APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1937 



123390 to 123398— Continued. 



123396. No. 2514. Mulgoa. Fruit green, 

 of good flavor and no fiber ; skin thick ; 

 a good keeper. 



123397. No. 2515. Rumani. A consistent 

 and regular bearer, giving two crops 

 a year over a longer period than 

 Neelum. Fruit round and larger than 

 Neelum, but not so good in flavor or 

 so good a keeper ; color green, inclined 

 to yellow. One of the best commercial 

 mangoes of the Presidency. 



123398. Nymphaea sp. Nymphaeaceae. 

 No. 2519. Flowers white, 3 to 5 inches 



across, borne above the water. 



123399 to 123401. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by S. Fish, 

 Biological Branch, Plant Research Labora- 

 tory, Burnley Gardens, Burnley, Victoria. 

 Received April 28, 1937. 



123399. Canadian Wonder (Burnley Selec- 

 tion). 



123400. Pale Dun. 



123401. Yarra. 

 123402 to 123410. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Director, Botanic 

 Garden, Leningrad. Received April 26, 

 1937. 



123402. Allium ledebourianum Schult. f. 

 Liliaceae. 



A stout-stemmed allium 1 to 2 feet high, 

 native to the Altai region in Siberia. The 

 linear leaves are terete, and the rosy-pink 

 flowers are in dense hemispherical umbels 

 about 1 inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 104885. 



123403. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 

 Received as Allium moly, but the seeds 



are not of that species. 



123404. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



123405. Bergenia pacifica Komarov. Saxi- 

 fragaceae. 



A woody perennial with elliptic leaves 

 2 to 6 inches long, hardly evergreen, and 

 flowering stems over a foot high, with 

 racemes of many showy red flowers. It 

 may be a variety of Bergenia crassifolia. 

 Native to northeastern Asia. 



123406. Parrotia persica . (DC.) Meyer. 

 Hamamelidaceae. Persian parrotia. 

 A shrub or small tree up to 15 feet 



high, with spreading branches and ovate- 

 oblong, coarsely crenate leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long, wbich turn scarlet, yellow, 

 and orange in the autumn and remain on 

 the branches a long time. The flower 

 heads, which appear in March before the 

 leaves, are rather inconspicuous except for 

 the pendent purple stamens ; the ovoid 



123402 to 123410— Continued. 



fruits are half an inch long with recurved 

 lobes. Native to Iran [Persia]. 



For previous introduction see 118361. 

 123407. Philadelphus tenuifolius Rupr. 



Hydrangeaceae. 



A shrub up to 8 feet high with slender 

 spreading branches, thin ovate-oblong 

 leaves 2 to 5 inches long, and greenish- 

 white, slightly fragrant flowers 1 inch 

 across, in small racemes. Native to Man- 

 churia. 

 123408 to 123410. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



123408. Rosa amblyotis Meyer. 



A stout-branched shrub with purple 

 stems, native to Siberia. The leaflets 

 are usually 7, the pink flowers are soli- 

 tary, and the fruits are about one-half 

 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 54172. 



123409. Rosa glauca Vill. 



A European shrub closely related to 

 Rosa canina, but having broadly ovate, 

 bluish-green leaflets and purplish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 54207. 



123410. Rosa tuschetica Boiss. 



A low shrub, native to the Caucasus 

 region, with small, firm ovate leaflets 

 and solitary pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see 54155. 

 123411 to 123416. Trifolium pratense 

 L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by Prof. P. I. Lisitsyn, 

 Plant Breeding Station, Moscow. Received 

 April 28, 1937. 



A collection of red clover strains with the 

 corolla tube of shorter length than norma] 



123411. No. 121. 



123412. No. 304. 



123413. No. 307. 



123414. No. 317. 



123415. No. 318. 



123416. No. 319. 



123417. Viola altaica Ker. Violaceae. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 the Director, Botanic Garden, Leyden. Re- 

 ceived April 26, 1937. 



A hardy perennial violet with short stems, 

 ovate, crenate leaves having long channeled 

 petioles, and a single large pale-yellow flower 

 on a stout scapelike peduncle. Native to the 

 Altai region, Siberia. 



123418. Rhododendron albrechtii 

 Maxim. Ericaceae. 



From North Wales. Seeds presented by Lord 

 Aberconway, Bodnant, Tal-y-Cafa. Re- 

 ceived April 26, 1937. 



