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Amsterdam, Holland, and Madrid, Spain. Introduced for 

 the work of the Off ice of Horticultural and Pomologi- 

 cal Investigations. Most of them are unusual European 

 species rarely grown except in botanical gardens. 

 42750. R. discolor Weihe & Nees. 42751. R. fastigiatus Weihe 

 & Nees. 42752. R. godronii Lecoq & Lamotte. 42753. R. 

 hirtus Waldst. & Kit. 42754. R. Icjeunei Weihe & Nees. 

 42755. R. nitidus Weihe & Nees. 42756. R. rudis Weihe & 

 Nees. 42757. R. wahlbergii Arrhenius. 42766. R. ulmifolius 

 bellidifloriis (Koch) Focke. 42782. R. hoffmeisterianus K. & B. 

 42783. R. inermis Pourr. 42784. R. leucostachys Schleicher. 

 42785. R. lindleyanus Lees. 42786. R. rhamnifolius Weihe & 

 Nees. 42787. R. sanctus Schreber. 42788. R. thyrsiflonts 

 Weihe & Nees. 42789. R. vestitits Weihe & Nees. 



Solarium biillatum Velloso. (Solanaceae .) 42815 . Seeds 

 from Lavras, Minas, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin 

 H. Hunnicutt, Director, Institute Evangelico, Escola 

 Agricola. "Capoeira branco. Relished by cattle as well 

 as by horses. It seems to have no poison effect what- 

 ever on the stock eating it." (Hunnicutt.) A South 

 American plant which may possibly be valuable as a 

 forage plant because of its large per centage of pro- 

 tein. The analysis of the leaves and branches shows 

 20.88 per cent of protein in the leaves and 14.06 per 

 cent of protein in the branches. 



Syringa giraldii Sprenger. (Oleaceae.) 42696. Plants 

 from Paris, France. Purchased from Messrs. Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Company. Originally from the north of 

 China, this lilac, which is still little known, is 

 chiefly remarkable for its early flowering which takes 

 place in Paris at the beginning of April. The beauti- 

 ful flowers are white, slightly marked with lilac, in 

 loose thyrses and as odorous as those of the common 

 lilac. It reaches a height of three to four meters. 



Viburnum spp. ( Capri f oil aceae .) 42697-42698. Plants 

 from Paris, France. Purchased from Messrs. Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Company. 42697. V. carlesii Hemsley. A Korean 

 shrub recently introduced and little known, reach- 

 ing a height of about a meter, of open habit. With 

 opposite subsessile, rounded pubescent, deciduous 

 leaves, and very odorous white flowers, flushed with 

 rose, in terminal umbels, appearing; in May. Flourishes 

 in cool, semishady places with little lime and forces 

 very easily; recommended for border for mass plantings 

 of rhododendrons and azaleas. 42698. V. davidii Franchet . 



