THE RUR-A.I* NEW-YOKKER 
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RURALISMS 
Moving Large Lilacs. 
T have a couple of quite large lilac 
bushes, possibly six feet in height, which 
have been growing for eight or nine years, 
and I wish to move them. They are too 
close to one of my apple trees. These 
lilac bushes grow close together, possibly 
two or three feet apart, so as to make one 
big bush. When would be a good time to 
move them? Would it be best to move 
them at this time or early in the Spring? 
J. B, B. 
You may remove your lilac bushes any 
time between now and Spring. Take the 
bushes up separately with as large a 
clump of soil as possible, and remove 
them promptly to their new permanent 
place. Dig the new hole plenty large and 
deep enough so that the bushes will be >i 
shall sow all the seed I have saved and 
hope to have more to say about it another 
season. It will probably mature seed 
further north than many of the cow peas. 
It certainly makes a great abundance of 
the nitrogen fixing nodules. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
New Plant Immigrants. 
Bulletin 100 of the Office of Foreign 
Seed and Plant Introduction describes 
huskless oats from Ivansu, China, which 
are cultivated in the higher regions of 
Kansu and Thibet as a human food. The 
grains are slightly parched, ground into 
flour, and this is mixed with weak tea, 
and eaten as a porridge. Flour from non- 
parched oats is also much used in the 
making of noodles and for certain coarse 
cakes. These oats are apparently able to 
stand more drought and heat than luilless 
barley, which is also much grown in the 
higher mountain regions of northwestern 
China. They are however, apparently 
The Chinese Litchi. 
Fig. 543. 
little deeper than formerly. Pack the 
soil around them very tightly, then mulch 
with a moderate application of leaves or 
stable manure. Trim out considerable of 
the older wood, leaving the new shoots to 
develop a vigorous growth. 
The Litchi. 
The dried fruits known as litchi nuts 
are quite familiar in this country. Fig. 
•>l”. reproduced from the annual list of 
the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant In¬ 
troduction, shows us how the litchi 
grows. This fruit is borne by a hand¬ 
some evergreen tree, Litchi Chinensis, 
growing about 25 feet high, and indigen¬ 
ous to South China. It produces, about 
midsummer, nearly round reddish fruits, 
about 1^4 inch in diameter, with a rough 
brittle rind and juicy white flesh of de¬ 
licious flavor. It is an important com¬ 
mercial fruit in South China, where the 
fruits are eaten fresh, canned or dried, 
being called litchi nuts when in the dried 
state. The canned and dried litchis are 
among delicacies sold by Oriental shops 
here. 
The Mung Bean. 
I have seen several notes lately from 
Prof. Massey regarding the “Mung bean.” 
Its name is Phaseolus radiates, and he 
needn’t hesitate to plant it in Maryland, 
either for forage or grain. It is very 
good for both, better than cow peas I 
think. It yielded heavily of both hay 
and grain for me in West Virginia with¬ 
in 10 miles of the Ohio River. It would 
never do much for me on very poor land. 
I thrashed over 2Vg bushels from one pint 
of seed sown. 8 c 
Relhaven, N. C. 
The plant is evidently either a Phase¬ 
olus or Vigna. I referred it to the botan¬ 
ist of the Department of Agriculture, hut 
he has never given me any reply. From 
its growth here this season I would con¬ 
sider it of value as a forage plant, as its 
erect growth and bushy habit will make 
it more easily harvested than the cow 
pea, and its abundant seeding will make 
it easy to get seed for another crop. I 
not as productive as the hulless barley 
and the flour has not quite the rich flavor 
that the barley flour has. Of interest to 
breeders and of value for the intermoun¬ 
tain sections of the United States. 
Asparagus lucida is a variety received 
from the Bureau of Productive Industry, 
Taihoku, Formosa. This is a perennial 
herb growing wild on seacoasts and also 
cultivated in fields. There are standing 
and climbing varieties. In Summer it 
produces small yellowish flowers, which 
are succeeded by little red berries. The 
tuberous roots grow in tufts about the 
size of a finger and are preserved in 
sugar, or used for various cooking pur¬ 
poses after having been boiled in water 
to take away the acidity. 
An attractive sumach, mentioned in 
the above bulletin, is Ilbus Javaniea, 
collected in Shensi, China. Mr. Meyer 
describes it as follows: 
“A sumach with medium-sized, glossy 
green leaves and reddish petioles, grow¬ 
ing into a tall shrub or even into a tree 
up to 60 feet high. Assumes most bril¬ 
liant colors in Fall. Produces many 
spikes of reddish-bronze colored berries 
which persist on the trees for a long time. 
On this sumach a gall insect makes its 
home, producing large inflated galls, 
which the Chinese utilize much for dye¬ 
ing black. The foreigners, however, 
found out that they contain a great per¬ 
centage of tannin, and used them for 
tanning purposes, vast quantities being 
exported from Hankow especially, under 
the name of ‘Chinese gall-nuts.’ This 
sumach possibly might be cultivated on 
cheap lands in the Southern States for its 
gall production. It is not very particular 
as to soil requirements, but it loves good 
drainage. Care should be taken however, 
to keep it well under control, as it has 
decidedly weedy tendencies. Chinese 
name ‘Wu bei tzu shu,’ meaning ‘Five- 
folded seed tree’.” 
Book on Apples. 
I would like to purchase a book giving 
the name, origin, description and stand¬ 
ard size, with plates, of all the leading 
fancy commercial varieties of apples. 
Massachusetts. e. d. w. 
‘ The Apples of New York,” is the best 
book for your purpose. This is printed 
in two volumes with many colored plates. 
It was issued by the State of New York, 
and a number of copies have been left 
with th<‘ Commissioner of Agriculture for 
sale. The price is $2.25 per set of two 
volumes. Write to Chas. S. Wilson, 
Commissioner, Albany, N. Y. 
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