﻿70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44407 to 44417— Continued. 



44416. Phyllocladus sp. Taxacese. 



" Tree or shrub with the branchlets flattened and expanded into rigid 

 and coriaceous, toothed or lobed, leaflike cladodia. The true leaves are 

 reduced to linear scales." {Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 5, p. 2607. ) 



44417. Weinmannia teichospeema Cav. Cunoniacese. Tineo. 

 A Chilean and Peruvian tree, 15 to 18 meters high, with opposite, un- 

 equally pinnate leaves with winged petioles, aromatic white flowers in 

 axillary racemes, and small oval capsules. The great fragrance of the 

 flowers attracts many insects, which lay their eggs in the bark of the 

 tree and produce larva? which bore into the trunk and make the wood 

 unfit for use. (Adapted from Castillo and Bey, La Jeografia Botanica 

 del Rio Yaldivia, p. 52, fig. 30.) 



44418 to 44425. 



From Elstree, Herts, England. Plants presented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, 

 through Mr. E. Beckett, The Gardens, Aldenham House. Received 

 March 27, 1917. 



44418. Beebeeis aquifolium Pursh. Berberidacea. Barberry. 

 Var. vicarii. A variety originating in the gardens of Hon. Vicary Gibbs 



and presumably named for him. 



"The best of the mahonias." (Gibbs.) 



444 19. Ceanothus hybeidus Hort. Rhamnacere. 



Var. Glorie de Versailles. A half-evergreen shrubby garden variety, 

 distinguished by its large panicles of bright-blue flowers. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 696.) 



44420. Ceanothus hybeidus Hort. Rhamnacea?. 



Var. Perle rose. A garden variety, with beautiful pink flowers. 

 (Adapted from V,. Lemoine <£• Fils, Catalogue et Pri.rcourtant, 191J } , 

 p. 38.) 



44421. Cotoneastee sp. Malacca?. 

 " Forrest No. 32." 



44422. Cotoneastee salicifolia eloccosa Rehd. and Wils. Malacere. 



A half-evergreen shrub from western China, up to 15 feet high, with 

 oblong to la'nce-oblong bright-green leaves; flowers in dense corymbs; 

 and 3-seeded bright-red fruits nearly one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 

 The value of this shrub lies in the ornamental effect of the fruits in 

 autumn. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 2, p. 867.) 



44423. Malus baccata (L.) Moench. Malacese. Crab apple. 



(Pyrus baccata L.) 

 Var. Cashmere crab. A horticultural variety of the Siberian crab, 

 presumably from Kashmir, India. 



44424. Populus szechuakica C. Schneid. Salicacese. Poplar. 

 A common tree in the forests of Szechwan, China, growing to a large 



size, with massive branches and stout branchlets. It has very large, 

 ovate, elongated or rounded leaves. It is hardy in the northeastern 

 United States. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- 

 ture, vol. 5, p. 2763.) 



