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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38491 and 38492— Continued. 



obliquely oval or ovate, doubly toothed, narrowing at tbe apex to a 

 shortish point, very unequal at the base (one side of the blade being 

 tapered, the other rounded or semicordate), 1^ to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 

 inches wide (on vigorous shoots considerably larger), upper surface 

 glossy green and smooth, lower surface downy only in the vein axils or 

 along the midrib ; stalk one-fourth to half an inch long ; veins in 10 to 13 

 pairs. Flowers crowded in dense clusters close to the leafless shoot. 

 Fruit oval or obovate, smooth, one-half to five-eighths of an inch long, 

 notched at the top, with the seed close to the notch. Native of Europe 

 and western Asia, and one of the two undisputed species of British elms. 

 The other, TJ. montana, is amply distinguished by the seed being in the 

 middle of the fruit, by the very downy shoots and much larger, downy 

 leaves. The common elm, U. campestris, differs in its rounder leaf, 

 downy all over beneath and rough above. The usual autumn color is 

 yellow." (TF. J. Bean, Trees and Shruhs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol. 2, p. 618.) 



38492. Ulmus hollandica vegeta (Loud.) Rehder. 

 "The Huntingdon elm." (Lynch.) 



" This fine elm, according to information given to Loudon by Mr. John 

 Wood, of Huntingdon, in 1836, was raised in the nursery of his firm about 

 the middle of the eighteenth century from seed gathered in Hinching- 

 brook Park. It is, no doubt, a hybrid between U. montana [U. scabra 

 Miller] and U. nitens [U. glabra Miller], and, like many hybrid trees, is 

 of remarkably vigorous growth. One of the largest of all elms, it reaches 

 100 feet in height, forming a thick, short trunk 5 or 6 feet in diameter 

 with ascending branches. Leaves up to 5 or 6 inches long, more than 

 half as wide, smooth above and downy beneath only in the leaf axils. 

 Fruit oval, up to seven-eighths of an inch long, the seed not reaching to 

 the notch at the top. This last character and its less downy leaves dis- 

 tinguish it from U. major, of presumably the same parentage. The veins, 

 too, are more Rumerous (14 to 18 pairs) than in U. major. According 

 to Elwes it has the defect of splitting in the trunk, due to its habit of 

 forking low down. This, however, can be prevented by timely pruning. 

 The tree produces suckers." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in 

 the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 621.) 



38493 to 38495. 



From Chiengrai, Siam. Presented by Dr. W. T. Lyon, Overbrook Hospital. 

 Received June 4, 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Lyon. 



38493 and 38494. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 

 38493. " Kow chow, Siamese name. This bears a little heavier 

 than Kow san [S. P. I. No. 38494]. Is white and has very hard 

 kernels, and resembles American rice very much. About 18 varie- 

 ties are grown here in North Siam." 

 88494. "Kow san, Siamese name. Is very glutinous ana is pre- 

 pared by steaming ; the kernels are very sticky. The fields are not 

 measured in acres like ours in America, but are measured by 

 baskets. A field planted to Kow sa^, which requires 4 baskets 

 to plant, will yield from 400 to 450 baskets." 

 38495. GossYPiuM sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



"This was grown at Chiengkum about 60 miles from here, near the 

 French Indo-China border." 



