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37980. Aleurites sp. Euphorbiacese. Tung tree. 



From Chaoyanghsien, Kwangtung, China. Presented by Dr. C. B. Lesher, 

 American Baptist Mission, who secured them through Rev. C. E. Bous- 

 field. Received April 23, 1914. 

 "Aleurites seeds from about 200 miles in the interior." 



37981. Pyrus COMMUNIS L. Malacese. Pear. 



From Newark Valley, New York. Presented by Mr. A. F. Barrott. Re- 

 ceived April 28, 1914. 

 " Scions from a pear tree bearing seedless and coreless fruits. Several years 

 ago I purchased from Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y., a Bartlett pear 

 tree. The second year after this tree was put out it was broken off level with 

 or just a little below the ground. It sprouted again and grew rapidly. I had 

 been away from my farm about five years ; when I returned last year I found 

 a fine pear tree which had over half a bushel of Seckel pears on it. We ate 

 and used them all, and did not find a seed or a core in any of them. I have not 

 been able to find out from my former tenants whether or not this seedless and 

 coreless condition has heretofore existed. It seems to me that if this pear 

 will stand propagation without changing its character it would be quite a 

 find." (Barrott.) 



37982. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



From China. Presented by Rev. Hugh W. White, American Presbyterian 

 Mission, Yencheng, Kiangsu, China. Received April 28, 1914. 



" Tangshan. Unquestionably the finest pear of China. But it is not widely 

 known, because the region of production has heretofore been very secluded, 

 and the fruit does not keep more than one or two months. It is the only Chi- 

 nese pear that does not have the woody taste and feel, and it has a sweet, 

 juicy flavor. It also grows large, much larger than the ordinary American 

 pear. It grows about 40 miles west of a city called Hsuchowfu, Kiangsu Prov- 

 ince. I suppose I am one of the three or four white men that have been in the 

 immediate section where this pear grows. This pear is called the Tangshan 

 pear, from Tangshanku, the name of the place that produces it" (Whiter 

 extract from letter dated March 26, 1912.) 



Cuttings. 



37983 to 38041. Grasses. 



From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett and Wilson Popenoe, of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914. Quoted notes by 

 Messrs. Dorsett and Popenoe. 

 37983 to 37993. 



From Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Collected January 26, 

 1914. 



37983. Melinis minutifloba Beauv. Poacese. Capim gordura. 

 "(No. 78a.) Seeds of capim gordura from plants in an old aban- 

 doned garden which had been completely overrun with this grass." 



37984. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poaceae. Guinea grass. 

 "(No. 79a.) Seed of a grass growing on top of an old adobe wall 



at the church Senhor do Bom Fim. Seed heads viscous ; in stripping 

 off seed they stick together. In an extremely dry situation." 



