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Rosa chinensis (Rosaceae), 46078. Rose. From Eng- 

 land. Purchased from Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 

 Herts. "Red-Letter Day. Garden form of Rosa chinensis. Dwarf 

 shrub with erect stems growing about 2 feet high. 

 Flowers single or semidouble , intense scarlet-crimson, 

 best of its color. Desirable for breeding." (W. Van 

 Fleet.) 



Rosa maerophylla (Rosaceae), 46097. Rose. From 

 Darjeeling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Di- 

 rector, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A shrub, native of the 

 Himalayas and western China, becoming 8 feet or more 

 in height, with erect stems and arching branches usu- 

 ally furnished with straight prickles, up to half an 

 inch in length. The leaves, which are composed of 

 from 5 to 11 leaflets, approach 8 inches in length. 

 The deep pink or red flowers are sometimes 3 inches 

 in width, and are produced singly or in clusters of 

 varying number. The elongated, pear-shaped fruits are 

 bright red. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy 

 in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 433.) 



Rubin cordifolia (Rubiaceae), 46099. Madder. From 

 Darjeeling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Di- 

 rector, Lloyd Botanic Garden. An herbaceous creeper 

 with perennial roots, which is met with in the hilly 

 districts of India, from the northwest Himalayas east- 

 ward and southward to Ceylon. The Manjit root, or 

 East India madder, is obtained for the most part 

 from this species and is much employed by the natives 

 of India for dyeing coarse cotton fabric, or the 

 thread from which it is woven, various shades of scar- 

 let, coffee-brown, or mauve. The East India madder 

 of commerce consists of a short stalk from which di- 

 verge numerous cylindrical roots, about the size of a 

 quill. These are covered with a thin, brownish pulp 

 which peels off in flakes, disclosing a red-brown bark 

 marked by longitudinal furrows. Many different meth- 

 ods are used for dyeing with this madder, a short ac- 

 count of which may be found in Watt's Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India, from which this des- 

 cription is adapted. 



Salvia hispanica (Menthaceae ) , 46146. From Mexico. 

 Presented by Mrs. Zelia Nuttall. Coyoacan, D. F. An 

 herbaceous perennial with ovate, serrate leaves and 

 quadrangular spikes of blue flowers. The mucilaginous 

 seeds are used in making the Mexican drink called "chia. " 



