JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1960 5 
262706 to 262708—Continued 
262706. AGAVE MAPISAGA Trel. Amaryllidaceae. 
Col. No. 18264. Km. 5, road to Jalpa, Zacatecas. Elevation 17,500 
feet. Plants very large, cultivated in fence rows; suckers freely; leaves 
long; flowers on offset panicles, red in bud. 
262707. AGAVE sp. 
Col. No. 18309. Cak zone nine miles west of Autlan road to Manzanillo, 
Jalisco. Elevation 4,600 feet. Plant glaucous, green; rosettes 3 by 5 
feet; leaves variable; panicles to 16 feet high with up to 20 laterals in 
upper half. 
262708. AGAVE sp. 
Six miles west of Autlan, Jalisco, road to Manzanillo. Elevation 4,000 
feet. Single rachis; rosettes multileaved, green. 
262709. AGAVE sp. 
Voleaniec knobs 16 miles southeast of Esquinapa, Nayarit. Elevation 
300 feet. Rosettes green, suckering at maturity; leaves light green, fili- 
ferous, curving; shaft slender, straight, to 13 feet high. 
262710 to 262717. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented to the Presi- 
dent of the United States by Premier Khrushchey. Numbered Jan. 5, 
1960. 
262710. ACER GINNALA Maxim. Aceraceae. Amur maple. 
262711. ACER PLANTANOIDES L. Norway maple. 
262712. BETULA PENDULA Roth. Betulaceae. 
262713. LARIX sIBiRICA Ledeb. Pinaceae. Siberian larch. 
262714, PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE Rupr. Rutaceae. Amur corktree. 
262715. PINUS SYLVESTRIS L. Pinaceae. Scotch pine. 
262716. PRUNUS MAACKII Rupr. Amygdalaceae. Amur cherry. 
262717. TILIA CORDATA Mill. Tibiaceae. European littleleaf linden. 
262718. CITRUS MEDICA L. Rutaceae. Citron. 
From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Crops 
pee ep avision, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 
an. 6, : 
Col. No. 18397. Sierra Surotato, Sinaloa. Elevation 3,500 feet. Col- 
lected December 1959. 
262719 to 262731. HIBISCUS SYRIACUS L. Malvaceae. 
Shrub-ailthea. 
From Portugal. Cuttings presented by Alfredo Moreira da Silva de Filhos 
Ltd., Porto. Numbered Jan. 6, 1960. 
262719. ‘Amarantus’. 262726. ‘Pruniceus’. 
262720. ‘Bonjoia’. 262727. ‘Ranunculifiorus’. 
262721. ‘Campanha’. 262728. ‘Revolta’. 
262722. ‘Curveiros’. 262729. ‘Rosalinda’. 
262723. ‘Grijos’. 262730. ‘Roxanus’. 
262724. ‘Monstruosus’. 262731. ‘Sonde’. 
262725. ‘Pompon’. 
