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Acer campbellii (Aceraceae), 47629. Maple. Prom 
Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented 
by Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. 
The principal maple of the northeastern Himalayas, where 
it grows at an altitude of 7,000 feet and more. The 
leaves are a beautiful green with red petioles. The 
grayish whi te , close-grained wood is moderately hard and 
is extensively used for planking and for tea boxes. 
The tree reproduces freely by seed or by coppice, and 
plays an important part in the regeneration of the 
hill forests. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the 
Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 69.) 
Actinidia kolomikta (Dilleniaceae) , 47623 . Grown at 
the Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rock- 
ville, Md., and numbered for convenience in distri- 
bution. "A large-growing, deciduous , ornamental climber , 
native to Amur, China, and Japan. The flowers are | 
to | of an inch in diameter, white with purple stamens, 
and are produced in abundance. The fruit is the size 
of a gooseberry or small plum, and has somewhat the 
flavor of the former. The foliage is deep green tinted 
with red and is very ornamental." (Johnson.) 
Actinidia strigosa (Dilleniaceae), 47633. Prom 
Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented 
by Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. 
A shrubby climber, native of Sikkim, India, with white 
flowers in axillary cymes, and edible, ovoid, mucilagi- 
nous fruits a little more than an inch in length. 
(Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, 
p. 286.) 
Amerimnon sissoo (Fabaceae), 47637. From Darjeeling, 
India. A collection of seeds presented by Mr. G. H. 
Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "The timber is 
very valuable, and is one of the numerous kinds which 
are known in the timber trade as rosewood. The heart- 
wood is brownish, and it possesses great strength and 
elasticity. It is also heavy, its weight being about 
50 lbs. to the cubic foot. The wood is used for all 
kinds of joinery and cabinet work, carving, building 
material, gun carriages, etc. It requires a tropical 
or subtropical temperature." (Gardeners' Chronicle, 
Jan. 31, 1914.) 
Anemone vitifolia (Ranunculaceae ) , 47639 From 
Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented by 
