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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 



and angular green branches rooting wherever they touch moist ground 

 and making a regular matting of living twigs, keeping soil and stones 

 from moving away. This plant is by its nature fit to cover rockeries, to 

 be grown at the edges of terraces, to cover old walls, etc., and deserves 

 to be given a thorough test as a bank and soil binder, especially in the 

 sections of the United States where the winters are not too severe, while 

 the summers can be hot and dry. Chinese name Ying ch'un hua, mean- 

 ing ' meeting-the-spring flower.' *' 

 Cuttings. 



38249 to 38253. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhamnacese. Jujube. 



(Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.) 

 Scions of the following : 

 38249. "(No. 1146. Fuma, near Anyihsien, Shansi, China. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube supposed to be the largest of all ; 

 fruits are said to be larger than ordinary hens' eggs and resemble 

 small pears; oval shape; color, mahogany brown. This variety is 

 said to have originated through having grafted an ordinary jujube 

 on pear roots (?). Chinese name Li tsao, meaning 'pear jujube.' 

 Good only when eaten fresh." 



88250. "(No. 1147. Village of Nanyangyao, near Anyihsien, Shansi, 

 China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube of peculiar shape, 

 the top being larger than the base in some fruits and protruding 

 above it with a circular constriction just below, giving the impres- 

 tion of one fruit placed above another ; size, medium ; color, light 

 mahogany. Can be eaten fresh or put up in weak brandy. Chinese 

 name P'o p'o tsao, meaning ' mother-in-law jujube,' having reference 

 to the peculiar shape of the fruit, in connection with the fact that 

 a Chinese wife generally sits under the rule of her husband's 

 mother." 



88251. "(No. 1148. Village of Siaoshu, near Anyihsien, Shansi, 

 China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube of oval, tapering 

 shape, medium sized ; color, light brown-red. Can be put up in 

 weak brandy. Chinese name Ken tsao, meaning ' hard jujube.' " 



38252. "(No. 1149. Village of Nantsunwu, near Anyihsien, Shansi, 

 China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube, the fruits of 

 -which are said to be flat in shape and somewhat undulated. The 

 branches are curiously bent and twisted, while the tree assumes a 

 beautiful bowl-like form. Chinese name Euai tsao, meaning ' bent 

 jujube.' " 



28253. "(No. 1150. Village of Nantsunwu, near Anyihsien, Shansi, 

 China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube, said to be much 

 like the preceding (No. 1149) ; the branches, however, are less 

 twisted, while the form of the tree is more open and loose." 



38254. Catalpa bungei C. A. Meyer. Bignoniacese. 



"(No. 1151. Village of Wangyuko, near Anyihsien, Shansi, China. Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1914.) A quick-growing Chinese timber tree, growing to large 

 size, specimens being seen 100 feet tall, with trunks 10 to 15 feet in 

 circumference a few feet above the ground. The Chinese plant this tree 

 for its wood, which is strong, light, durable, and nonwarping. It resem- 

 bles walnut to some extent and is much in demand for table tops and for 



