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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97375 to 97413 — Continued 



97406. Rhododendron sutchuenense 

 Franch. 



A shrub 3 to 10 feet high, native to 

 southwestern China. The narrowly ellip- 

 tical to oblanceolate leaves, 4 to 10 inches 

 long, are smooth and dark green above 

 and pale and smooth beneath except the 

 midrib, which is covered with a loose 

 woolly tomentum. The widely campanu- 

 late flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, are rose 

 pink, spotted deeper rose inside, and are 

 borne in a dense corymbose raceme. 



97407. Rhododendron thomsonii X for- 

 tunei. 



97408. Rhododendron thomsonii X 



GRIFFITHIANUM. 



Cornish Cross. 



97409. Rhododendron wasonii Hemsl. 

 and Wils. (R. rhododactylum. Hort.). 



A shrub 4 feet high, native to western 

 Szechwan, China. The ovate leaves, 2 to 

 4 inches long, are dark glossy green 

 above and are clothed beneath with a 

 uniform scurfy felt which is white on 

 the young leaves, but turns later to a 

 bright brown or rutty red. The funnel- 

 campanulate flowers, 2 inches long, are 

 pinkish in this form, but are creamy 

 yellow in the typical form. 



97410. Rhododendron williamsianum 

 Rehd. and Wils. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet high with horizon- 

 tal branches, native to Szechwan, China. 

 The leathery cordate leaves, 2 inches 

 long, are bright green above, and the 

 lower surface is glaucous, papillate, and 

 punctulate with small glands and hairs. 

 The three to five campanulate flowers, 2 

 inches long, are pale rose without spots. 



97411. Rhododendron yunnanense 

 Franch. Yunnan rhododendron. 



A low shrub, 6 feet or less high with 

 narrowly elliptic, somewhat hairy leaves, 

 and few-flowered clusters of broadly fun- 

 - nel-shaped flowers, white with the upper 

 lobes spotted blood red. Native to Yun- 

 nan, China. 



For previous introduction see 94131. 



97412. Rhododendron sp. 

 Caryl ons Cross. 



97413. Rhododendron sp. 

 Related to R. mollicomum. 



97414 to 97422. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 H. Wenholz. director of plant breeding, 

 Department of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received February 18, 

 1932. 



A collection of Fitzroy corn from the 

 Grafton Experiment Station, New South 

 Wales, introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



97414. No. 368-a-l-2-l-l. 



97415. No. 368-a-l-2-l-2. 



97416. No. 368-a-l-2-l-8. 



97417. No. 200-b-3-l-l. 



97418. No. 372-a-l-l-l-5. 



97419. Line C. 



97420. LineE. 



97414 to 97422— Continued 



97421. Line 200-b-5-l-l. 



97422. Line 200-b-l-l-3. 



97423 to 97490. Prunus spp. Amygda- 

 laceae. 



From tbe Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by V. P. 

 Alekseev. plant introducer, Sukhum Sub- 

 tropical Branch of the All-Union Insti- 

 tute of Plant Industry, Sukhum, Cau- 

 casus. Received February 18, 1932. 



Collected from various parts of the 

 Caucasus region. Introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



97423 to 97485. Prunus CERasifera di- 

 varicata (Ledeb.) C. Schneid. Plum. 



F.P.I. 



No. 



Lenin- 

 grad 

 No. 



F.P.I. 



No. 



Lenin- 

 grad 

 No. 



97423. 



10970. 



97455. 



37321. 



97424. 



31339. 



97456. 



37328. 



97425. 



31342. 



97457. 



37329. . 



97426. 



31345. 



97458. 



37330. 



97427. 



37246. 



97459. 



37335. 



97428. 



37247 



97460. 



37339. 



97429. 



37248. 



97461. 



37340. 



97430. 



37249. 



97462. 



37341. 



97431. 



37250. 



97463. 



37342. 



97432. 



37251. 



97464. 



37343. 



97433. 



37254. 



97465. 



37344 



97434. 



37255. 



97466. 



37345. 



97435. 



37256. 



97467. 



37353. 



97436. 



37257. 



97468. 



37357. 



97437. 



37262. 



97469. 



37358. 



97438. 



37263. 



97470. 



37369. 



97439. 



37266. 



97471. 



37370. 



97440. 



37268. 



917472. 



37383. 



97441. 



37272. 



97473. 



37384 



97442. 



37295. 



97474. 



37394. 



97443. 



37296. 



97475. 



37397. 



97444. 



37297. 



97476. 



37399. 



97445. 



37298. 



97477. 



37400. 



97446. 



37299. 



97478. 



37404. 



97447. 



37300. 



97479. 



37410. 



97448. 



37301. 



97480. 



37412. 



97449. 



37302. 



97481. 



37434. 



97450. 



37303. 



97482. 



37435. 



97451. 



37304. 



97483. 



37436. 



97452. 



37305. 



97484. 



37438. 



97453. 



37319. 



97485. 



37439. 



97454. 



37320. 







97486. Prunus domestlca X 



armeniaca. 



No. 37797. A natural hybrid of the 

 prune and apricot. 



97487 to 97490. Prunus cerasifera de- 

 varicata (Ledeb.) C. Schneid. Plum. 



97487. Leningrad No. 41200. Round 

 Mack. A large tree nearly 25 feet 

 high with slightly oval, medium- 

 sized fruits of dark violet color 

 which become almost black at ma- 



