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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93127 to 93143. 



From the Netherlands. Bulbs and roots 

 purchased from C. G. Van Tubergen 

 (Ltd.), Zwanenburg Nurseries, Haarlem. 

 Received April 24, 1931. 



93127 to 93141. Crindm spp. Amaryl- 

 lidaceae. 



Nos. 93127 to 93132 are bulbs na- 

 tive to southern Africa. 



93127. Crinum longipolidm (L.) 

 Thunb. {Amaryllis longifolia L.). 



Hardy crinum. 



Variety album. A perennial with 

 12 or more strap-shaped leaves 2 to 3 

 feet long and a scape crowned with a 

 cluster of 6 to 12 tubular white flowers 

 3 or 4 inches long. 



93128. Crinum sp. 

 Variety H. J. Elwes. 



93129. Crinum longipolidm (L.) 

 Thunb. {Amaryllis longifolia L.). 



Hardy crinum, 



A perennial with 12 or more strap- 

 shaped leaves 2 to 3 feet long and a 

 scape crowned with a cluster of 6 to 12 

 tubular red flowers 2 to 4 inches long. 



93130. Crinum longifolium (L.) 

 Thunb. (Amaryllis longifolia L.). 



Hardy crinum. 

 Variety album. 

 For previous introduction see 93127. 



93131. Crinum moorei Hook. f. 



Longneck crinum. 



A perennial with 12 to 15 strap- 

 shaped leaves 2 to 3 feet long, and a 

 scape 2 to 3 feet high crowned with 

 funnel-shaped flowers having a green- 

 ish tube 3 inches long and a pinkish 

 limb of equal length. 



93132. Crinum moorei Hook. f. 



Longneck crinum. 



Variety album. A form with white 

 flowers. 



93133. Crinum pedunculatum R. Br. 



Bulbs of a perennial native to Aus- 

 tralia, with 25 to 30 leaves and an 

 umbel of 20 to 30 greenish-white, 

 salver-shaped flowers having linear 

 spreading segments and red anthers. 



93134 to 93141. Crinum powellii Baker. 

 Powell crinum. 



A bulbous plant with about 20 



spreading strap-shaped leaves 3 to 4 

 feet long and about 8 rose-colored 

 flowers in large showy heads, terminat- 

 ing a scape 1 foot or more high. It 

 is considered to be a hybrid between 

 Crinum longifolium and C. moorei. 



For previous introduction see 79993. 



93134. Typical form. 



93135. Album. 



93136. Harlemense. 



93137. Intermedium. 



93138. Krelagei. 



93139. Prainianum. 



93140. Rattrayi. 



93141. Yemense. 



93142. Ranunculus aconitifolius L. 

 Ranunculaceae. Aconite buttercup. 



Roots of the variety fl. pleno. 



93127 to 93143— Continued. 



93143. Ranunculus acris L. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. Tall buttercup. 



Roots of the variety fl. pleno. 



93144 to 93152. Aster spp. Astera- 

 ceae. 



From The Pas, Manitoba, Canada. Plants 

 collected by Knowles A. Ryerson, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry ; W. A. Alder- 

 man, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment 

 Station ; and W. R. Leslie, superintendent 

 of the experiment station, Morden, Mani- 

 toba. Received September 30, 1929. 

 Numbered in April, 1931. 



93144 and 93145. Aster lindleyanus 

 Torr. and Gray. Lindley aster. 



A perennial aster up to 6 feet high, 

 with rather thick, sharply serrate ovate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long and loose pani- 

 cles of blue or violet flower heads 1 

 inch across. It is native to the northern 

 part of North America. 



93144. No. 106. A variety with purple 

 flowers. 



93145. No. 125. A variety with blue 

 flowers. 



93146. Aster paniculatus Lam. 



No. 127. A strain with pink flowers. 

 A perennial branched aster 2 to 8 feet 

 high, with lanceolate to linear, serrate 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The numer- 

 ous flower heads, 1 inch across, are usu- 

 ally white or tinged with violet. It is 

 native to the northern part of North 

 America. 



93147. Aster novae-angliae L. 



New England aster. 



No. 172. A strain with dark-red flow- 

 ers. A perennial herb with stout leafy 

 stems 2 to 8 feet high, native to the 

 eastern part of North America. The 

 thin, lanceolate leaves clasp the stem by 

 an auriculate base, and the flower heads, 

 often 2 inches across, are usually violet- 

 purple, but vary through red and pink 

 to white. 



93148. Aster laevis L. Smooth aster. 



No. 174. A strain with light-blue flow- 

 ers. A stout glabrous herbaceous per- 

 ennial 2 to 4 feet high, native to North 

 America. The thick, usually entire leaves 

 are 1 to 4 inches long, and the flower 

 heads, about 1 inch broad, are violet or 

 light blue. 



93149. Aster sp. 



No. 175. Flowers blue. 



93150. Aster multiflorus Ait. 



Wreath aster. 



No. 177. A bushy, much-branched, her- 

 baceous perennial 1 to 7 feet high, na- 

 tive to eastern North America. The 

 leaves on the main stem are linear, en- 

 tire, and 1 to 2 inches long. On the 

 branches the leaves are very small and 

 closely crowded. The small white flower 

 heads, one-fourth of an inch across, are 

 crowded on the 1-sided branches, forming 

 a dense mass. 



93151. Aster paniculatus Lam. 



No. 179. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 93146. 



93152. Aster novae-angliae L. 



New England aster. 



