56 SEEDS AKD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



17842 to 17954— Continued. 



17862. Glycine hispida. Soybean. 



From Tientsin. "(No. 152a.) A fine variety of soy bean used to make 

 bean cheese from. ' ' ( Meyer. ) 



17863. Fagopyrux esculentum. Buckwheat. 



From Shan-hai-kwan. " (Xo. 48a.) A variety of buckwheat sparsely grown 

 around Shan-hai-k wan; used for making bread." {Meyer.) 



17864. Brassica pe-tsai. Pe-tsai cabbage. 



From Shan-hai-kwan. "(No. 58a.) An excellent, white, long-headed 

 cabbage, which can be kept in cellars all winter. The plants love a rich, well- 

 worked soil and cannot stand drought. The Chinese irrigate them carefully, 

 for the more they are irrigated the larger they grow. Chinese name Pai tsay." 

 (Meyer.) 



17865. Brassica pe-tsai. Pe-tsai cabbage. 



From Tientsin. "(Xo. 83a.) A very small variety of green cabbage." 

 (Meyer. ) Apparently a mixture of several species. 



17866. Brassica pe-tsai. Pe-tsai cabbage. 



From Tchang-ping-tcho. "(Xo. 80a.) A very heavy, long-headed white 

 cabbage; late variety." {Meyer.) 



17867. Brassica chixexsis. Pak-choi cabbage. 



From Tientsin. "(Xo. 100a.) A short cabbage of which the midribs of 

 the leaves get to be quite fleshy. Sold in Tientsin, but as yet I have not seen 

 it anywhere else." {Meyer. I 



17868. Brassica pe-tsai. Pe-tsai cabbage. 



From Chang-li. "(Xo. la.) A remarkably fine variety of white cabbage; 

 the best I have ever seen. It is a long-headed variety and grows from 2\ to 3 

 feet high. The taste and smell are entirely different from any other cabbage. 

 A very fine vegetable. Wants careful culture and can not stand drought. 

 Known as Shantung cabbage." (Meyer.) 



17869. Brassica pe-tsai. Pe-tsai cabbage. 



From Shan-hai-kwan. "(Xo. 101a.) Sold to me as a Shantung cabbage; 

 a very good variety. " (Meyer. ) 



17870. Daucus carota. Carrot. 



From Hsuen-hwa-fu. "(Xo. 30a.) A sweet, light yellow, nearly white 

 carrot. Grows on alkaline soil." (Meyer.) 



17871. Daucus carota. Carrot. 



From Tientsin. " (Xo. 82a.) An orange colored, medium short variety of 

 the ordinary carrot : more in favor here than the beet-red variety. ' ' ( Meyer. ) 



17872. Daucus carota. Carrot. 



From Tchang-ping-tcho. "(Xo. 66a. ) A very sweet, beet-red carrot. Is 

 used boiled as well as pickled. Loves a well-drained soil and does not want 

 to suffer from drought." (Meyer.) 



17873. Celastrus paxiculatus (?). 



From Shan-hai-kwan. "(Xo. 123a.) A very large variety found growing 

 in the mountains near Shan-hai-kwan." (Meyer. ) 



17874. Celastrus paxiculatus (?). 



From Shan-hai-kwan. "(Xo. 124a.) A very small variety found growing 

 in the mountains near Shan-hai-kwan." (Meyer.) 



17875. Celtis sp. 



From Tang-san. ("Xo. 92a. ) A rather large-leaved Celtis; useful as a small 

 shade tree." (Meyer.) 



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