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Phoenix daetylifera (Phoenicaceae ) , 47229. Date palm. 

 From Tripoli. Seeds presented by Dr. 0. Fenzi, Director, 

 Stabilimento Orticolo Libico , Tripoli , Tripoli . "Tabuni. 

 Season, late August to mid-December. The commonest 

 kind in the Oasis of Tripoli; fruit small to medium 

 insize, olive shaped, with very thin skin, pulp fiber- 

 less and more sugary than 'Bayudi.'" (Fenzi.) 



Phoenix daetylifera (Phoenicaceae), 47302. Date palm. 

 From Tripoli. Seeds presented by Dr. 0. Fenzi, Director, 

 Stabilimento Ortico Libico, Tripoli, Tripoli. "Bayudi. 

 Ripening as early as August. Fruit large, cylindrical; 

 pulp rather sweet, but somewhat fibrous." (Fenzi. ) 



Phoenix daetylifera (Phoenicaceae), 47303. Date palm. 

 From Tripoli. Seeds presented by Dr. 0. Fenzi, Director, 

 Stabilimento Orticolo Libico , Tripoli , Tripoli. "B r on 8 i. 

 One of the latest varieties, rarely ripening before 

 October. Fruits large to very large , bright crimson in 

 color, turning to shining black at maturity; pulp of 

 extra good "quality. " (Fenzi.) 



Primus serrulata ( Amygdalaceae ), 47132-45. Flowering cher r y. 



From Japan. Cuttings purchased from the Yokohama Nurs- 

 ery Company, Yokohama. 



"Ariyake. (47132). Branches brown-gray, young 

 leaves yellow-brown, inflorescence in two- to four- 

 flowered long-pedunculate false umbels , blossoms white 

 or delicate pink. Single and slightly double blossoms 

 appear on the same tree. Blossoms in mid-April. 

 (Adapted from Miyoshi, Japanische Bergkirschen, p. 98, 

 under P. serrulata f. Candida.) "Flowers pale pink, 

 single or semi-double, very large and fragrant. This 

 is a very striking form." (Wilson, The Cherries of 

 Japan, p. 51, under P. lannesiana, f.ariake.) 



"Choshu-hizakura. (47133). A medium-s i zed tree with 

 spreading top, brown-gray twigs, young leaves deep red, 

 inflorescence in two- to four-flowered pedunculate 

 umbels or corymbs, flowers 4 centimeters (If in.) in 

 diameter and uniformly rose-color . The red young leaves 

 and rose-colored flowers make this cherry very at- 

 tractive. Blossoming time, mid-April. (Adapted from 

 Miyoshi, Japanische Bergkirschen p. 121, under P. serrulata 

 f . splendens. ) "Flowers pink, single or semi-double. This 

 form is of little horticultural interest." (Wilson, 

 The Cherries of Japan, p. 51. & Suppl . ii. under?, ser- 

 rulata var. sachalinensis, f. chosiuhizakura.) 



