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227406 to 227417— Continued 



227412. Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr. Yeddo Spruce. 



Col. No. 296. 'Yedzu-matsu'. Kawayu Forestry Nursery, Kushiro Province, 

 Hokkaido. 



227413. Pinus pumila Regel Pinaceae. Japanese stone pine. 



Col. No. 293. 'Hai-matsu'. At foot of Mount Iwo, Kushiro Province, Hokkaido. 

 Shrubby species, 5-needle type. 



227414. Rubus pseudo-japonicus Koidz. Rosaceae. 



Col. No. 299. 'Hime-goyo-ichingo'. On mountain near Lake Mashu, Kushiro 



Province. A prostrate species, 5-leaved; fruits small, very sweet, ripening in late 

 July. 



227415. Spiraea betulifolia var. aemiliana Koidz. Rosaceae. Birchleaf spirea. 



Col. No. 288. 'Yezo-maruba Shimotsuke'. Bihoro Pass, Kushiro Province, 

 Hokkaido. Elevation 500 meters. Small shrub; leaves small, ovate to round- 

 cuneate; flowers white. 



227416. Clintonia udensis Trautv. & Mey. Convallariaceae. 



Col. No. 290. 'Tsubame-omoto'. In dense shade, Bihoro Pass, Kushiro Prov- 

 ince, Hokkaido. Elevation 500 meters. Leaves basal; flowers white, early June; 

 fruits blue. 



227417. Empetrum nigrum L. Empetraceae. Black crowberry. 

 Col. No. 294. 'Gankoran'. Foot of Mount Iwo, Kushiro Province, Hokkaido. 



227418. Melilotus messanensis (L.) All. Fabaceae. Sweetclover. 



From Portugal. Seeds presented by the Direccao Geral, dos Servicos Agriculas, 

 Lisbon. Received Aug. 8, 1955. 



227419 to 227422. 



From France. Budwood presented by Lluganv Jaoque & Fils, Elne. Received Aug. 



8, 1955. 



227419 and 227420. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



227419. 'Bulida'. 



227420. 'Tardif. 



227421. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. Peach. 

 'Madeleine Pouijet'. 



227422. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae Pear. 

 'Docteur Guy of. 



227423 to 227433. 



From Japan. Collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 



9, 1955. 



Collected July 29 and 30, 1955. 



227423. Achillea pulchra Koidz. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 281. 'Hingashi Mokota'. Along seacoast, Hamakoshi, Kitami, Hok- 

 kaido. Deep-pink flowers. (Plants.) 



227424. Hypericum ascyron L. Hyperiaceae. 



Col. No. 279. 'Tomoe-so'. Masu-ura, Abashiri City, Kitami Province, Hok- 

 kaido. (Plants.) 



