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the dasheen type. It Is said to be the best variety 

 grown in Japan. These specimens grown in Texas, though 

 very small, were mealy and of fine flavor." (R. A. 

 Young . ) 



Cotoneaster divaricata Rehder & Wilson. (Malaceae.) 



43991. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum. A deciduous upright shrub from 

 central and western China, with shining oval leaves 

 1/3 to 3/4 inch long. The pink flowers are usually in 

 threes, and the bright red fruit, containing 2 stones, 

 is 1/3 inch Long. A very handsome shrub when studded 

 with its bright red fruits, and hardy at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. (Adapted from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 865.) 



Cotoneaster horizontalis perpusilla Schneider. (Malaceae.) 



43992. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum. A low Chinese shrub of pros- 

 trate habit with almost horizontal branches in two 

 dense series and roundish oval leaves less than 1/3 

 inch long. The flowers are erect, pink, and either 

 solitary or* in pairs, and the bright red oval fruit, 

 1/4 inch in diameter, usually contains 3 stones. One 

 of the most effective fruiting shrubs for rockeries. 

 (Adapted from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia 



of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 865.) 



Cotoneaster hupehensis Rehder & Wilson. (Malaceae.) 

 44079. Cuttings from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented 

 by the Arnold Arboretum. A shrub, native of central 

 and western China, up to 5 feet in height, with slender 

 spreading branches, oval or elliptc leaves with gray 

 wool on the lower surfaces, 6 to 12 white flowers in 

 each of the numerous cymes, and red, nearly globular 

 fruits about 1/3 inch in diameter. This is one of the 

 handsomest of Cotoneasters in bloom, . and is hardy as 

 far north as Massachusetts. (Adapted from Rehder, in 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, 

 p. 867.) 



Cotoneaster tenuipes Rehder & Wilson. (Malaceae.) 

 43995. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum. A gracefully-branched, decid- 

 uous shrub, from western China, up to 7 feet high, 

 with oval or elliptic-oval, sharp-pointed leaves, 

 about one and three fifths inches long. The flowers 



