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DIOSPYROS SP. (Ebenaceae.) 29102. Seeds of persimmon. Presented 
by Mr. T. ML Wilkinson, Poochow, China. "1 am told that this 
grows as far north as Shanghai. The fruits are large, many of 
them "being 2 inches in diameter, skin and pulp red. Sweet and 
fine flavored. Grows from valley to mountainside." (Wilkinson.) 
For distribution later. 
DIOSPYROS SPP. (Ebenaceae. ) 29111-29114. Seeds of Diospyros from 
Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. John C. Willis, Director, 
Royal Botanic Gardens. Pour native Ceylonese species introduced 
for the work of the Office in breeding improved varieties of 
Diospyros. For distribution later. 
DIOSPYROS SP. (Ebenaceae.) 29116. Seeds of usually seedless per- 
simmon. Presented by Mr. E. T. Williams, Division of Par East- 
ern Affairs, State Department, through Dr. R. H. True. "Some 
years since, when Mr. Prank Meyer was in China, he asked me to 
obtain for him if possible some seeds of the Chinese persimmon 
which are for the most part seedless. I mentioned it at the 
time to a friend, who is now in Nanking and who has sent me 
these seeds just found in a persimmon. If he had sent a quan- 
tity an interesting experiment might have been made, since all 
Chinese persimmons are propagated by grafting upon the wild 
stock." (Williams.) Por distribution later. 
DONICERA SP. (Caprifcliaceae. ) 29146. Cuttings from Chinese Tur- 
kestan, near Irkestan, "A shrubby honeysuckle, inhabiting re- 
markably dry stony and windswept places at altitudes of often 
over 9000 feet above sea, and having small somewhat downy leaves 
and hearing yellow berries. Recommended as an ornamental garden 
shrub and possible hedgeplant in the dry cold sections of the 
United States." (Meyer's introduction.) Por distribution later. 
MEDIC AGO FALCATA, (Pabaceae.) 29139. Seed of alfalfa, from La- 
hul, in the heart of the Himalayas, near Kashmir. Presented by 
Gen. P. Booth Tucker, The Salvation Army, Simla, India. "Lahul 
is a valley 10,000 to 11,000 feet above the sea, surrounded by 
glaciers and snowy mountains and covered with snow during the 
winter months." (Tucker.) Por distribution later. 
MEDICAGO HISPIDA DENTICULATA. (Pabaceae.) 29138. Seed of bur 
clover from the Panjab Agricultural College. Presented by Gen. 
P. Booth Tucker, Salvation Army, Simla, India. "This is known 
here as Maina. The Director of Agriculture tells me that this 
is an excellent fodder for cattle, and especially for milch 
cows, but that it is not suitable for horses." (Tucker.) Por 
distribution later. 
