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97657 to 97678— Continued 



97670. Rhododendron neriiflordm 

 Franch. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to 

 midwestern Yunnan, China. The oblong 

 to oval leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are 

 dark-green and smooth above, and cov- 

 ered beneath with white waxy papillae. 

 The fleshy tubular campanulate crimson 

 flowers are about 2 inches long, and the 

 calyx is fleshy and colored like the 

 corolla. 



97671. Rhododendron nivedm Hook. f. 



A shrub or small tree 12 to 15 feet 

 high, native to the Sikkim Himalayas in 

 India. The branchlets are covered with 

 dense white felty tomentum, and the 

 obovate-lanceolate leaves, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, are glabrous above and covered be- 

 neath with felty tomentum which is at 

 first white but becomes grayish brown. 

 The tubular-campanulate magenta flowers 

 are over 1 inch long and are borne in a 

 rounded compact mass of 15 to 20. 



97672. Rhododendron orbicdlare De- 

 caisne. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97399. 



97673. Rhododendron oreodoxa Franch. 



A shrub or small tree, native to west- 

 ern Szechwan, China. The narrowly 

 elliptic, leathery leaves, 2 to 4 inches 

 long, are glabrous above and glaucous 

 beneath. The openly campanulate pale- 

 rose flowers are nearly 2 inches across 

 and are borne in a racemose umbel of 

 about a dozen flowers. 



97674. Rhododendron prabvernum 

 Hutchinson. 



A medium-sized compact shrub, native 

 to Hupeh. China. The leathery elliptic- 

 oblanceolate leaves, 4 to 7 inches long, 

 are dark green above and pale gray green 

 below. The companulate flowers, 2 

 inches across, are white suffused rose 

 with a large dark wine-red blotch at the 

 base and smaller spots above, and are 

 borne in a terminal umbel of about 10 

 flowers. 



97675. Rhododendron roylei Hook. f. 

 (R. chinabarinum Hook. f. ). 



Variety Blandfordiaeflorum. A form 



with the flowers red outside, like the 



type, but yellow or greenish yellow in- 

 side. 



97676. Rhododendron souliei Franch. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97403. 



97677. Rhododendron thomsonii Hook. f. 



A Himalayan shrub up to 15 feet 

 high, growing at altitudes between 10,000 

 and 11,000 feet, with glabrous obovate 

 leaves 3 inches long and clusters of 6 to 

 8 blood-red flowers 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 76911. 



97678. Rhododendron vernicosum 

 Franch. 



Forrest No. 5881. A spreading shrub 

 6 to 25 feet high, native to Szechwan and 

 Yunnan, China. The thick leathery ob- 

 long-oval leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, are 

 glabrous above and glaucous beneath. 

 The widely funnel-campanulate flowers, 1 

 to 2 inches long, are white to bright- 

 rose, sometimes with crimson markings, 

 and are borne in racemose umbels of 



97657 to 97678— Continued 



about 10 flowers. The geographic form, 

 euantlium, is reported to be hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from the type. 



97679 to 97682. Sybinga spp. Oleaceae. 



From Canada. Scions presented by F. L. 

 Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba. Received 

 February 26, 1932. 



97679 to 97681. Syringa prestoniae Mc- 

 Kelvey. Hybrid lilac. 



A collection of hybrids between 

 Syringa reflexa and S. villosa developed 

 at the Manitoba Nursery by Mr. Skinner. 



97679. Handel. Flowers deep lilae 

 rose, in a very heavy cluster. 



97680. Heloise. Flowers pink fading; 

 to white. 



97681. Hiawatha. A very dark rose- 

 colored lilac, the same shade a& 

 Rosa rugosa. 



97682. Syringa sweginzowii Koehne and 

 Ling. Chengtu lilac. 



The sweginzowii hybrids have a more 

 open panicle and are all very pale col- 

 ored, usually white flushed with pink. 



97683 to 97712. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 Maurice Prichard & Sons, Ltd., Rivers- 

 lea Nurseries, Christchurch, Hants. Re- 

 ceived February 26, 1932. 



97683 to 97697. Campanula carpatica 

 Jacq. Campanulaceae. 



Carpathian bellflower. 



A collection of new varieties which 

 flower in July and August. 



97683. Carillon. 



97684. Ghewton Joy. 



97685. Claribel. 



97686. Convexity. 



97687. Cream Star. 



97688. Mrs. V. Frere. 



97689. Loveliness. 



97690. Opal. 



97691. Priory Bells. 



97692. Queen of Somerville. 



97693. Riverslea Griant. 



97694. Riverslea Improved 



97695. The Pearl. 



97696. Triumphant. 



97697. Multiflora. 



97698 to 97705. Erica spp. Ericaceae. 



97698 to 97703. Erica carnea L. 



Spring heath. 



A spring heath which grows 8 inches 

 high. 



97698. Mrs. S. Doncaster. Flowers 

 light pink. 



97699. King George. A winter- 

 flowering variety with bright 

 rich-pink flowers. 



97700." Queen of Spain. Flowers 

 rosy red. 



97701. Praecox rubra. A form 

 which commences to bloom in Jan- 

 uary ; the flowers are a very rich 

 shade of pink. 



