UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 94 



Washington, D. C. T Issued December, 1929 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PUNT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PUNT INDUSTRY, JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 

 31, 1928 (NOS. 75845 TO 76453) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory -.. 3 



Index of common and scientific names 31 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



This inventory, which records the materials passing through the Office of 

 Foreign Plant Introduction from January 1 to March 31, 1928, is of interest to 

 the reader as a promise of a great variety of ornamental plants that have been 

 brought in for testing and eventual distribution. And here, even at the risk of 

 tiresome repetition, it must be noted that the inventory is not a catalogue from 

 which plants may be ordered. It is a historical document, a matter of record, 

 and no more. 



This particular inventory records another attempt to establish ornamental 

 species of onions, which are said to be valuable for rock-garden planting. As 

 their seeds are of short viability, their introduction in this way is always 

 problematical. 



The barberries were collected for specific use in studies conducted in the 

 department and are not to be available for distribution. 



Several oriental cherries are included in the general effort to make as complete 

 a collection as possible of all the flowering varieties, which have been a special 

 study of the office ever since their first introduction in 1903. 



The various clematis species are more of botanical interest than horticultural 

 value except Clematis armandi (No. 76013), a beautiful tender species which is 

 not yet established iu this country, and the hybrid (C. montana rubens X vedra- 

 riensis rosea, No. 76341) which should prove valuable if it in any way resembles 

 its seed parent. 



No genus of shrubs has called forth more comment in recent years than the 

 cotoneasters, of which there are 16 in this list. The species are by no means of 

 equal value and must be carefully compared to choose those of greatest garden 

 merit. Among those mentioned here, C. apiculata (No. 76231) is of striking 

 beauty with low spreading growth and large rosy red fruits, and C. hupehensis 

 (No. 76234) is a fine red-fruited shrub of considerable vigor. 



