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SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPOETED. 



36107 to 36121— Continued. 



36120. Zea mays L. 



Com. 



•'(No. 1887a. Peking, China. July 18, 1913.) The ordinary flint maize as 

 sold in the markets and in the grain shops of Peking. Chinese name Fu?m." 



"(No. 23b. Peking. China. Jime 23, 1913.) A small dry-land dasheen 

 much esteemed by the Chinese as a vegetable, either boiled or served stewed 

 with fish. Chinese name U-to." 



"This dasheen, or taro, is of the same iyY>e as the other North China and most 

 of the Japanese varieties preA-iously introduced, and is not of high quality." 

 (R. A. Young.) 



36122 to 36124. 



From Chile. Collected by Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry-. 

 Received May 7, 1913. 



36122. EscALLONiA PULVERULENTA (Ruiz and Pa von) Persoon. 



"(No. 45. Concepcion, Chile.) A tree about 25 fee<|?high, which, as it 

 withstands considerable dr^^ weather, may prove of value in the Southwest . " 

 (Wight.) 



"An evergreen shrub 10 to 12 feet high, with downy, viscid, varnished 

 branchlets. Leaves very viscid, oblong, with a roimded end and tapering 

 base; 2 to 4 inches long, three-fourths inch to 1^ inches wide; finely toothed, 

 bristly hairy on both surfaces, the upper one with a varnished appearance. 

 Flowers white, densely crowded on slender, cylindrical racemes, 4 to 9 inches 

 long, three-fourths to 1 inch through; sometimes branched at the base. 



"Native of Chile, introduced early in the nineteenth century, but now 

 uncommon. It is not hardy in any but our warmest districts, although in 

 colder ones it may live and thrive for many years on a wall. From all the 

 other white-flowered escallonias in cultivation, this is readily distinguished by 

 its long, slender racemes. " (TF. /. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 530.) 



36123. Aextoxicox puxctatum Ruiz and Pavon. Palo muerto. 

 "(No. 48. Lago Villarica, Chile.) Tecke (tique). A tree sometimes reach- 

 ing a height of 40 feet or more. The foliage resembles that of the Elaeagnus, 

 although of a darker green. It is widely distributed in southern Chile and 

 seems to thrive almost equally well in the dry summers of Concepcion and the 

 moist climate of Chiloe. It perhaps reaches its greatest development in the 

 Province of Valdi\da . " (Wight.) 



36124. (Undetennined.) 



' ' (No. 49.) An ornamental vine with foliage resembliug smilax. The flowers 

 had fallen, but they are evidently borne in large clusters, and there is Little 

 doubt that this will prove an exceedingly attractive vine. ' ' ( Wight.) 



Plants grown at the Chico (Cal.) Field Station. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Peter Bisset. 



36125. "Sutter Creek on common peach, P. I. G. No. 5537. A peach of large 

 size and good quality; ripens a little later than the well-known Elberta, 

 which it resembles. Its chief value, however, is its remarkable resistance 

 to peach leaf-curl. ' ' 



36121. CoLOCASiA sp. 



Taro. 



36125 to 36127. Amygdalus persica L. 



Peach. 



