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Atalantia racemosa. (Rutaceae.) 36102. Seeds from 
Gaganbavda, Kolapur District, India. Presented by Mr. R. 
R. Dhavle. "A small tree or shrub, differing from the 
other species of Atalantia in that it is always unarmed. 
It is found in the lower mountain regions of Ceylon, in 
Southern India and in the western peninsula from the Con- 
can to Travancore. In February the plant produces its 
white flowers which are arranged in short but distinct ra- 
cemes with the peduncles a little less than a quarter of 
an inch in length. The berry is globular-ovoid, three- 
fourths of an inch wide with a long epiculus, four- celled, 
four-seeded." (Trimen, Handbook of the flora of Ceylon, 
and Hooker, Flora of British India.) Introduced for the 
citrus breeding work of the Office of Crop Physiology and 
Breeding Investigations. For distribution later. 
Brassica pekinensis , (Brassicaceae . ) 36113. Seeds of 
the petsai cabbage from Peking, China. "A large variety of 
Chinese winter cabbage coming from near Tientsin, called 
'Ta pai tsai.' Chinese winter cabbage is a vegetable of 
first class quality, having a rich flavor all its own. 
It is very much easier digested than the ordinary cabbage 
and emits no offensive odors when boiled. It can be 
served in many different ways and may be • eaten boiled or 
stewed, raw, pickled or salted. To obtain the best re- 
sults a rich well worked soil is needed, the plants must 
have a space of about two feet in all directions and they 
must be regularly cultivated, and they must never suffer 
for lack of sufficient soil moisture. The best time for 
sowing the seed is about the end of July or early in Au- 
gust; for regions with a very long summer even later will 
suffice. To keep them during the winter the Chinese pro- 
ceed this way; after the first heavy night frost Tihe cab- 
bages are pulled out by a twist of the hand, the earth 
roughly shaken off the roots and -the plants left lying on 
the field for a day or so to dry them off, then the outer 
leaves are pulled off, the dry soil beaten from the roots 
and the cabbages brought to dry dug-out cellars, where 
they are neatly stored layer on layer with the heads fa- 
cing the entrance. Dry straw is now put over them and the 
whole covered with a heavy coat of soil. When stored 
carefully they last until late next spring. The roots 
must never be cut off as otherwise the plants begin to 
rot. When grown for seed the roots with just an inch or 
so of the leaf-stumps left on them are planted out in the 
spring on a special piece of land, where the soil is not 
too heavy. They soon form new rootlets and in a short 
time stalks rise up with but very scanty foliage and bear- 
ing pale yellow flowers. The process of fsetting seeds 
