18 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125251. Haemanthus zambesiacus Baker. Amaryllidaceae. 



Received as Haemanthus multiflorus. A bloodlily with oblong leaves about 

 8 inches long, narrowing to connate petioles forming a short stem, and a dense 

 globose umbel, 6 inches across, of bright red flowers. Native to Mozambique 

 District, Africa. 



125252-125256. Hedera helix L. Araliaceae. English ivy. 



From England. Plants purchased from the Backhouse Nurseries (York) Ltd., 

 York. Received October 1, 1937. 



125252. Digitata. A variety with small digitate green leaves. 



125253. Lobata Major. A green-leafed variety with a very large middle lobe. 



125254. Purpurea. A variety with leaves purple colored in cold weather. 



125255. Digitata. Received as Hedera pennsylvanicum, a name without 

 botanical standing. 



125256. Silver Variegated. A variety with variegated leaves. 



125257. Oryza minuta Presl. Poaceae. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by the Director, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Manila. Received December 1, 1937. 



An erect annual grass about 3 feet high. Native to the Philippine Islands. 



125258. Prunus mahaleb L. Amygdalaceae. Mahaleb cherry. 



From Germany. Seeds purchased from John Noth, Jr., Fischbach, Kreis Gotha 

 (Thur. Wald). Received November 27, 1937. 



125259-125260. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Common beet. 



From England. Seeds presented by R. W. Baxter, Alresford, Hants. Received 

 November 27, 1937. 



Collected in Lancing, Sussex. 



125259. An upright form. 125260. A prostrate form. 



125261. Bauhinia purpurea L. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by the Horticultural Section, Cairo, through F. G. 

 Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received November 27, 1937. 

 Received as Bauhinia candieans, but the seeds are not of that species. 



125262-125280. 



From England. Plants purchased from George Pyne, Denver Nurseries, Top- 

 sham, Devon. Received December 4, 1937. 



125262-125274. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



125262. Braddick's Nonpareil. 125269. St. Cecilia. 



125263. Christmas Pearmain. 125270. Stubbard. 



125264. Cornish Pine. 125271. Tom Putt. 



125265. Crimson Peasgood. 125272. Upton Pyne. 



125266. Devonshire Quarrenden. 125273. Venus Pippin. 



125267. Ponsford. 125274. Woolbrook Pippin. 



125268. Pyne's Pearmain. 

 125275-125280. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



125275. X Prunus effusa (Host) Schneid. (Prunus avium X cerasus). 

 Noble cherry. 



125276. Prunus avium L. Sweet cherry. 

 St. Margaret's cherry. 



