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92274. Phoenix tomentosa Hort. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm, 



From the Canary Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented bv YVildpret Bros., Port Orotava, 

 Teneriffe*. Received March 26, 1931. 



A name for which a description has not 

 been found. The seeds closely resemble 

 those of Phoenix reclinata. 



92275. Tkifolitjm pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Canada. Seeds purchased from 

 Henry Reid. County Agronomist for 

 Soulanges Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil Station, 

 Province of Quebec. Received March 27, 

 1931. 



Red clover, grown by Wilfred Besner, 

 St. Clet, Soulanges County. This variety 

 has been grown on the same farm for the 

 past 15 years. 



92276 to 92280. 



From England. Plants purchased from J. 

 Cheal & Sons (Ltd.), Crawley, Sussex. 

 Received March 27, 1931. 



92276 to 92279. Prunus SERRULATA Lindl. 

 Amygdalaceae. Oriental cherry. 



92276. Alto pleno. 



92277. Benifugen. 



92278. Ghcal's weeping. 



92279. SJiirofugen. 



92280. Philadelphia virginalis Reh- 

 der. Hydrangeaceae. Mockorange. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high with ovate 

 remotely dentate leaves and racemes of 

 large double or semidouble white flowers. 

 It is a garden hybrid. 



92281. Fragabia sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 Thomas Swarbrick, Agricultural Re- 

 search Station, Long Ashton, Bristol. 

 Received March 27, 1931. 



Royal Sovereign. A very early everbear- 

 ing strain, robust, hardy, with large foli- 

 age ; fruit very large, of brisk luscious 

 flavor and shipping well. 



92282 to 92287. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 Bark wood & Shipwith (Ltd.), Kingston- 

 on-Thames, Surrey. Received March 27, 

 1931. 



92282. Ceanothus sp. Rhamnaceae. 



Autumnal blue. A rapid-growing ever- 

 green with dark shiny foliage and large 

 spikes of intense blue flowers which are 

 produced throughout the whole of Sep- 

 tember. It is hardy in the south of 

 England. 



92283. Ceanothus sp. Rhamnaceae. 



Burkwoodii. The indigo-blue flower 

 spikes are much larger than the type 

 and are borne continuously during the 

 autumn months. 



92284. Daphne caucasica Pall. Thyme- 

 laeaceae. Caucasian daphne. 



A hardy deciduous shrub, up to 4 feet 

 high, with lanceolate leaves and fra- 

 grant white flowers in terminal heads of 

 3 to 20 flowers. Native to the Caucasus 

 region. 



For previous introduction see 81830. 



92282 to 92287— Continued. 



92285. Daphne blagayana Freyer. 

 Thymelaeaceae. Balkan daphne. 



A low diffusely branched shrub, native 

 to the mountains of southeastern Europe. 

 The obovate leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 are crowded at the end of the branchlets, 

 and the yellowish white fragrant flowers, 

 borne in heads, are followed by globose 

 pinkish-white fruits. 



For previous introduction see 80432. 



92286. Osmarea burkwoodii Hort. Olea- 



This new bigeneric hybrid, a cross be- 

 tween Osmanthus delavayii and Phillyrea 

 decora, is a fine hardy evergreen, with 

 pendulous flowers, ivory white and very 

 fragrant. 



92287. Viburnum burkwoodii Hort. Cap- 

 rifoliaceae. 



This new hybrid between Viburnum 

 utile and V. carlesii is a strong-growing 

 very hardy evergreen with shiny green 

 foliage and, in April, large panicles of 

 fragrant white flowers, which are pink in 

 the bud. 



92288. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 



Broadbean. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 First Lieut. Joseph J. Twitty, Corps of 

 Engineers, U. S. Army, American Em- 

 bassy. Received March 27, 1931. 



Otafuku mame. A large, well-flavored, 

 edible bean which is used for canning by 

 the Japanese, very much as we can the 

 navy bean in the United States. 



92289. Citrtjllus vulgaris S c h r a d. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From Union of South Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by A. Ford & Co.. Johannesburg, 

 through Prof. A. R. Pullen, University 

 of Pretoria, Pretoria, Transvaal. Re- 

 ceived March 28, 1931. 



Makataan melon. A native melon which 

 is very drought resistant but not sweet. It 

 is used in the western part of the Transvaal 

 as cattle feed. 



92290 to 92302. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by A. Kol, 

 Chief, Bureau of Introduction, Institute 

 of Applied Botany and New Cultures, 

 Leningrad. Received March 28, 1931. 



92290 and 92291. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



From Kasakstan, Alma Ata. Collected 

 in the Alatau Mountains by Kostina in 

 1930. 



92290. No. 127829. 



92291. No. 127404. 



92292 to 92302. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



92292. Rubus arcticus L. 



A bramble, native to Manchuria, 

 with medium-sized red edible berries. 



For previous introduction see 69167. 



92293. Rubus caesius L. Dewberry. 



A deciduous shrub with slender 

 creeping prickly stems, which are cov- 

 ered with a whitish bloom when young. 

 The leaves, usually composed of three 



