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POLVG ON L' M S AC H A LIN ENS I : . 



Polygonum saehaliuense, forage plant (roots) (sec height. per 10. per per i.ooo. 

 photo.) — — >>;ii.oo j^So.oo 



Ipoiiiaea liatatJi-^, ( Japanese sweet potato ) very useful 



Japanese food plant — tubers — - — 2. 00 — 



Jilucus eoniinuuis, grows in marshy places, fine Japan- 

 ese mattings are made of the rushes, by clump. — — j .00 — 



Liudera sericea, deciduous shrub, the branches have 

 aromatic odor, good to make toothpicks, and 



oil is pressed from the seeds i-i J ft. §2.00 — — 



3Ioriis alba, the silk worm mulberry, several varieties 

 cultivated wherever sericulture is conducted 



(open ground grown) 2-4 ft. — 3.70 20.00 



Edgewortliia papyrifera, paper manufacturing plant.... 1-2 ft. — 8.oo 40.00 



Pueraria Thiinbergiana, (Kudzu vine) perennial vine, both decorative and economic, violet 

 papilio-flowers, ornamental climber for shading very useful fodder plants. 

 This is most remarkable economic plant, from the leaves, bark, stalk 

 down to roots serve for some purposes. Fine starch is prepared from the 

 tuber or nodule produced in the roots which is gathered in winter, 

 the material being washed, scraped, crushed, pounded into pulp and then ground in 

 a millstone with water. The substance thus obtained is put into a tank of fresh 

 water and allowed to sink down. Water changed .several times for refining. It is 

 dried in the sun, and strained through a sieve to make fine powder. 



Lustrous hemp-like fibre is obtained from the ba.st which is woven into fabric 

 known as the grass cloth, its moisture proof property is well adopted for wall and 

 book covering with artistic effect. 



Dried roots are largely used by the herb doctors and height. per 10 per lOO. 

 people in China and Japan as the home cure for the cold 



and other indispositions, strong root — — )?2.oo 



Rhus seini-alata, the well known galls occasioned by the stings of a 

 leaf-louse (Aphis chinensis) are taken from this plant which 

 is one of the valuable commercial staples in China (open 



ground grown) 1-2 ft. S .50 4.00 



Rhus succedanea, (Wax or tallow tree) leaves turn beautiful red in 

 autumn, very ornamental in garden and seeds produce wax. 



(open ground) 1-2 ft. .50 4.OO 



Price in U. S. Gold. 



