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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37213) from Prof. Tanikawa, representing the collection growing at 

 the Okitsu Government Horticultural Experiment Station in Japan. 

 Those interested in the question of stocks for the cultivated pear will 

 want to test the pear-quince hj^brid Pyronia (No. 37606), which has 

 been favorably mentioned by Dr. Trabut. 



The lime growers on the Florida Keys will doubtless test the 

 Sylhet, or Rungpur, lime (No. 37084), sent in by Mr. A. C. Hartless 

 from Seharunpur, where it is used for softening leather. 



Additions to the Chinese jujube collections have been made through 

 the Ya hu tsao, or " gourd-shaped jujube " (No. 37069), sent by Dr. 

 Yamei Kin, and the large-fruited jujubes of Lingpao (Nos. 37475 

 and 37476), where hundreds of acres of this fruit were seen by 

 Mr. Meyer. 



The Chinese Cudrania, a close relative of the Osage orange, has 

 pi'oved hardy at Washington; and as many of the Javanese trees 

 have shown their ability to thrive in southern Florida, the introduc- 

 tion of both male and female forms of a Javanese Cudrania with 

 bright orange fruits which are considered edible by the Japanese in 

 Formosa (Nos. 36986, 37015, and 37016) is of interest, in view of 

 the fact that hybrids have already been made between Cudrania and 

 (he Osage orange. 



The following additions to the shrubs and trees suitable for door- 

 yard and park planting appear in this inventory : 



The Sumatra Casuarina (No. 37119), which, if it thrives, can 

 scarcely fail to be more cheerful as a street tree in Florida than the 

 Australian species; the Queensland gold-blossom tree {Barklya 

 syringifolia^ No. 37134), which bears racemes of golden yellow 

 flowers; BauMnia hookerl (No. 37135) from Australia, which bears 

 white flowers w^ith crimson edges; three hardy Chinese species of 

 Cotoneaster (Nos. 37596 to 37598) ; five species of barberries (Nos. 

 37495 to 37499) originally from China and the mountains of tropical 

 Asia; five distinct varieties of the Chinese allspice {Meratia lyraecox^ 

 formerly Chimonanthus fragrans^ Nos. 37487, 37488, and 37522 to 

 37524), a fragrant flowering shrub of interest to florists; and the 

 large-flowered tropical Talauma hodgsoni (No. 37216), which bears 

 blooms 6 inches across, resembling the magnolia. 



Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far as 

 possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names 

 (except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic 

 Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of 

 Communications Postal Guide. Many of the smaller village names, 

 however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the location of 

 the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in 

 that reference work. 



