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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED. 



35456 to 35468— Continued. 



35458. Chaenomeles cathayexsis (Hemsl.) Schneider. Quince. 



{Pyrus cathaijensis Hemsl.) 

 "(Tsinan, Shantung, China, April 4, 1913.) The Chinese quince, which is 

 used by the rich Chinese as a room perfumer, but foreign missionaries have 

 learned to use it for making preserves and jellies. The Chinese call it mu kua, 

 meaning 'wooden gourd.' This species is said to have come from Chowcho, 

 Shantung Province." 



35459. LovoA swynnertonii E. G. Baker. 



From Mount SiUnda, Melsetter, Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. 0. J. Omer, Ameri- 

 can Board Mission in South Africa, through the United States Forest Service. 

 Received May 27, 1913. 

 "Brown mahogany. This tree produces a splendid dark-brown wood of great 

 strength and durability and is found only in our forest here at Mount Silinda (the 

 only forest of large trees in Rhodesia). The tree grows to a height of 150 to 200 feet, 

 diameter 5 to 8 feet, a 150-foot tree requiring about 150 years for growth. It is, I 

 understand, a true mahogany, and it is because of its rareness that I thought you 

 might take an interest in experimenting with it in America. The temperature here 

 varies from about 30° F. in the cold season to about 80° F. in the shade during the 

 summer months; rainfall, 70 inches, more than half of this falling during the three 

 summer months; elevation, 5,000 feet; distance to sea, 150 miles; prevailing winds 

 from the sea." (Omer.) 



" It is a fact worth mentioning that other trees from Rhodesia have done particularly 

 well in Florida." (David Fairchild.) 



35460. Piper nigrum L. Black pepper. 



From Malay Peninsula. Presented by Mr. I. Henry Burkhill, director of the 

 Botanic Gardens, Singapore, Straits Settlements. Received April 14 to 16, 191 3. 

 "A woody climber, native to the Old World Tropics, widely grown for its aromatic 

 berries, from which the black pepper of commerce is made. May succeed in extreme 

 southern Florida." (R. E. True.) 



35461 and 35462. Asparagus spp. Asparagus. 



From Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by Mr. Ernest F. Beaumont. Received 

 May 27, 1913. 



36461. Asparagus palaestixus Baker. 



Distribution. — A wild asparagus found along the banks of the Jordan, in 

 Palestine. 



35462. Asparagus acutifolius L. 

 Plants. 



35463. Juglaxs regia L. Walnut. 



From Tabriz, Persia. Presented by Mr. Gordon Paddock, American consul. 

 Received May 31, 1913. 

 "From a tree known to bear the finest variety of the soft-shelled walnut to be had 

 in this district." {Paddock.) 

 Cuttings. 



