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ber and November and transplant to the growing beds in 
February. I think the Imperial Valley, Yuma and Indio 
would be the correct places to try out this seed." 
(Mason.) For distribution later. 
Amygdalus persica. ( Amygdalaceae . ) 36724. Seeds of a 
peach from Kalgan, China. "A small, but hardy peach, cul- 
tivated in sheltered localities in the northern parts of 
Chili province. To be tested in the regions north of the 
peach-belt proper." (Meyer's introduction.) For distri- 
bution later. 
Artemisia sp. ( Asteraceae . ) 36797. Seeds of a wormwood 
from Peking, China. "A biennial wormwood occurring as a 
weed on all sorts of dry, waste places. The Chinese 
utilize this plant as a stock to graft chrysanthemums upon 
and claim that 'mums' thus grafted are earlier, need less 
water and no manure, are more easily lifted and trans- 
planted and in general require far less care, than when on 
their own roots. To obtain the best results the Chinese 
sow the seed in late summer, in well drained beds. The 
seeds germinate quickly, but the little plants make but 
very small growth during the autumn and winter. When 
spring is there, however, they develop with great vigor 
and in June they have well-formed stems. Now the Chinese 
cut off the main stem an inch or so from the ground and 
graft a chrysanthemum scion upon it by the ordinary cleft- 
graft method; no wax is used, but only a small strip of 
fiber, while the plants are shaded during the first days. 
The stock and the scion soon unite and continue to grow 
vigorously. On very strongly developed specimens of the 
stock, the main branches are often used to insert on every 
one a different varLety of chrysanthemum or to train a 
beautiful 'standard' tree of It and some of . such specimens 
are fully as good as the plants seen at home exhibitions 
of 'mums. - The above described method of grafting chrysan- 
themums might prove to be valuable for the sections of the 
United States where the summers are somewhat too short or 
the nights too cool, to rear the plants successfully out 
of doors, as for instance in the more elevated parts of 
the Rocky Mountain States. N. B. Care has to be taken in 
watering the plants sparingly when lifted and planted in 
flower pots." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 
later. 
Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa. (Brassicaceae . ) 36770. 
Seeds of a kohl-rabi from Kalgan, China. "A very large 
variety of kohlrabi, which weighed when fresh 16 pounds. 
