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o arc pfcu.e green, Diotcned with purple; 

 the young leaves are orange-green with blood-red spots; 

 all of the leaves are crenate. The creamy-white 

 flowers are in large compound panicles, and the in- 

 dividual flowers are more than two inches long. (Adapt- 

 ed from Gardener's Chronicle, vol. 12, Sept. 10, 1892, 

 and from Curtis 's Botanical Magazine, plate 7333.) 



Lespedeza formosa '(Vogel) Koehne. 

 Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Arnold Arboretum and 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, of 

 warm regions a shrub 

 strong, wiry shoots 



(Fabaceae.) 436-93. 

 Presented by the 

 selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 

 this Department. An herb, or in 

 up to 2 meters high, throwing up 

 each year from the crown. The 

 stems are hairy, angled, reddish or brown, and the 

 rosy purple flowers, nearly | inch long, occur in very 

 numerous long, drooping racemes. The pod is about | 

 inch long and pubescent. This plant, which is a na- 

 tive of Japan and China, is a very desirable late 

 bloomer. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia 

 of Horticulture, p. 1845, under L. sieboldii.) 



Loniccm maaekii erubescens Rehder. (Caprif oliaceae . ) 

 43698. Seeds of honeysuckle from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. 

 H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. 

 A rather low, spreading shrub, with broadly oval 

 leaves which are dark green above and paler beneath. 

 The white flowers are large and tinted with pink, and 



