OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 7 19 



125277. Prunus sp. 125279. Prunus sp. 

 All-grove's Superb plum. Pershore Purple plum. 



125278. Prunus sp. 125280. Prunus sp. 

 Evesham Wonder plum. Steward's Golden prune. 



125281. Puccinellia lim'osa (Schur) Holmb. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Hungary. Seeds presented by the Royal Hungarian Soil Science Research 

 Station, Szeged. Received November 29, 1937. 

 A perennial grass with slender decumbent stems about 2 feet high. Native 

 to Europe. It is closely related to Puccinellia distans. 



125282-125283. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach, 



From New. Jersey. Trees presented by Dr. M. A. Blake, Agricultural Experiment 



Station, New Brunswick. Received November 23, 1936. Numbered December 



6, 1937. 



125282. Sunbeam. 125283. Neiv Jersey No. 70. 



125284-125288. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Mountain- 

 Taiga Station, Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences, Voroshilov- 

 Ussuriaky. Received December 3, 1937. 

 125284-125287. Clematis spp. Ranunculaceae. 



125284. Clematis brevicaudata DC. 



A vigorous climbing vine, native to China, with pinnate or bipinnate, 

 coarsely toothed leaves and axillary panicles of white flowers. 

 For previous introduction see 71143. 



125285. Clematis paniculata Thunb. 



A somewhat woody vine, 12 to 15 feet long, native to eastern Asia, with 

 compound leaves made up of 5 to 7 oblong-ovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches long. 

 The nodding urn-shaped flowers, 1 inch long, have thick sepals with recurved 

 tips and are densely brownish pubescent outside and violet within. The 

 achenes have brown plumose styles. 



For previous introduction see 102218. 



125286. Clematis recta mandshurica (Rupr.) Maxim. 



An ornamental herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 feet high, with masses of large 

 white panicles. Native to Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see 30244. 



125287. Clematis serratifolia Render. 



A woody climber 10 feet long, native to Chosen. The biternate leaves are 

 made up of ovate-lanceolate serrate leaflets, and the large yellow flowers, 

 with purple filaments, are 2 inches across and appear in the autumn. 



For previous introduction see 76111. 



125288. Lactuca raddeana Maxim. Cichoriaceae. 



125289. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From the Territory of New Guinea. Cuttings presented by F. J. Kirschbaum, 

 Alexishafen-Madang. Received December 7, 1937. 



Wild sugarcane. 



125290-125309. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, New South 

 Wales. Received December 7, 1937. 



125290. Blue Rose, Seln. 5-3. 125291. Blue Rose, Seln. 5-9. 



