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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



71019 to 71026. Prunus avium L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Sweet cherry. 



From Saonara, Padova, Italy. Plants purchased 

 from Fratelli Sgaravatti. Received January 4, 

 1927. 



Italian sweet-cherry varieties, not in the trade 

 in the United States. 



71019. Napoleone (Imbrian). 



71020. DelNord. 



71021. Imperiale. 



71022. Lodgiana. 



71028. Marasco di Ostheim. 



71024. Marasco, moscata. 



71025. Marasca olandese. 



71026. Ministro Podbielski. 



71027 to 71029. Castanea mollissima 

 Blume. Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. 



From Chihli Province, China. Seeds obtained by 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. * Received January 5, 1927. 



From the Fa Hua Ssu Temple, near Peking. 

 November 20, 1926. 



71027. No. 8868. Han lull tze (cold dew chest- 

 nut). This variety ripens between the first 

 and the middle of October. 



71028. No. 8869. Erh lull tze (second crop 

 chestnut). This variety ripens about the 

 last Of September. 



71029. No. 8870. Hue haoli tze (tiger paw chest- 

 nut). A large fine-looking chestnut. 



71030. Castanopsis tribuloides (J. 

 E. Smith) A. DC. Fagaceae. 



Evergreen chinquapin. 



From Shfilong, Assam, India. Seeds presented by 

 the conservator of forests. Received January 

 3, 1927. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 No. 71018. 



71031 to 71033. Allium cepa L. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



From Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. 

 Seeds presented by C. Garcia Dorta. Received 

 January 4, 1927. 



Canary Island onion varieties. 



71031. Crystal wax onion. 



71032. Red Bermuda onion. 



71033. Yellow Bermuda onion. 



71034 to 71036. Allium cepa L. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



From Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. 

 Seeds presented by Luis M. Diaz Sanson. 

 Received January 4, 1927. 



Canary Island onion varieties. 



71034. Crystal wax onion. 



71035. Red Bermuda onion. 



71036. Yellow Bermuda onion. 



71037. Castanopsis sclerophylla 

 (Lindl.) Schottky. Fagaceae. 



Evergreen chinquapin. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds purchased through 

 Prof. J. H. Reisner, College of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, University of Nanking. Received 

 January 4, 1927. 



A hardy evergreen tree, up to 65 feet high, with 

 edible nuts having a flavor like that of the chin- 

 quapin. Native of south-central China. 



For previous introduction see No. 44663. 



71038. Quercus sp. Fagaceae. Oak. 



From Chihli Province, China. Seeds collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received January 5, 1927. 



No. 8773. Ming Tombs. November 18, 1926. 

 One of the white oaks, V/i to 2 feet in diameter and 

 about 50 feet high. 



71039. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 



Hawthorn. 



From China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Received January 5, 1927. 



Pezhu, on the Chulungapu River, Kansu-Tibet 

 border. September, 1926. A very handsome plant 

 15 to 18 feet in height with stiff rich-green leaves 

 which are deeply and coarsely serrate and slightly 

 three lobed. The brilliant red fruits, in drooping 

 cymes, are smaller than a cherry. This tree is found 

 in loess loamy soil usually near the banks of streams, 

 at altitudes of 7,500 to 8,500 feet. (Rock.) 



71040 to 71043. 



From Winchester, England. Plants purchased 

 from Hillier & Sons, West Hill Nurseries. 

 Received January 10, 1927. 



71040 to 71042. Crataegomespilus spp. Mala- 

 ceae. 



Graft hybrids between Crataegus and Mes- 

 pilus. 



71040. Crataegomespilus asnieresi C. 

 Schneid. 



The young branches and leaves of this 

 plant are white with a woolly down, and the 

 flowers and fruits are showy. 



71041. Crataegomespilus dardari Simon- 

 Louis. 



The leaves and fruits are similar to those 

 of Mespilus, but the branches are spiny, and 

 the flowers are 1.5 centimeters across and in 

 corymbs. The fruit with persistent calyx 

 lobes is 1.5 centimeters in diameter and con- 

 tains one to three seeds. 



71042. Crataegomespilus grandiflora (J. 

 E. Smith) Bean. 



A distinctly vigorous tree with leaves, 

 flowers, and fruit which resemble small 

 medlars. 



71043. DAViDiAiNVOLUCRATABaill. Cornaceae. 



Dovetree. 



The Chinese dovetree, as this is sometimes 

 called, is a native of the mountain forests of 

 central and western China. In its native home 

 it becomes a large tree 75 feet tall, with a shapely 

 pyramidal crown. When in bloom the tree is 

 unusually striking because of the two or three 

 large snow-white bracts which subtend each 

 flower. These bracts are of unequal size, the 

 largest being 4 to 8 inches long and 2 to 4 inches 

 broad. The bright-green, oval, sharply toothed 

 leaves are 3 to 6 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 65439. 



71044. Citrus aurantifolia 



(Christm.) Swingle. Rutaceae. Lime. 



From Los Banos, Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. D. Bigarino, through Walter T. 

 Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 January 12, 1927. 



The native Philippine lime, known there as the 

 "dayap." It is an arborescent, thorny shrub, 10 

 to 15* feet high, with greenish yellow, rounded fruits 

 of pleasant acid flavor, excellent for making limeade. 

 The wild Philippine lime is distributed generally 

 throughout the archipelago, but the fruits are 

 mostly of poor quality. 



For previous introduction see No. 69022. 



