74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28199 to 28282— Continued. 



28238. ■ Rosa sibernica Smith. 



Distribution. — A hybrid between Rosa canina and R. spinosissima arising in 

 the counties of Derry and Down in Ireland. 



28239. Rosa macrophylla Lindl. 



Distribution. — In the] I imalayas up to 10,000 feet between Murreeand Sikkim, 

 and in the provinces of Chihli and Yunnan in China. 



28240. Rosa multiflora Thunb. 



Distribution. — Apparently native throughout China, the Korean Archipelago 

 and Japan; common in cultivation. 



28241. Rosa rugosa Thunb. 



Distribution. — The Provinces'of Chihli, Shingking, and Shangtung in China, 

 in the Korean islands, and in Japan. 



28242. Rosa tomentosa Smith. 



Distribution. — In hedges and thickets throughout Europe and western Asia, 

 chiefly in the northern part, and in the mountainous districts of southern 

 A?ia. 



28243. Rosa villosa L. 



Distribution. — Mountains of Norway and Sweden southward to central 

 Spain and eastward to the region of the Caucasus Mountains and Armenia. 



28244. Rosa virginiana Miller. 



Distribution. — Margins of swamps and rocky shores from Newfoundland to 

 eastern Quebec and southward to New York and eastern Pennsylvania. 



28245. Sambucus ebulus L. 



Distrib u t ion. —Central and southern Europe and Asia Minor, northern 

 Africa, and eastward through Persia to Kashmir and the Elburz Mountains. 



28246. Tropaeolum majus L. 



28247. Tropaeolum minus L. 



28248. Ulex europaeus L. 



Distribution. — On heaths and sandy and stony wastes in western Europe, 

 extending eastward to northern and central Germany; abundant in England, 

 Ireland, and Scotland. 



28249. Viola arenaria DC. 



Distribution. — Sandy and stony places in Europe from Norway and England 

 southward to the Mediterranean, and in northern Asia. 



28250. Viola canina L. 



Distribution. — Very common throughout Europe and northern Asia. 

 . 28251. Viola cornuta L. 



Distribution. — Southern Europe, especially in the Pyrenees. 



28252. Viola cucullata Ait. 

 Variety alba. 



Distribution. — In wet places throughout the northeastern United States. 



28253. Viola elatior Fries. 



Distribution. — Damp pastures and copses in northern and central Europe, 

 thence eastward to the Altai Mountains and southward to Asia Minor. 



28254. Viola ericetorum X ruppii. 

 208 



