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diameter, and appear in July. The inky 

 black berries are in round clusters, about 

 an inch thick. This is one of the har- 

 diest shrubs introduced from northern 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 76105. 



93110. Acer trdncatum Bunge. Acera- 

 ceae. Maple. 



A small tree up to 25 feet high. The 

 deeply 5-lobed leaves, truncate at the 

 base, are 3 to 4 inches across, and the 

 greenish-yellow flowers, borne in erect 

 corymbs, are followed by winged fruits 

 which spread nearly at right angles. 



93111. Betula costata Trautv. Betula- 

 ceae. Birch. 



A brown or yellow birch which be- 

 comes 75 to 100 feet bigh and from 2 to 

 3 feet in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 65487. 



93112. Betula japonica mandshurica 

 (Kegel) Winkl. Betulaceae. Birch. 



A white-barked birch up to 80 feet 

 high, with the leaves often broadly 

 wedge shaped at the base. 



For previous introduction see 76735. 



93113. Carpinus turczaninovii Hance. 

 Betulaceae. Hornbeam. 



A hardy shrubby tree with oval, sharp- 

 pointed leaves 1 to 2 inches long. It is 

 said to resemble Carpinus polyneura, also 

 a Chinese species, and may have value as 

 an ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 63679. 



93114. Peutzia parviflora Bunge. Hy- 

 drangeaceae. Mongolian deutzia. 



A hardy ornamental shrub 6 feet high 

 with corymbs of wbite flowers. 



For previous introduction see 71145. 



93115. Evodia daniellii (Benn.) Hemsl. 

 Rutaceae. 



A bushy tree, 10 to 20 feet high, with 

 unequally pinnate leaves up to 3 inches 

 long, numerous corymbose panicles of 

 whitish flowers which appear in June and 

 July, and oblong or elongated fruit cap- 

 sules which have a peculiar aromatic 

 odor and a pungent bitter flavor. 



For previous introduction 



76056. 



93116. Fraxinus chinensis Roxb. Olea- 

 ceae. Chinese ash. 



An ornamental tree 40 feet high with 

 glabrous branchlets and brownish-black 

 winter buds, covered with a rufus woolly 

 tomentum when opening. The leaves, 5 

 to 8 inches long, are composed of five to 

 seven short-stalked pinnate leaflets, cune- 

 ate at the base, dark green above and 

 light green below. The panicles of small 

 white flowers are followed by 1-seeded 

 winged fruits. 



For previous introduction see 63792. 



93117. Hydrangea bretschneiderii Dipp. 

 Hydrangeaceae. Shaggy hydrangea. 



A stout bushy shrub 8 to 10 feet high, 

 with rough bark, dull-green slender- 

 pointed leaves, and flattened corymbs, 4 

 or 5 inches wide, of white flowers which 

 become rosy. This hardy hydrangea 

 thrives best in a sunny position in good 

 soil. 



For previous introduction see 58152. 



93108 to 93126 — Continued. 



93118. Larix dahurica principis-rupp- 

 rechtii (Mayr) Rehd. and Wils. 

 Pinaceae. Larch. 



A hardy handsome tree, sometimes 70 

 feet high, with attractive bright-green 

 foliage and shiny cones over 1 inch 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 71123. 



93119. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. Fa- 

 baceae. Shrub bushclover. 



A bushy herbaceous perennial which 

 bears a profusion of rose-purple flowers 

 during the early autumn, practically 

 covering the drooping branches, which 

 sometimes become 6 feet long. 



For previous introduction see 90664. 



93120. Ostrya liana Hu. Betulaceae. 



Hophornbeam. 



A tree up to 50 feet high with grayish- 

 black bark. The thin membranous 

 cordate-elliptic leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 long, and the small saclike fruits are 

 borne in dense clusters of 8 to 10. 



93121. Picea wilsoni Masters. Pinaceae. 



Spruce. 



A pyramidal tree up to 80 feet high, 

 with short spreading branches densely 

 clothed with stout, straight or curved, 

 needlelike dark-green leaves less than 1 

 inch long. The cylindric-oblong cones, 

 2 to 4 inches long, persist for a year 

 after ripening. 



93122. Sorbus alnifolia ( Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Kocb. (Pyrus alnifolia Franch.). 

 Malaceae. Mountain-ash, 



An upright tree with a dense round 

 head, attractive bright-green foliage, and 

 clusters of small red and yellow fruits. 



For previous introduction see 82332. 



. Syringa pekinensis Rupr. Olea- 

 ceae. Peking lilac. 



A large shrub up to 18 feet high. The 

 slender spreading branches are brownish 

 red ; the ovate-lanceolate leaves, 2 to 4 

 inches long, are dark green above and 

 grayish green beneath ; and the yellowish- 

 white flowers are borne profusely in 

 panicles 6 to 8 inches long. 



93124. Syringa villosa Vahl. Oleaceae. 



Late lilac. 



A bushy lilac about 8 feet high, with 

 stout upright branches, broadly oval 

 bright-green leaves, and pinkish-lilac flow- 

 ers in panicles 3 to 7 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 79052. 



93125. Vitex negundo incisa (Lam.) 

 C. B. Clarke. Verbenaceae. 



Cutleaf chaste-tree. 



A half-woody wild shrub or small tree 

 with 5-parted leaves and loose terminal 

 clusters of pale bluish flowers. The 

 leaves are fragrant when crushed, and 

 the flowers are freely visited by bees. 



For previous introduction see 63649. 



93126. Diervilla Florida (Bunge) Sieb. 

 and Zucc. (Weigela rosea Lindl.). Ca- 

 prifoliaceae. Pink weigela. 



A shrub up to 10 feet high, with short- 

 petioled, serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 

 tomentose beneath. The tubular flowers, 

 more than 1 inch long, rosy pink outside 

 and paler inside, are borne in axillary 

 cymes. 



