dried on the 

 tree. This is the only tree in the collection 

 on which any of the plums dried in this way. 



65660. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4603. Botanical garden No. 16. Scions 

 of a green plum with a pinkish tinge which 

 ripens about the first of August. The fruits 

 are not especialty large, but they are fragrant 

 and very sweet. 



65661. Prunus sp. 



Plum. 



No. 4642. October 30, 1925. Scions of a 

 yellow plum presented by the superintendent 

 of the! nursery of the Chinese Eastern Rail- 

 way, Harbin. These scions are small, but 

 they are from the best fruit-producing plum 

 at the nursery. 



