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and the lower rusty brown. The nuts, which are thick- 
shelled and elliptic in shape, are collected and sold 
as a sweetmeat, and a fine clear yellow oil is ex- 
tracted from them and used in fancy pastry. The wood 
is tough and strong and is used for tool handles. The 
tree thrives best at the foot of the mountains in 
narrow moist valleys, becomes crippled when exposed 
to much wind, and cannot stand much frost. (Adapted 
from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, part 1, pp. 
187, 188, 1916. ) 
Castanea vilmoriniana Dode. (Pagaceae.) 43832. Cut- 
tings of chestnut from Jamica Plain, Mass; Presented 
by the Arnold Arboretum. A tree from- 5.0 to 65 feet 
in height, found in the province of Shantung, China. 
It is closely related to the common American chinkapin, 
but has larger dimensions throughout, including the 
nuts, which are edible. (Adapted from Dode, Notes 
Dendrologiques , in Bulletin de la Society Dendrolo- 
gique de France, No. 6, pp. 156, 157, 1908.) 
Clematis tangutiea (Maxim.) Korsh. (Ranunculaceae . ) 
43833. Plants from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented 
by the Arnold Arboretum. A deciduous .woody climbing 
plant from central Asia growing 8 to 10 feet high, 
with raggedly serrate gray-green leaflets. The rich 
yellow flowers are solitary, and the fruits are crowned 
with long feathered styles. This is said to be the 
handsomest yellow-flowered clematis in cultivation, 
the flowers sometimes being 4 inches wide. (Adapted 
from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 
Isles, vol. 1, p. 367.) 
Corehorus capsularis L. (Tiliaceae.) 43808. Seeds of 
jute fromAmoy, China. Presented by Messrs. E. F. Spears 
& Sons, Paris, .Kentucky, who received it from Mr. Chan 
Goan Sin, Amoy. "Jute Is an annual plant, requiring 
a rich, moist, but well-drained, alluvial soil and a 
warm moist climate, free from frost for at least six 
months. It will grow in sandy-loam alluvial soils 
from Maryland to Florida and Texas, but will not ripen 
much seed north of the cotton belt. The seed is sown 
broadcast, the crop harvested by hand, retted in water, 
and the fiber cleaned by hand from the wet stalks in 
. the water. It could be grown profitably in this 
country if there were satisfactory methods for remov- 
ing the fiber from the stalk and preparing it for 
market. The fiber Is used for burlaps, bagging and 
gunny sacks." (L. H. Dewey.) 
