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From Ankara, Turkey, 1954. Fruit blue; may be hardy and desirable in 

 northern United States areas. 



245031 and 245032. Fagtjs orientalis Lipsky. Fagaceae. Beech. 



245031. Belgrad Forest near Istanbul, Turkey, November 20, 1953. 

 A geographical variant of the western European beech. 



245032. From Duzce, Aksu, Turkey. Elevation 300 feet. 1953. 



245033. Hamamelis (hydrid). Hamamelidaceae. 



(H. virginiana x S. vernalis.) Flowers clear, deep yellow, middle of 

 January. 



245034. Hamamelis japonica Sieb. & Zucc. Japanese witch-hazel. 



Original seed from Toyama Prefecture, Japan, 1956. Wild collection of 

 outstanding color and valuable for further selection of cultivars. 



245035. Hedera helix L. Araliaceae. English ivy. 

 'Bulgaria arborescens'. From Riga Monastery, Bulgaria. 



245036. Junlperus communis L. Pinaceae. Common juniper. 

 Originally from the Chelsea Physic Garden, London, England, 1955. 



245037. Magnolia salicifolia ( Sieb. & Zucc. ) Maxim. Magnoliaceae. 



Anise magnolia. 

 From Momyidani Park, Yokyama, Iwakuni, Japan, 1954. 



245038. Nandina domestica Thunb. Berberidaceae. 

 A yellow-fruited type ; comes true from seed. 



245039. Palitjrus spina-christi Mill. Rhamnaceae. Christ-thorn. 



Near Ankara, Turkey, 1953. Shrub about 12 feet high; branches short, 

 spiny ; flowers small, yellow, in masses ; fruit winged. 



245040. Pinus bungeana Zucc. ex Endl. Pinaceae. Lacebark pine. 



Original seeds collected in Korea. Tree ornamental ; bark white with patch- 

 work pattern caused by the peeling off of the old bark. 



245041. Pintjs halepensis var brutia Henry Pine. 



Original seed collected in Transcaucasia, (Azerbaijan, U.S.S.R., 1955. Dis- 

 tributed through the Montreal Botanic Garden, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 



245042. Platanus orientalis L. Platanaceae. Oriental planetree. 



Seeds collected in Turkey, 1953. A wild form rarely cultivated in the United 



States. 



245043. Robinia pseudoacacia L. Fabaceae. Common locust. 



'Erecta'. Introduced from the nurseries of Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, 

 Verrieres, France. Fastigiate form. 



245044. Sinowilsonia henryi Hemsl. Hamamelidaceae. 



From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, England, 1953. Tree to 24 

 feet high ; bracts stellate-pubescent ; leaves broad-ovate to elliptic, acute or 

 short-acuminate, subcordate to truncate, to 6 inches long, denticulate, with 

 fascicled hairs on both sides while young, later glabrous or nearly so above, 

 pubescent beneath chiefly on the veins ; petiole about 0.4 inches long, densely 

 pubescent ; staminate catkins to 2 inches long ; pistillate racemes 1 inch, in fruit 

 to 6 inches long : calyx tube yellowish tomentulose, about 0.05 inch long, little 

 longer than ovary, later much elongated ; sepal 0.09 inch long, with short, weak 

 beak. Native to China. Originally introduced in 1908. Hardy up to New York. 



245045. Sorbus aucuparia L. Malaceae. European mountain-ash. 



Poznan District, Poland. Grown to select a more desirable form of the 

 species for the eastern part of the United States. 



