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76199. Bromelia pinguin L. 

 liaceae. 



Brome- 

 Pinguin. 



From San Juan, Porto Rico. Offshoots presented 

 by 0. W. Barrett, Agricultural Director of the 

 Department of Agriculture and Labor. Re- 

 ceived February 21, 1928. 



A West Indian succulent plant, 3 to 4 feet high, 

 with spiny margined leaves which turn red with 

 age. The reddish flowers are in dense panicles, 

 and the acid fruits, the size of plums, furnish a 

 cooling juice. 



For previous introduction see No. 54798. 



76200 to 76202. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From Auckland, New Zealand. Bud wood ob- 

 tained from George A. Green, of the New Zealand 

 Association of Nurserymen. Received at the 

 United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Chico, Calif., in May, 1925. Numbered in 

 January, 1928. 



76200 and 76201. Prunus armeniaca L. 



Apricot. 



76200. Bolton. An excellent canning apricot 

 which is a good shipper and very popular. 

 It comes in just after the midseason 

 variety, Moorpark. 



76201. Newcastle. An early, upright-growing 

 variety producing an abundance of me- 

 dium-sized, freestone fruits which are 

 yellow with a red cheek and are rich in 

 flavor. 



76202. Prunus salicina Lindl. Japanese plum. 



Purple king. A handsome, nearly spherical 

 fruit of a deep-wine or cherry-red color. The 

 quality is said to be good with regard to flavor 

 and texture of flesh, and it is reported as being 

 an excellent shipper. 



76203 to 76279. 



From Kew, England. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 A. W. Hill, Director of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received March 9, 1928. 



76203. Acanthopanax sessiliflorum (Rupr. 

 and Maxim.) Seem. Araliaceae. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 76105. 



76204 to 76209. Allium spp. Liliaceae. Onion. 



76204. Allium beesianum W. W. Smith. 



An ornamental western Chinese onion, 

 9 to 18 inches high, with pendulous blue 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 69900. 



76205. Allium kansuense Regel. 



An ornamental blue-flowered onion native 

 to northwestern China. 



For previous introduction see No. 69902. 



76206. Allium karataviense Regel. 



A broad-leaved onion, native to Turke- 

 stan, with dense umbels of pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 73600. 



76207. Allium narcissiflorum Vill. 



An Italian onion, about 9 inches high. 

 with rose-colored flowers in nodding heads, 



For previous introduction see No. 73524. 



76208. Allium ostrowskianum Regel. 



A Turkestan onion with rose-colored 

 flowers produced freely in many-flowered 

 umbels on scapes 6 inches high. 



For previous introduction see No. 73527. 



76203 to 76279— Continued. 



76209. Allium rosenbachianum Regel. 



A bulbous perennial, native to Turkestan, 

 with oblong-lanceolate leaves 8 inches high 

 and a large globular umbel of purple flowers 

 on a scape 2 feet high. 



76210. Alnus hirsuta Turcz. Betulaceae. 



Manchuria n alder. 



A rather handsome, medium -sized tree, 

 native to Japan and Manchuria, with rounded 

 elliptic, slightly lobed leaves which are hairy 

 beneath. 



For previous introduction see No. 73403. 



76211. Arbutus unedo L. Ericaceae. 



Strawberry tree. 



An Irish evergreen tree up to 40 feet high, 

 with smooth dark-green leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 

 flowers produced from October to December in 

 drooping panicles 2 inches long and wide, and 

 globose, strawberrylike fruits, three-fourths of 

 an inch across, which are orange-red and rough 

 on the surface. They ripen during the autumn 

 following the production of the flowers, at the 

 same time as the succeeding crop of blossoms. 



For previous introduction see No. 41502. 



76212 to 76218. Berberis spp. Berberidaceae. 



Barberry. 



76212. Berberis atrocarpa C. Schneid. 



An ornamental Chinese shrub, 3 to 5 feet 

 high, with leathery evergreen leaves, shining 

 rich green above and yellowish green beneath, 

 and almost globose jet-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 65224. 



76213. Berberis beaniana C. Schneid. 



A semievergreen Chinese shrub with long 

 yellow spines, yellow flowers, and purple 

 ellipsoidal fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 65225. 



76214. Berberis darwinii Hook. 



Darwin barberry. 



A tender evergreen shrub, 6 feet or more- 

 high, native to southern Chile. The spec- 

 tacular orange flowers are succeeded by oval 

 plum-colored berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 73531. 



76215. Berberis lycium Royle. 



A half-evergreen shrub, 10 feet high, with 

 narrow, bright-green leaves and pale-yellow 

 flowers followed by ovoid violet berries. It is 

 native to northern India. 



For previous introduction see No. 58139. 



76216. Berberis thibetica C. Schneid. 



A semideciduous shrub, 3 to 4 feet tall, 

 with purplish glaucous branches, entire leaves, 

 which are whitish beneath, and yellow 

 flowers followed by dull reddish berries. It 

 is native to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 58133. 



76217. Berberis vtrescens Hook. f. 



A deciduous Himalayan shrub, 6 to 9 feet- 

 high, with smooth reddish shining branches, 

 slender spines sometimes three-fourths of an 

 inch long, bright-green leaves, pale sulphur- 

 yellow flowers, and slender reddish berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 58803. 



76218. Berberis yunnanensis Franch. 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 dense rounded spines, nearly circular leaves, 

 pale-yellow flowers, and bright-red berries. 

 It is native to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 66544. 



