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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52622 to 52661— Continued. 



52659. PicEA SCHKENKIANA Plsch. and Mey. PinaceiB. Spruce. 

 A large tree attaining a height of 100 feet, with ashy gray branchlets 



and large ovoid light-brown buds. The straight or curved rigid leaves are 

 up to li inches long. The cylindric dark shining-brown cones are 3 to 4 

 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. This species forms large forests in 

 Turkestan, north of 41° at 4,500 to 10,000 feet altitude, and extends east- 

 ward through Chinese territory along the Tianshan Mountains. (Adapted 

 from C lint oii-B alee r, Illustrations of Conifers, lol. 2, p. 48.) 



52660. RuBus sp. Rosacere, 52661. Rubus sp. Rosace^e. 

 ''Forrest No. 15329." "Forrest No. 15334." 



52662 and 52663. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Seeds purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. | 

 Received February 28, 1921, at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, 

 Calif. I 



52662. Ajiygdalus davidiana (Carr.) Zabel. Amygdalaceas. ! 

 {Prunus davidiana Franch.) ■ 



For use as stock. ! 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46694. I 



52663. Pkunus sekeut.ata Lindl. Amygdalacese. Flowering cherry. j 

 Introduced for experimental purposes. I 



52664 and 52665. Saccharum offtcinarum L. Poacese. \ 



Sugar cane. , 



From Coimbatore, India. Seeds presented by U. Vittal-Rao, Experiment j 



Station, Agricultural College. Received March 17, 1921. Quoted notes by j 



Mr. Vittal-Rao. | 



52664. " J 213.'* 52665. " Kassoer." I 



52666. Phleum pratense L. Poacese. Timothy. j 



• From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Seeds presented by George ! 

 Valder, director, Department of Agriculture. Received March 24, 1921. | 



" Timothy grass from Glen Innes Experiment Farm. This seed is from what | 

 is described as the best growth of timothy grass ever obtained at Glen Innes. | 

 The plants reached a height of over 2 feet and were characterized by excep- ' 

 tionally long seed heads." (Valder.) 



52667. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malacese. Apple. 



(Pyrus malus L.) 



From Platenice, Bohemia. Cuttings presented by Dr. Rudolph Kur^^, 

 agricultural attache, Czechoslovak Legation, Washington, D. C, through 

 Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator, Division of Physical Anthropology, United 

 States National Museum. Received March 21, 1921. 

 " These cuttings came from Platenice, in Bohemia, which lies about 200 

 meters above sea level. I assure you that they are from the very best source." 

 (Kurdz.) 



