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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



75725 to 75733— Continued. 



75725. Lilium burbankii Hort. 



A free-flowering hybrid lily said to be derived 

 from Lilium pardalinum and L. paryii. It 

 produces from 25 to 30 deliciously fragrant 

 flowers on a very graceful spike. The flowers 

 are spotted with chocolate and flushed with 

 crimson on the tips of the petals. 



75726. Lilium davidi Duch. 



A strong-growing Chinese lily about 5 feet 

 high, with graceful narrow foliage and deep 

 cinnabar-red tiger lilylike flowers. 



75727. Lilium farreri Turrill. 



A beautiful species found in Yunnan, China, 

 by the well-known botanical explorer, Reginald 

 Farrer, and frequently referred to in his writings 

 as "the marble Martagon lily." It is a slender 

 and graceful lily, 2 to 3 feet high, bearing, on 

 long pedicels, up to five recurved white flowers 

 which are slightly spotted with purple on the 

 interior. This lily possesses a strong constitu- 

 tion and increases fast by means of numerous 

 small bulbs forming at the base of the stem. 



For previous introduction see No. 61747. 



75728. Lilium martagon L. 



Martagon lily. 



Variety album. A rare lily producing spikes 

 4 to 5 feet high, and 20 to 30 pure white flowers. 



75729. Lilium ochraceum Franch. 



A rare and beautiful lily from Upper Burma, 

 not hardy except in the most favored districts; 

 it is an admirable cool greenhouse plant. This 

 is a very variable species, producing flowers 

 which range in color from deep golden to pale 

 yellow, stained in varying degrees with a deep 

 wine purple. The petals recurve as in Lilium 

 martagon, but this feature is also inconstant. 



75730. Lilium pomponium L. 



A graceful Martagon lily from northern 

 Italy, 3 feet high, with slender grassy foliage 

 and up to 10 turban-shaped, brilliant-scarlet 

 flowers. This is a rare lily in cultivation. 



75731. Lilium pyrenaicum Gouan. 



Yellow Turkscap. A very early variety with 

 enormous bulbs. The strongly scented yellow 

 flowers are heavily spotted with black. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 69926. 



75732 and 75733. Lilium dauricum Ker. 



Candlestick lily. 



75732. Golden fleece. A strong-growing vari- 

 ety 2 l A feet high, producing large umbellate 

 heads of clear golden-yellow flowers with 

 a touch of scarlet at the tips of the petals. 



75733. Splendidum. A new variety, 2 to 2 l A 

 feet high, producing large umbellate 

 heads of brilliant vermilion flowers 

 shading to a rich coppery crimson. The 

 flowers are unspotted or nearly so, and the 

 points of the petals are slightly reflexed. 



75734. Lilium monadelphum Bieb. 

 Liliaceae. Great Caucasian lily. 



From the Caucasus, Russia. Bulbs purchased 

 from J. W. Pincus, of the Amtorg Trading 

 Corporation, New York, N. Y. Received 

 December 14, 1927. 



Variety szovitzianum. A variety with reddish 

 brown anthers and lemon-yellow flowers which are 

 larger and more thickly dotted than the typical 

 species. 



For previous introduction see No. 72611. 



75735 to 75749. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. V. V. Talanoff, vice director of the Institute 

 of Applied Botany, through H. N. Vinall, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 

 10, 1927. 



Locally grown varieties from the Western 

 Siberian Experiment Station at Omsk. 



75735. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 1342. An upright cespitose perennial 

 grass, up to 16 inches high, with linear leaves. 

 Native to southern Russia and the Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see No. 63802. 



75736 to 75733. Elymus spp. Poaceae. Grass. 



75736. Elymus dahuricus Turcz. 



No. 1767. A tall perennial ryegrass, with 

 stout erect stems, native to dry stony places 

 in Russia and Siberia. 



For previous introduction see No. 64625. 



75737. Elymus juxceus Fisch. 



No. 1800. An erect perennial grass, with 

 terminal spikes resembling rye; native to 

 Russia. 



75738. Elymus sibiricus L. 



No. 1310. A tall grass with heavy over- 

 hanging heads. 



For previous introduction see No. 57685. 



75739. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. 



No. 1582. Meadow fescue. 



75740 to 75747. Medicago falcata L. Faba- 

 ceae. Yellow-flowered alfalfa. 



75740. No. 5198. 75744. No. 5038. 



75741. No. 4022. 75745. No. 1694/1 «. 



75742. No. 4020. 75746. No. 40/27. 



75743. No. 1694/46. 75747. No. 63/82. 



75748. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 No. 1450. From Bokhara. 



75749. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill (O. tiriae- 

 folia Scop.) Fabaceae. Sainfoin. 



No. 1517. 



75750 and 75751. 



From Chicago, 111. Plants presented by August 

 Koch, superintendent of Union Park. Re- 

 ceived December 30, 1927. 



75750. Caryota plumosa Hort. Phoenicaceae. 



Fishtail palm. 



From seeds collected in Brazil. A horticul- 

 tural name applied to a form of fishtail palm 

 which is now about a foot high, with leaves 

 resembling those of Caryota mitis and C. urens. 



75751. Ficus platyphylla Delile. Moraceae. 



From seeds collected on the Gold Coast, 

 West Africa. A handsome shade tree, 80 feet 

 in height and 8 feet in diameter, with dark-green 

 stiff leathery leaves, about 10 inches long, ar- 

 ranged in picturesque groupings on the branches. 

 This tree is said to be the source of Kano rubber. 

 The latex is used as birdlime, and tannin is 

 obtained from the bark. A fabric is made from 

 the bast by some of the natives of central Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 73118. 



