
          DESCRIPTIVE LIST.

27810. ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS. Okra. From F. N.
Meyer, Erivan, Caucasus, Russia.  A native Caucasian variety of
okra, said to be of good quality.  To be tested under irrigation in
the hot-summered, arid, and semiarid sections of the United States.

18578. ACER TRUNCATUM. Maple. From F. N. Meyer,
Weitsan Mountains, near Peking, China. Tree up to 25 feet high,
with handsome, dense foliage.  The leaves are 2½ to 4 inches across,
with usually 5 narrow lobes, light green when mature, but purplish
when unfolding.  One of the most beautiful of the Chinese maples.
Half hardy in Ottawa.

ACHRADELPHA MAMMOSA. Sapote. Large tropical American 
fruit tree, 30 to 100 feet high. The fruit is elliptical, about 6
inches long, with thick woody skin, within which is the soft, melting,
reddish salmon-colored flesh, about the consistency of a ripe cantaloupe, surrounding the single large seed.  The flesh has a very sweet
taste, almost cloying, but makes excellent jam and delicious marma-
lade.

37382. ACROCOMIA SCLEROCARPA. Macaúba palm.  Collected 
by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe, Lavras, Minas Geraes,
Brazil.  Beautiful pinnate-leaved palm, strong, rapid grower. 
Produces clusters of fruit weighing 60 to 80 pounds.  Fruits consist
of hard kernel surrounded by white, starchy mucilaginous material.
Hogs prefer them to corn and fatten on them.

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS. Yangtaw.  Deciduous, trailing
vine, with handsome white flowers, occurring wild in eastern China.
Diœcious; the pistillate plants produce fruits resembling in size and
shape small plums, with delicate gooseberry flavor.  Eaten raw;
makes delicious jelly.  For testing for porch decoration and fruiting
in the mild-wintered regions of the United States. (Pl. I.)

40332. ACTINIDIA sp.  From D. F. Higgins, Peking, China.
Korean vine, probably identical with or close to Actinidia chinensis.
Preeminently suited for a high pergola. Leaves velvety green, flowers
large, cream white, rather attractive.  Fruit reported by Higgins to
be most delicious. Called Da Reh in Chosen (Korea).

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