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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



69072 to 69077— Continued. 



69077. DlOSCOREA sp. 



No. 391. January 23, 1926. Taai shue. 

 A large variety commonly cultivated in 

 the vicinity of Shiuchow, where these 

 tubers were obtained. 



69078. Peunus mume Sieb. and Zucc. 

 Amygdalaceae. Japanese apricot. 



From North Chevy Chase, Md. Seeds col- 

 lected by David Fairchild, agricultural 

 explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 14, 1926. 



Variety Megumi-no-miyako. Seeds from 

 the 1926 crop of fruits of a tree, growing 

 at the residence of Doctor Fairchild, who 

 obtained the original stock from Japan 

 about 1906. The. tree has given evidence, 

 according to Doctor Fairchild, of being- 

 resistant to the attacks of the peach borer, 

 and may therefore have value as a stock. 



69079 to 69093. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Japanese flowering cherry. 



Potomac Park, Washington, D. C, and 

 North Chevy Chase, Md. Bud wood col- 

 lected by Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received July and September, 

 1925. Numbered October, 1926. 



69079 to 69089. Prunus serrulata Lindl. 



69079. " In the Woods," North Chevy 

 Chase, Md., residence of David Fair- 

 child. Tree 87. Amanogawa. Tree 

 fastigiate * in habit, about 20 feet 

 high ; bark dark gray ; young foliage 

 bronze green ; flowers pale pink, 

 semidouble, fragrant, about 1% 

 inches across, in erect clusters of 

 three, blooming about midseason. 

 The upright habit of this form, 

 comparable to that of the Lombardy 

 poplar, makes it of special value for 

 certain architectural effects. 



Potomac Park. Tree 1120. Ari- 

 ake. Tree spreading in habit, about 

 18 feet high ; bark gray ; flowers 

 very pale pink, nearly single, 2 

 inches or more across, long stemmed, 

 in clusters of two to four ; bloom- 

 ing about midseason. The varietal 

 name signifies " dawn " in Japanese, 

 probably referring to the delicate 

 pink tints of the flowers. 



69081. Potomac Park. Tree 1143. Fu- 

 genzo. Tree large, spreading, and 

 probably the most vigorous of the 

 double-flowered forms, up to 25 feet 

 high ; young foliage bronze colored ; 

 buds deep pink, truncate ; flowers 

 double pink, nearly 2 inches across, 

 in two-flowered to four-flowered clus- 

 ters, blooming rather late. 



69082. Potomac Park. Tree 1144. Fu- 

 kurokuju. Tree erect, branching sev- 

 eral feet from the ground and form- 

 ing a rounded, compact head, about 

 20 feet high ; bark reddish brown ; 

 young foliage brownish green : flow- 

 ers pink, semidouble, about 1% 

 inches across, in clusters of three or 

 four which are crowded toward the 

 ends of the branches in a striking 

 manner ; blooming about midseason. 



69083 and 69084. Mikurumagaeshi. Tree 

 upright-spreading in habit, about 18 

 feet high, resembling Ariake (No. 

 69080) in general, but with pinker 

 flowers and less wrinkled petals. 

 Blooms about midseason. 



69079 to 69093— Continued. 



69083. Potomac Park. Tree 1169. 



69084. " In the Woods," North Chevy 

 Chase, Md., residence of David 

 Fairchild. Tree 100. 



69085. " In the Woods," North Chevy 

 Chase, Md., residence of David Fair- 

 child. Tree 105. Senriko. Tree 

 upright ascending in habit, about 20 

 feet high ; bark brownish gray ; 

 young foliage coppery green ; flowers 

 single or nearly so, white with a 

 pink blush, fragrant, about 1% 

 inches across, usually three or four 

 in a cluster ; blooming about mid- 

 season. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67957. 



69086. Potomac Park. Tree 1146. 8M- 

 ruyuki. Tree erect, branching with- 

 in a few feet of the ground, about 

 18 feet high ; bark dark gray ; flow- 

 ers pure white, often cup-shaped, 

 about an inch across, in clusters of 

 two to four. Blooms right after 

 Yoshino (No. 69092), the earliest 

 variety to flower. 



69087. " In the Woods," North Chevy 

 Chase, Md., residence of David Fair- 

 child. Tree 90. Shirofugen. A va- 

 riety closely resembling Fugenzo 

 (No. 69081), from which it differs in 

 having lighter colored flowers. 



69088. Potomac Park. Tree 1140. 

 Takinioi. Tree rather small and 

 spreading, about 15 feet high ; bark 

 brownish gray ; flowers pure white, 

 single, very fragrant, about 1% 

 inches across, in clusters of three or 

 four ; blooming midseason. In Japa- 

 nese the varietal name means " fra- 

 grant white cascade." 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67956. 



69089. " In the Woods," North Chevy 

 Chase, Md., residence of David 

 Fairchild. Trees 95 and 110. Yae- 

 murasaki. Tree spreading in habit, 

 about 20 feet high ; vigorous ; young 

 foliage brownish green ; buds deep 

 pink, almost red ; flowers deep pink, 

 semidouble, about 1%. inches across ; 

 blooming about midseason. An ex- 

 cellent free-flowering variety. 



69090. Prunus sieboldii (Carr.) Witt- 

 mack. 



" In the Woods." North Chevy Chase. 

 Md., residence of David Fairchild. Tree 

 53. Naden. Tree upright spreading in 

 habit, about 18 feet high ; bark dark 

 gray ; flowers pink, semidouble, usually 

 in clusters of three or four, about 1% 

 inches across, blooming in midseason. 



69091. Prunus subhirtella autumnalis 

 Makino. 



" In the Woods," North Chevy Chase, 

 Md., residence of David Fairchild. Tree 

 92. Jugatsuzakura. Tree spreading 

 with a rounded crown, about 20 feet 

 high ; flowers rosy pink, semidouble, 

 about half an inch in diameter, produced 

 freely early in the spring and also spar- 

 ingly in October. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67960. 



69092. Prunus yedoensis Mats. 



Potomac Park. Tree 1148. Yoshmo. 

 A handsome Japanese tree, ultimately 



