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SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



38334. Pelargonium sp. Geraniaceae. Rose geranium. 



From Valencia. Spain. Presented by Mr. Claude I. Dawson, American 

 consul, who procured them from J. Robillard & Co. Cuttings received 

 May 29, 1914. 



** Malvurrosa, or rose geranium. This is the variety which yields the gera- 

 nium oil of commerce." (Datcson.) 



38335. GiTErs sp. Eutaceae. Orange. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. H. Wilson. Received May 

 6, 1914. 



**Katsu Mikan. During my recent trip to southern Kyushu I made a collec- 

 tion of the various citrus fruits cultivated here. Among these fruits is an 

 orange with which I am unfamiliar. Its Japanese name is Xatsu Mikan, and 

 it is said to keep longer than any other variety and to be very sweet at mid- 

 summer. It is a light-skinned variety with rather pale flesh, and the skin sepa- 

 rates from the flesh as in the pummelo. The tree bears in a small state and 

 the fruit is decidedly handsome in appearance. In February and March it is 

 still on the tree and the flavor is soui* and very decidedly bitter. I shall test 

 the fruit again at midsummer to find if it becomes distinctly sweet. Very 

 likely this orange is well known to you, but it occurs to me that sweet oranges 

 at midsummer would find a ready market. If of any interest to you there 

 would be no difficulty in securing a supply of seeds. I think growing plants 

 could also be obtained. Apparently it is as hardy as the navel orange." 

 {Wilson.) 



" Regarding the so-called ' sweet summer orange,' fruits of which I sent 

 in the spring, I have since eaten this fruit in the summer and unhesitatingly 

 say that the term • sweet ' is a misnomer ; sour is the correct word to use, and 

 I do not think there is the remotest possibility of this fruit appealing to the 

 American palate." (Wilsoji, in letter dated Septemler 7, 191Jf.) 



38336. Olea eueopaea L. Oleaceae. Olive. 



From Bermuda. Collected by Mr. Peter Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received June 2, 1914. 

 " Cuttings from an olive that fruits sparingly in Bermuda. For trial in 

 Florida, where soil and climatic conditions are similar, and where the olive 

 does not fruit." {Bisset.) 



38337 to 38340. 



From Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. Collected by Mr. Frank X. Meyer, 

 Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at 

 the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 27, 1914. Plant* 

 of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer. 

 38337. Pbtjxtjs glandulosa Thunberg. Amygdalacese. 



"(No. 1192. March 11, 1914.) A shrub of small dimensions, said to 

 be quite ornamental in the spring when in flower. Apparently rare. 

 Chinese name Tu hua mei. 



"J.. Has pure white flowers; Chinese name Pai yu hua mei. 



"B. Has rosy flowers; Chinese name Hung yii hua mei. 



"C. Has white flowers dotted with red spots; Chinese name Hua yu 

 hua meU* 



