42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



26866 to 26884— Continued. 



26874. C0TONBA8TBB iyracantha (L.) Spach. 



Prom neai l'»a i< la ri, Crimea, Russia. "(No. 1225a, January 15, 1910.) This 

 very ornamental evergreen hawthorn grows in its native habitat in rather 

 sterile and exposed places, and where it is browsed upon by sheep and goats 

 assumes very low, rounded shapes. Can probably be employed as a low 

 evergreen fur I - and borders in fairly mild-wintered regions, with hot and 



dry summer {Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Southern Europe and western Asia, extending from Spain 

 to Macedonia and eastward through Asia Minor to Syria. Naturalized in the 

 United States from Pennsylvania to Tennessee and south to Alabama. 



26875. Crataegus sp. 



From near Sebastopol, Crimea, Russia. "(No. 1226a, January 11, 1910.) 

 A small tree, found at the foot of an embankment. Apparently quite rare. 

 Of value as an ornamental, tall shrub or small tree in regions with dry and 

 hot summers and fairly mild winters." (Meyer.) 



26876. Crataegus sp. 



From near Baidari, Crimea, Russia. "(No 1227a, January 14, 1910.) A 

 low shrub, found growing in dry and stony places. Of value like the preceding 

 number (S. P. I. No. 26875)." (Meyer.) 



26877. Ligustrum vulgare L. Privet. 



From near Baidari, Crimea, Russia. "(No. 1228a, January 15, 1910.) Col- 

 lected from some shrubs, found growing on very dry and exposed places. This 

 privet seems to be able to stand more drought and heat than is generally sup- 

 posed. Of value as an ornamental shrub in regions with dry and hot summers 

 and fairly mild winters." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa; cultivated in the 

 United States as a hedge plant, and naturalized locally from Maine to Ontario 

 and south to North Carolina. 



26878. Carpinus betulus L. European hornbeam. 

 From near Sebastopol, Crimea, Russia. "(No. 1229a, January 11, 1910.) 



This well-known shrub, growing into a medium-sized tree, occasionally, is 

 found in abundance on the hills and mountains of the Crimea, where it with- 

 stands heat and drought on even very sterile mountain sides remarkably well. 

 Of value as an ornamental and as a hedge plant in similar regions as the pre- 

 ceding number (S. P. I. No. 26877)." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Europe and western Asia; from southern England and Sweden 

 to the Mediterranean, and east through southern Russia to Persia. 



26879. Paliurus 6pina-christi Mill. Christ's-thorn. 



From near Sebastopol, Crimea, Russia. "(No. 1230a, January 9, 1910.) 

 A Zizyphus-like shrub, with many hooked spines, growing in abundance here 

 and there on dry stony places. A bad weed apparently. Of value as a botan- 

 ical specimen in arboreta and botanical gardens." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Southern Europe and Asia; from Switzerland through Hun- 

 gary and Greece to Persia; also reported from the province of Shensi, northern 

 I hina. 



26880. Viburnum lantana L. Wayfaring tree. 



From Baidari, Crimea, Russia. "(No. 1231a, January 15, 1910.) An orna- 

 mental Viburnum found in a thicket; this was the only specimen. Of value 

 as an ornamental shrub in regions with hot and dry summers and fairly mild 

 winters. (Meyer.) 



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