Inventory 40, 



Seeds 



Plants imported, 



Plate III. 



Arbor vit/e (Thuja or.entalis L.) in Shensi, China. (See S. P. I. No. 38798.) 



A single sjiecimen of conical form, called by the Chinese TTVn^ pai shu, meaning "water-jar 

 eoniter." referring to its ourline?. which seem to resemble certain types of water jars. Of vahie 

 as an evergreen lor cemeteries and for places of dienity. Esj^ially suited ro mild-wintered 

 semiarid climes. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, August 15, 19U, near Chaoyi, Shensi, 

 China; PiaioTfS.) 



