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Actinidia ehinensis (Dilleniaceae) , 45588. Yang tao. 
Prom Krling, China. Presented by Rev. John Berkin. 
The Yang tao, as this deciduous climber Is known In 
Szechwan province, where it Is native, has attracted 
considerable attention from travelers and mission- 
aries In China, because of the high quality of Its 
fruits, and the ornamental value of the plant. Single 
plants often grow 30 feet in length so that the vine 
will cover large areas of trellis. The leaves have a 
plush-llke texture, and an unusual dark-green color. 
The young shoots are bright pink and villous-pube- 
scent. The size and regular spacing of the leaves 
make this climber valuable where large areas of foli- 
age are desired. The flowers are buff-yellow to white, 
fragrant, and of large size, being from 1 to 1| Inches 
in diameter. The abundance of these flowers adds 
greatly to the beauty of this plant, and enhances its 
value as an ornamental. The following account of the 
fruit was written by Mr. Wilson while in China. "Fruits 
abundantly produced, ovoid to globose, 1 to 2| inches 
long, 1 to 1£ Inches across; eplcarp membranous, rus- 
set-brown, more or less clothed with villous hairs. 
Flesh green, of most excellent flavor, to my palate 
akin to that of the gooseberry, but tempered with a 
flavor peculiarly Its own. The fruit is excellent 
when fresh, and also makes very fine jam and sauce. A 
number of the Yang tao fruits which were produced by 
vines growing in California were shipped to Washing- 
ton and have been eaten by a number of people of dis- 
criminating taste, and the universal opinion appears 
to be that we have in this Chinese fruit a distinct 
new possibility for home gardens in Southern regions. 
What American horticulturists will do with It remains 
to be seen. It is now essentially a wild fruit, for 
the Chinese have done no more with it than Americans 
have with their largest wild fruit, the papaw (Asimim 
triloba). While this plant Is not hardy in regions of 
severe winters, the rapid growth in the spring will 
make it a valuable ornamental, even in those regions 
where it is killed to the ground each winter." (See 
fuller description in "Some Asiatic Actinldias," by 
Fairchild, issued January 18, 1915;. In Bureau of Plant 
Industry Circular No. 110.) 
Amaranthus panieulatus (Amaranthaceae) , 45535. Huauhtli. 
From Mexico. Presented by. Mrs. Zelia Nut tall, Casa 
Alvarado, Coyoacan, Mexico City. An annual, with en- 
tire leaves, bearing the abundant,, grainlike edible 
