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293752 to 293865— Continued 



293861 and 293862. Sorbus aucuparia L. Malaceae. 



European mountain-ash. 



293861. Col. No. 1370. Dry hillsides above Yalta. Elevation 900 me- 

 ters. Small, drought tolerant tree, in wild; fruit bright orange. 



293862. Col. No. 1422. Dry ears near Yedentsi Forest area, Moldavia. 

 Tree in wild. Reportedly especially drought tolerant. 



293863. Syringa vulgaris L. Oleaceae. Common lilac. 



Col. No. 1344. Mosque garden, Tashkent. Cultivated ornamental, typi- 

 cal habit, heavy bearing. 



293864. Tilia argentea DC. Tiliaceae. Linden. 



Col. No. 1432. Dry plateau, Strashensky Forest, Kholorash Region, 

 Moldavia. Handsome, small, pyramidal tree with broad base, in wild; 

 branches ascending; leaves suborbicular, dark green. 



293865. Viburnum lanata L. Caprifoliaceae. Wayfaring-tree. 



Col. No. 1426. Dry, exposed hills, Yedentsi Forest, Moldavia. Elevation 

 350 meters. Upright shrub to 2.5 meters high, in wild; leaves ovate, 

 pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; fruit black. 



2938C6 and 293867. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



Fom Surinam. Seeds presented by the Surinam Machinale Landbouwin, 

 " ,'ieuw Nickerie. Received Nov. 20, 1963. 



293866. SML 352. 



293867. SML 359. 



293868 to 293870. 



From Costa Rica. Cuttings and seeds presented by the Ministerio de Agri- 

 cultura y Ganaderia, San Jose. Received Nov. 18, 1963. 



293868. Tripsacum latifolium Hitchc. Poaceae. Gamagrass. 



293869. Tripsacum laxum Nash Guatemala gamagrass. 



293870. Tripsacum latifolium Hitchc. Gamagrass. 



293871 to 293876. Fragaria (hybrids). Rosaceae. 



From Poland. Plants presented by the Research Institute of Pomology, 

 Skierniewice. Received Nov. 18, 1963. 



293871. 'Chinska'. 293874. 'Purpuratka'. 



293872. 'Marszalskaja'. 293875. 'Ruskaja'. 



293873. 'Nowinka Bialoruska'. 293876. 'Sophia'. 

 293877 to 293898. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Cuttings collected by J. L. 

 Creech and D. H. Scott, agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, 

 Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered Nov. 19, 1963. 



293877. Buxus sempervirens L. Buxaceae. Common box. 



Col. No. 1388. Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta; from Caucasus Mountains. 

 Dense evergreen shrub, in wild, and cultivated, to 10 meters high. Re- 

 portedly especially hardy. 



293878. Canna (hybrid). Cannaceae. 



Col. No. 1368. 'Moonlight'. Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta. A culti- 

 vated, pale yellow-flowered, hybrid. Considered best of its color. 



293879 to 293882. From the Zonal Scientific Research Institute for Horti- 

 culture in non-Chernozem areas, Moscow. 



293879 and 293880. Fragaria (hybrids). Rosaceae. 



