SEPTEMBER, 1900, TO DECEMBER, 1903. 93 



6507 to 6646. 



From China. Received through Dr. G. D. Brill, May 17, 1901. 



A collection of seeds and plants made during an extended trip through China in 

 1900. The notes regarding the various numbers are copied from letters written dur- 

 ing this period, no separate descriptive list of the various introductions having been 

 furnished. Doctor Brill's numbers are given. 



6507. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From Ichang. "Small and medium, russet colored around the half near the 

 stem. Rest of skin covered with russet dots. Skin coarse, flesh firm. ' ' ( No. 10. ) 

 {Brill. ) 



6508. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From Ichang. ' ' Medium sized, drum-shaped, skin yellow and dotted. ' ' (No. 

 11.) (Brill.) 



6509. Pyrus sp. Pear. 

 From Ichang. (No. 12.) 



6510. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From Ichang. (No. 13. ) 



6511. Pyrus sp. Pear. 

 From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 14.) 



6512. Pyrus sp. Pear. 

 From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 15.) 



6513. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 16.) "Fruit medium small, skin white 

 to greenish, fruit flattened-round. Flesh dry, quality poor." (Brill.) 



6514. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 17.) "A flat pear, reddish in color." 

 (Brill) 



6515. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 18.) '■ Fruit medium small, skin white 

 to greenish, fruit flattened-round. Flesh dry, quality poor." (Brill.) 



6516. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 19.) "Ripens in September; a longer 

 and larger pear than the Kieffer; of similar shape, but smoother; color, rich 

 golden yellow; quality, good; free from woody tissue; very handsome; often 

 weighs 1J pounds." (Brill. ) 



6517. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 20.) "Large, but of poor quality; skin 

 brown-russet color, with corky dots the size of sesame seeds; good baked." 



(Brill.) 



6518. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From the vicinity of Ichang. (No. 21.) "Very large; cavity at stem deep; 

 coarse flesh. ' ' ( Brill. ) 



6519. Pyrus sp. Pear. 

 From the vicinity o chang. (No. 22.) 



