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FYRUS SP. (Malaceae.) 27699. Summer "butt er -pear. Prom 
Belgrade, Servia. Presented by the Chief of the Culture 
Department, Serbian Royal Ministry of Agriculture . For 
.distribution later. 
QUERCUS SP. (Fabaceae.) 28176. Oak from Wuchang, Hupeh, 
China. Presented by Director Whong, Chinese Government 
' College of Agriculture. • Hative name, Ung se lai . For 
distribution later. 
SACCHARUM OPFICINARUM. (Poaceae.) 28193. Scions of an early 
variety of sugar cane from Okinawa ken, Kiushiu, Japan. 
Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Dor distribution 
later . 
SOLANUM SP. (Solanaeeae. ) 27903. Prom near the baths of 
Chillian, Chile, at an altitr.de of about 2,200 meters above 
sea level. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, 
Chile. "A friend of mine procured these seeds from a plant 
which he says is very much like a potato. The tubers could 
not be obtained as the;/- were growing in the dirt, within the 
crevices of rocks, very deep down. This may possibly be 
Solanum etubersum." (Husbands.) ' For distribution later. 
SORBUS SP. (Malaceae.) 28177. Prom Wuchang, Hupeh, China. 
Presented by Director Whong, Chinese Government College of 
Agriculture. Native name, Yo dsor tsa. For distribution 
later . 
TABEBUIA SP. (Bignoniaceae . ) 28285. Collected by Messrs . 
Rose, Standley and Russell at Alamos, Mexico. " A tree 20 
feet high. Produces an abundance of large, yellow Catalpa- 
like flowers, which appear before the leaves. The leaves 
are compound and somewhat like the horse-chestnut. It would 
be a desirable ornamental shrub or tree for the arid parts 
of the Southwest."' (J. IT. Rose.) For distribution later. 
THEA SINENSIS. (Theaceae.) 28178. Tea from Wuchang, Hupeh, 
China. Presented by Director Whong, Chinese Government 
College of Agriculture. For distribution later. 
TRACHYCARPUS EXCELSUS . (Phoenicaceae . ) 28179-180. From 
Wuchang, Hupeh, China. Presented by Director Whong, Chinese 
Government College of Agriculture. "A dwarf palm, trunk cov- 
ered with hair. For lawn decoration, or garden." (Husbands.) 
For distribution later. 
