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78040 to 78111— Continued. 



78104. PlIILADELPHUS sp. 



Rosace. An erect bush, with slender 

 branches and double creamy -white flow- 

 ers, becoming pure white. 



78105. PlIILADELPHUS Sp. 



Si/billc. Large cup-shaped flowers, 

 white spotted pale pink at the base. 

 on long curved branches. 



78106. PlIILADELPHUS Sp. 



Vote Lactcc. Very large round, 

 glossy, snow-white flowers. 



78107. Sarcococca hookbriana (Hook.) 

 Baill. Buxaceae. 



An evergreen shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 native to Afghanistan, with coriaceous 



lanceolate entire leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 

 axillary racemes of small whitish fra- 

 grant flowers, and subglobose black fruits. 



78108 to 78110. Skim mia spp. Rutaceae. 



78108. Skimmia foremanii rogersii 

 Rehder. 



A rather small compact evergreen 

 shrub with deep-green lanceolate leaves 

 and small crimson berries. Of garden 

 origin. 



78109. Skimmia japonica Tbunb. (S. 

 oblata C. T. Moore). 



A dense evergreen shrub, 4 feet or 

 less high, native to Japan. The leaves, 

 crowded at the ends of the branches, 

 are elliptic-oblong in shape, and the 

 small yellowish and white flowers are 

 followed by bright-red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 71985. 



78110. Skimmia reevesiana rubella 

 (Carr.) Rehder (S. rubella Carr.). 



This Chinese species is similar to 

 Skimmia japonica. but is more 

 dwarfed in habit. The dark-green 

 leaves are narrow and acuminate, the 

 white flowers are in oblong panicles, 

 and the fruits are dull crimson. The 

 variety differs from the species in hav- 

 ing reddish peduncles, pedicels, and 

 buds. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73448. 



78111. Syringa swegixzowii Koehne and 

 Ling. Oleaceae. Chengtu lilac. 



Variety supcrba. An attractive hardy 

 lilac, about 10 feet high, native to west- 

 ern China. The dark-green, oval leaves 

 are 2 to 4 inches long, and the fragrant, 

 rosy lilac flowers are borne in June in 

 terminal panicles up to 10 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 63584. 



78112 to 78160. 



From Nancy, France. Plants purchased 

 from V. Lemoine & Son. Received No- 

 vember 22, 1928. 



78112. A b e l i a graebneriana Rehder. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A semideciduous shrub about 3 feet 

 high, with oval or oval-oblong acuminate 

 leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and bell-shaped 

 flowers, an inch long, pink with yellow 

 throats. Native to western China. 



78113 to 78117. Berberis spp. Berberida- 

 ceae. Barberry. 



78112 to 78160— Continued. 



78113. Berberis auricoma Hort. 



A hybrid between Berberis vulgaris 

 and a choice variety of B. tliunbergii, 

 previously offered under the wrong 

 name of B. japonica flore luteo. It is 

 said to be a lovely shrub covered in the 

 spring with a profusion of bright-yel- 

 low flowers. 



78114. Berberis brevipaniculata C. 

 Schneid. Short-cluster barberry. 



A deciduous species, native to west- 

 ern China, forming a dense erect bush 

 with glaucous oblong leaves, graceful 

 panicles, an inch long, of small pale- 

 yellow flowers, and rosy red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76556. 



78115. Berberis giraldii Hesse. 



A species with large deciduous 

 bronze-red leaves, long drooping clus- 

 ters of deep-yellow flowers, and com- 

 pact bunches of scarlet berries. Native 

 to north-central China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66684. 



78116. Berberis leptoclada Diels. 



A low deciduous ornamental shrub 

 of distinct glaucous coloring, with 

 ellipsoid reddish berries. Native to 

 China. 



78117. Berberis sp. 



Tengt/ueh. A species, as yet uni- 

 dentified, collected near Tengyueh, 

 Yunnan, China. 



78118. Cercis racemosa Oliver. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. Redbud. 



A remarkable ornamental tree, native 

 to China, with long pendulous racemes of 

 silvery rose flowers. 



78119 to 78121. Clematis grata Wall. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



These hardy varieties were raised from 

 seeds saved on Clematis grata (Jouini- 

 ana) without any artificial cross, and 

 remind one much more of Clematis 

 davidiana than of the plant from which 

 they proceed. They have lost the char- 

 acter of climbers. The flowers, produced 

 abundantly during September, are of a 

 more or less vivid blue. 



78-119. Campanile. A handsome variety 

 with tall panicles of hyacinth- 

 shaped light azure-blue flowers. 



78120. Cote d'Azur. A variety with 

 glossy foliage, as in Clematis tubu- 

 losa, and panicles of deep azure- 

 blue flowers produced in the form of 

 small pyramids along all the 

 branches. 



78121. Oiseau bleu. A variety with 

 small foliage. The upper part of 

 the clump is covered with very light 

 and elegant dichotomous panicles of 

 flowers, azure lilac fading to pale 

 pink lilac, which open in the shape 

 of hyacinths, then take a starlike 

 form. 



78122 to 78141. Deutzia spp. Hydrange- 

 aceae. 



78122. Deutzia taiwanensis (Maxim.) 

 C. Schneid. 



An attractive deciduous shrub, with 

 slender branches, native to the moun- 



