APRIL 1 TO JUNE 3 0, 1931 



92503 to 92511. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 V. N. Gauntlett & Co. (Ltd.), Chidding- 

 fold, Surrey. Received April 8, 1931. 



92503 to 92506. Prunus serrulata Lindl. 

 Amygdalaceae. Oriental cherry. 



92503. Variety Manoga. Flowers double 

 and soft pink. 



92504. Variety Osaka. Flowers double, 

 pale rose changing to white. 



92505. Variety Snowflake. A new Jap- 

 anese cherry with large snow-white, 

 fluffy flowers. 



92506. Variety Wakihito. The double 

 flowers are red in the bud, opening 

 to a deep rich rose. 



&*607. Thamnocalaxius falconeri Hook, 

 f. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



Falconer bamboo. This was received 

 under the name Arundinaria falconeri, but 

 the absence of tessellation (cross vena- 

 tion) in the leaves excludes it from 

 Arundinaria. It bears a resemblance to 

 some of the forms of Bambusa nana and 

 probably is about as hardy as this species. 

 The culm is cylindrical. The branches 

 on a young plant are 8 to 12 at a node, 

 variable in length, usually without 

 branchlets, exceedingly slender, often 

 purplish in color, and with four to seven 

 leaves gathered near the tips. The leaves 

 are lanceolate, 1% to 4 inches long by 

 three-sixteenths to about three-eights of 

 an inch wide. The slenderness of the 

 branches gives tbis bamboo a distinctive 

 beauty. 



92508. Sasa variegaxa (Sieb.) E. G. 

 Camus {Arundinaria fortunei Riviere) . 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



Variety fortunei. A hardy dwarf 

 bamboo with attractive green and white 

 striped leaves. There are up to about 

 12 leaves on a branch, and thev range 

 up to 4 inches long by three-eighths of an 

 inch wide. The species grows to a 

 height of 12 to 18 inches and spreads 

 rather rapidly by means of underground 

 rhizomes. 



Arundinaria gauntletti Hort. 



Bamboo. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion has not been found. On a green- 

 house-grown plant there are up to seven 

 lanceolate leaves on a branch. They are 

 from 2 to G inches long by three-eighths 

 to three-fourths of an inch wide. The 

 tessellation is rather open. 



92510. Sasa veitchii (Carr.) Rehder. 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



Received as Bambusa palmata, which 

 name is now considered to be a synonym 

 of sasa tessellata. The plants agree more 

 closely, however, with those received 

 from the Kew Gardens as S. veitchii. 

 The young plants have three to four 

 broadly lanceolate leaves on a branch, 

 and these are up to 4% inches long by 

 seven-eighths of an inch wide. The sec- 

 ondary veins are very prominent, and the 

 tessellation is rather close. S. veitchii 

 grows to a height of about 4 feet, and the 

 rhizomes are of running habit, as in the 

 hardy bamboos. 



92511. Phyllostachys 

 (Miquel) Munro (P. 

 Poaceae. 



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 Bamboo. 



92503 to 92511— Continued. 



Japanese name, Hachiku. A hardy 

 giant bamboo of running habit, native 

 to Japan and China, which reaches ulti- 

 mately, under favorable conditions, a 

 height of 50 or 60 feet. The leaves, 

 usually two to four on a branchlet, are 

 commonly 2% to 3% inches long by one- 

 fourth to three-eighths of an inch wide. 

 The fresh culm sheaths are plain mauve, 

 tipped with brilliant green pseudophyllis, 

 giving the young sprouts as they come up 

 in the spring an appearance of singular 

 beauty. The sprouts are edible. 



92512 to 92517. Allium cepa L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by John 

 Douglas, Field Branch, Department of 

 Agriculture, Sydney, New South Wales. 

 Received April 9, 1931. 



92512. Early flat cape. A South African 

 variety. 



Nos. 92513 to 92517 are local selec- 

 tions which have done exceptionally well 

 under all conditions in New South Wales. 



92513. Early Hunter River (brown). 



92514. Hunter River Brown Spanish. 



92515. Hunter River (white). 



92516. Long Keeping Brown Spanish. 



92517. McKim. 

 92518 to 92522. 



From Spain. Plants purchased from Juan 

 Levya. La Quinta, Granada. Received 

 April 9, 1931. 



92518. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. 



Sweet cherry. 



Rizado de Quentar. 



92519 to 92521. Amygdalus persica L. 

 (Prunus persica Stokes). Amygdala- 

 ceae. Peach. 



92519. Fertile de Poiton. 



92520. Champion. 



92521. Triumph. 



92522. POPULUS nigra betulifolia 

 (Pursh) Torr. Salicaceae. Poplar. 



Chopo. A form of poplar, striking be- 

 cause of the almost complete absence of 

 true lateral branches, the stems being 

 clothed with twigs which, as is common 

 in poplars, are sooner or later thrown 

 off by separative layers near the base. 

 Because of this habit of growth the trees 

 can be planted very close together, yield- 

 ing an enormous amount of wood, as 

 they are rapid growers. 



For previous introduction see 33206. 



92523 to 92546. Pbunus serrulata 

 Lindl. Amygdalaceae. 



Oriental cherry. 



From Japan. Plants purchased from the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama. Re- 

 ceived April 9, 1931. 



A collection of Japanese flowering cher- 

 ries received under the following names : 



92523. Beni-gamo. 



92524. Daizen-zakura. 



92525. Higurashi. 

 i. Hi-zakura. 



