JANUAEY 1 TO MARCH 31, 19 3 3 



27 



102244 to 102264. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 W. J. Marchant, Keeper's Hill Nursery, 

 near Wimborne. Dorset. Received March 

 18, 1933. 



102244. CVRILLA RACEM1FL0RA L. Cyril- 



laceae. 



102245. Cytisus multiflorus d u r u s 

 Asehers. and Graebn. Fabaceae. 



Broom. 



A form which is said to be more re- 

 sistant to frost than the species. 



102246. Cytisus multiflorus incarna- 

 tus Sweet. Fabaceae. Broom. 



A shrub up to 10 feet high, native to 

 Spain and northern Africa, with upright 

 slender branchlets bearing trifoliolate 

 leaves below and simple ones above. The 

 white flowers, in axillary clusters of 1 to 

 3, are produced very profusely. 



102247. Docynia delay ayi (Franch.) C. 

 Schneid. Malaceae. 



A spiny evergreen tree up to 30 feet 

 high, native to southwestern China, with 

 glossy ovate-lanceolate leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long and umbels of white flowers 

 which appear in the spring and are fol- 

 lowed by ovoid acid fruits about 1 inch 

 long. 



102248. Docynia docynioides (C. 

 Schneid. j Rehd. Malaceae. 



A half-evergreen tree native to south- 

 western China. The elliptic to oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are 

 usually serrate near the apex and are 

 lustrous green above and nearly smooth 

 beneath. The white flowers, 1 inch 

 across, are borne in umbels of 2 to 5. 



102249. Gordonia ax i l l a r i s (Roxb.) 

 Dietr. ((A athomala Spreng.). The- 

 aceae. 



A large evergreen shrub or small tree 

 up to 25 feet high, native to southern 

 China. The oblanceolate leaves, 4 to 

 6 inches long, are dark green above, and 

 the solitary creamy white flowers are 2 

 to 3 inches across. 



102250 to 102252. Lonicera pericly- 

 menum L. Caprifoliaceae. Woodbine. 



102250. A woody vine several feet 

 long, native to southern Europe. 

 The dark-green ovate leaves are 1 

 to 3 inches long, and the fragrant 

 creamy flowers, purplish outside, are 

 borne in dense heads. 



102251. Belgica. Dutch woodbine. A 

 form with the flowers pale purple 

 outside. 



102252. Serotina. Autumn woodbine. 

 A form with the flowers dark purple 

 outside, blooming late and profusely. 



102253. Perovskia atriplicifolia Benth. 

 Menthaceae. 



A handsome shrubby plant, allied to 

 the sages (Salvia spp.), which is in- 

 digenous to the mountainous regions of 

 Afghanistan. It is of erect habit, about 

 5 feet high, and emits an aromatic sage- 

 like odor when bruised. Its chief orna- 

 mental value lies in the terminal pani- 

 cles of blue flowers which appear in 

 early autumn, forming a pleasing con- 

 trast with the silvery gray stems. 



102244 to 102264— Continued. 



102254. Phillyrea decora Boiss. and 

 Bal. Oleaceae. Lanceleaf phillyrea. 



An evergreen shrub with upright 

 spreading branches which become 10 feet 

 high. The oblong-lanceolate nearly en- 

 tire leaves are lustrous dark green above 

 and yellowish green beneath. The small 

 white flowers, in dense clusters, are fol- 

 lowed by oblong-ovoid purple-black fruits 

 about one-fourth of an inch long. It is 

 native to western Asia. 



102255 to 102259. Photinu spp. Mala- 

 ceae. 



102255. Photinia beauverdiana C. 

 Schneid. 



A deciduous shrub up to 10 feet 

 high, native to central and western 

 China. The oblong-obovate, densely 

 serrulate leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, 

 and the small white flowers, in 

 corymbs 2 inches across, are followed 

 by subglobose scarlet fruits one-fourth 

 of an inch in diameter. 



102256. Photinia beauverdiana nota- 

 bilis (C. Schneid.) Rehd. and Wils. 



A shrub similar to P. beauverdiana , 

 but with thicker, more prominently 

 veined leaves, longer corymbs of flow- 

 ers, and slightly larger ovoid fruits. 



102257. Stranvaesia benthamiana 

 (Hance) Merr. (Photinia bentha- 

 miana Hance). 



A Chinese evergreen shrub with 

 leathery, oblong, red-tipped leaves and 

 dense panicles of white flowers, fol- 

 lowed by orange or scarlet fruits. 



102258. Photinia davidsoniae Rehd. 

 and Wils. 



A handsome evergreen tree, 20 to 

 50 feet high, with dense foliage, na- 

 tive to Hupeh, western China. The 

 leathery oblong or lanceolate leaves 

 are up to 6 inches long, and the white 

 flowers, nearly half an inch across, are 

 in many-flowered terminal corymbs. 

 The globose orange-red berries are 

 about one-third of an inch in diameter. 



102259. Photinia villosa (Thunb.) 

 DC. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 

 native to China, Chosen, and Japan, 

 with obovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves from 1 to 3 inches long. It 

 is a variable plant, especially in the 

 amount of down on its leaves, young 

 shoots, and flower stalks. The white 

 flowers, each about one-half inch in 

 diameter, are in corymbs over an inch 

 wide. The fruit is the size and shape 

 of the common haw, and the leaves 

 turn a beautiful red in autumn. 



102260. Pieris f o ebestii Harrow. 

 Ericaceae. 



An upright evergreen shrub with 

 pendent branches and red branchlets, 

 native to southwestern China. The 

 oblanceolate serrulate leaves are 2 to 5 

 inches long, and the small whitish urn- 

 shaped flowers are in drooping panicles. 



102261 to 102263. Stewartia spp. Thea- 

 ceae. 



102261. Stewartia monadelpha Sieb. 

 and Zucc. 



A tree up to 75 feet high, native to 

 Japan. The bright-green ovate leaves 

 are 2 to 4 inches long, and the fra- 



