﻿42 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26866 
  to 
  26884— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26874. 
  COTONEASTER 
  PYRACANTHA 
  (L.) 
  Spach. 
  

  

  From 
  iieai 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1225a, 
  January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  This 
  

   very 
  ornamental 
  evergreen 
  hawthorn 
  grows 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  habitat 
  in 
  rather 
  

   sterile 
  and 
  exposed 
  places, 
  and 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  browsed 
  upon 
  by 
  sheep 
  and 
  goats 
  

   assumes 
  very 
  low, 
  rounded 
  shapes. 
  Can 
  probably 
  be 
  employed 
  as 
  a 
  low 
  

   evergreen 
  for 
  hedges 
  and 
  borders 
  in 
  fairly 
  mild-wintered 
  regions, 
  with 
  hot 
  and 
  

   dry 
  summers." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Spain 
  

   to 
  Macedonia 
  and 
  eastward 
  through 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  to 
  Syria. 
  Naturalized 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  from 
  Pennsylvania 
  to 
  Tennessee 
  and 
  south 
  to 
  Alabama. 
  

  

  26875. 
  Crataegus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1226a, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  small 
  tree, 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  an 
  embankment. 
  Apparently 
  quite 
  rare. 
  

   Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental, 
  tall 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  in 
  regions 
  with 
  dry 
  and 
  

   hot 
  summers 
  and 
  fairly 
  mild 
  winters." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26876. 
  Crataegus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No 
  1227a, 
  January 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   low 
  shrub, 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  dry 
  and 
  stony 
  places. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26875)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26877. 
  Ligustrum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Privet. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1228a, 
  January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  Col- 
  

   lected 
  from 
  some 
  shrubs, 
  found 
  growing 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  exposed 
  places. 
  This 
  

   privet 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  more 
  drought 
  and 
  heat 
  than 
  is 
  generally 
  sup- 
  

   posed. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  in 
  regions 
  with 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  summers 
  

   and 
  fairly 
  mild 
  winters." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Europe, 
  western 
  Asia, 
  and 
  northern 
  Africa; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant, 
  and 
  naturalized 
  locally 
  from 
  Maine 
  to 
  Ontario 
  

   and 
  south 
  to 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  

  

  26878. 
  Carpinus 
  betulus 
  L. 
  European 
  hornbeam. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1229a, 
  January 
  11, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  This 
  well-known 
  shrub, 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  medium-sized 
  tree, 
  occasionally, 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  abundance 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  and 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  Crimea, 
  where 
  it 
  with- 
  

   stands 
  heat 
  and 
  drought 
  on 
  even 
  very 
  sterile 
  mountain 
  sides 
  remarkably 
  well. 
  

   Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  in 
  similar 
  regions 
  as 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26877)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia; 
  from 
  southern 
  England 
  and 
  Sweden 
  

   to 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  and 
  east 
  through 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  Persia. 
  

  

  26879. 
  Paliurus 
  spina-christi 
  Mill. 
  Christ's- 
  thorn. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1230a, 
  January 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  Zizyphus-like 
  shrub, 
  with 
  many 
  hooked 
  spines, 
  growing 
  in 
  abundance 
  here 
  

   and 
  there 
  on 
  dry 
  stony 
  places. 
  A 
  bad 
  weed 
  apparently. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  botan- 
  

   ical 
  specimen 
  in 
  arboreta 
  and 
  botanical 
  gardens." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  Asia; 
  from 
  Switzerland 
  through 
  Hun- 
  

   gary 
  and 
  Greece 
  to 
  Persia; 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Shensi, 
  northern 
  

   China. 
  

  

  26880. 
  Viburnum 
  lantana 
  L. 
  Wayfaring 
  tree. 
  

   From 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1231a, 
  January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  Viburnum 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  thicket; 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  specimen. 
  Of 
  value 
  

   as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  in 
  regions 
  with 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  summers 
  and 
  fairly 
  mild 
  

   winters. 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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