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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 



37678. "(No. 1163.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, the fruits 

 of which are said to be of the size of large cherries, quite round ; 

 of beautiful red color; very sweet, but full of seeds. The trees 

 grow tall and are prolific bearers and very showy when loaded 

 with ripe fruits. Local name Mi kuan shili tzu, meaning ' honey- 

 pot persimmon.' " 



37679 and 37680. 



From Sianfu, Shansi, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricul- 

 tural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the 

 Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., March 18, 1914. 



37679. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceje. Bamboo. 

 "(No. 1075. January 13, 1914.) A bamboo growing to 15 to 20 feet in 



height, having green stems which have but a small air channel in them. 

 Foliage more or less in bunches and quite dense. Of value as an orna- 

 mental garden plant for the mild-wintered sections of the United States. 

 Especially valuable as a windbreak. Chinese name Tung po cUu, mean- 

 ing ' the bamboo of Tungpo.' " {Meyer.) 

 Plant. 



37680. Prunus tomentosa Thunberg. Amygdalacew. Bush cherry. 

 "(No. 1080. January 13, 1914.) A variety of bush cherry said to bear 



small white fruits, rare locally. To obtain the best results, the Chinese 

 bud and graft this bush cherry on Amygdalus davidiana, usually low 

 in the ground, but often also budded high as ' standard ' trees. Chinese 

 name Pai ying t'ao, meaning 'white cherry.' " (Meyer.) 



37681 and 37683. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae. Clover. 



From Hungary. Presented by Mr. E. Brown, Botanist in Charge of the 

 Seed Laboratory, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 15, 1914. 



Dr. A. Degen, of the Royal Hungarian Seed-Testing Station at Budapest, 

 Elungary, says of these clovers : 



" These species really form a valuable constituent of our pastures and mead- 

 ows. Trifolium angulatum and T. parviflorum grow in our lowland plains 

 almost always in company on alkaline heavy clay soils. They are both annual 

 plants, and only in w^et years or on wet spots attain a height which allows an 

 abundant hay crop. Under other circumstances they remain dwarf and yield 

 only a short but very valuable hay, and are therefore principally useful as 

 pasturage. They are both very early plants, their chief period of development 

 being from the middle of April to the middle of June. 



" These clovers have a cultural value only on alkaline, somewhat humid 

 soils, and are not suitable for others or for culture under different climatic con- 

 ditions." 



37681. Teifolium angulatum Waldst. and Kit. Fabaceae. 



37682. Trifolium parviflorum Ehrh. Fabaceae. 



37683. ^Ialus sylvestris Miller. Malaceae. Apple. 



{Pyrus mains L.) 



From Saloniki Greece. Presented by Rev. P. H. House, president, Thessa- 

 lonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute. Received April 24, 1914. 

 "Tetovo apple. 



