2 ?LANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



The introduction of nearly 50 species and varieties of Alliwrn from 

 widely scattered sources throughout the globe is a result of an at- 

 tempt to assemble and grow all available members of this hitherto 

 much-neglected genus. These will, of course, be of value to vegetable 

 breeders interested in the close relatives of those species commonly 

 grown for food, but their introduction will also bring about a more 

 definite knowledge concerning the ornamental value of many little - 

 known species. 



Several apparently new species of Primus and Solarium are re- 

 corded in a shipment of 58 lots of seeds presented by A. H. Lee, Kulu, 

 Punjab, India (Nos. 111764-111821), along with a considerable num- 

 ber of new perennial and woody plants of ornamental value, mostly 

 from the temperate highlands of northern India. Two other ship- 

 ments of new or rare, mostly woody, plants from western China also 

 should be noted: One of 12 lots (Nos. 111737-111748), presented by 

 Lord Aberconwav, Tal-y-Cafn, North Wales; the other of 53 lots of 

 seeds (Nos. 111349 to 111401) from H. H. Chung, National Wu-Han 

 University, Hupeh, China. 



The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made 

 and the nomenclature determined by Paul Russell, who has had gen- 

 eral supervision of this inventory. 



B. Y. Morrison, 

 Principal Horticulturist, in Charge. 



Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, 

 Washington, D. C, January 18, 1939. 



