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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97347 to 97353— Continued 



97349. Pyhus sp. 



No. 4344. Meigetsu. A Japanese pear 

 received from the Horticultural Institu- 

 tion, Department of Agriculture, Kyoto 

 Imperial University. Kyoto, February 24, 

 1930. 



97350. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4112. Okusankichi. Received Feb- 

 ruary 14, 1930 from the Saitama Ken 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



97351. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4118. Shinchu. An early variety 

 received February 15, 1930, from the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Tachi- 

 kawa, Tokyo. 



97352. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4106. Waseaka. Received Feb- 

 ruary 14, 1930, from the Saitama Ken 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



97353. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4119. Waseaka. Received Febru- 

 ary 14. 1930, from the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Tachikawa, Tokyo. A 

 midseason variety. 



■97354 to 97374. Solanum ttjbeeostjm 

 L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Tubers presented by the Insti- 

 tute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Re- 

 ceived February 16, 1932. 



A collection of potatoes developed by Dr. 

 "V. P. Alekseev, plant introducer, Sukhum 

 Subtropical Branch of the Ail-Union Insti- 

 tute of Plant Industry, Sukhum, Caucasus. 



97354. No. 8. 



97355. No. 10. 



97356. No. 25. 



97357. No. 53. 



97358. No. 60. 



97359. No. 62. 



97360. No. 66. 



97361. No. 78. 



97362. No. 81. 



97363. No. 83. 



97364. No. 85. 



97365. No. 89. 



97366. No. 91. 



97367. *No. 108. 



97368. No. 111. 



97369. No. 114. 



97370. No. 140. 



97371. No. 159. 



97372. No. 161. 



97373. No. 172. 



97374. No. 219. 



67375 to 97413. Rhododendeon spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From North Wales. Seeds presented by 

 Henry McLaren, Bodnant, Tal-y-Cafn. 

 Received February 17, 1932. 



97375 and 97376. Rhododendron arbo- 

 reum J. E. Smith. Tree rhododendron. 



97375. Sir Charles Lemon. 



97376. Mrs. Henry Shilson. 



97377. Rhododendron arboreum X 



GRIFFITHIANUM. 



Beauty of Tremough. 



97378. Rhododendron arboreum X 



THOMSONII. 



Harrisii. 



$7379. Rhododendron augustinii Hemsl. 



An evergreen shrub up to 4 feet high, 

 native to Hupeh, China. The lanceolate 



97375 to 97413— Continued 



to broadly oblanceolate leaves are 3 

 inches long, and the lilac-purple flowers 

 with yellow-green spots are 2 to 3 inches 

 across. 



97380. Rhododendron baileyi Balf. f. 



A small shrub up to 3 feet high, native 

 to southern Tibet. The obovate leaves 

 1 to 2 inches long are closely scaly above 

 and are very densely covered beneath 

 with overlapping cinnamon scales. The 

 short broad flowers, one half inch long, 

 are red-purple with darker spots on the 

 three upper petals and are borne in ter- 

 minal racemose clusters containing up to 

 14 flowers. 



97381. Rhododendron barbatum X 



THOMSONII. 



CALLIMORPHUM 



Sh ilsonii. 



97382. Rhododendron 

 Balf. and Smith. 



A shrub 4 to 9 feet high, native to 

 western Yunnan, China. The thin leath- 

 ery leaves 1 to 2 inches long are elliptic 

 to broadly ovate and are dark green 

 above and glaucous below. The soft-rose 

 flowers in terminal umbels of 5 to 8 are 

 openly campanulate, and the base of the 

 tube is somewhat pouched and is marked 

 on the inside with a crimson blotch. 



97383. Rhododendron calophytum 

 Franch. 



A shrub or tree from 15 to 50 feet 

 high, native to western Szechwan, China. 

 The bright-green leathery leaves are 8 

 to 12 inches long, and the rosy-white to 

 red flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, are borne 

 in loose racemose clusters of up to 30. 



97384. Rhododendron calostrotum Balf. 

 and Ward. 



A low shrub 1 foot high, native to 

 southern Burma. The obovate leaves 1 

 inch long are densely covered above with 

 greenish scales, and the lower surface is 

 pale red with numerous flaky scales. 

 The widely funnel-shaped flowers, 1 inch 

 long, are bright red purple and are borne 

 in pairs at the ends of the branchlets. 



97385. Rhododendron campylocarpum X 



GRIFFITHIANUM. 



Penjerrick. 



97386. Rhododendron campylogynum 

 Franch. 



A shrub up to 6 feet high, native to 

 western Yunnan, China. The thick ob- 

 ovate leaves are an inch in length, and 

 the widely companulate rose-purple to 

 almost black-purple flowers, 1 inch long, 

 are borne in terminal clusters of one to 

 three. 



97387. Rhododendron charitopes Balf. 

 and Farrer. 



A low shrub 1 foot high, native to Up- 

 per Burma. India. The obovate. bluntly 

 mucronate leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, are 

 glabrous above and glaucous and densely 

 scaly beneath. The broadly tubular 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are clear apple- 

 blossom pink speckled with crimson and 

 are borne in threes at the ends of the 

 branchlets. 



97388. Rhododendron chabtophyllum 

 Franch. 



Variety praecox. A form in which the 

 leaves are completely deciduous. 



