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98100 to 98136— Continued 



98112. ACER NIKOBNSE (Miquel) 



Maxim. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 97504. 



98113 to 98133. Aceb r a L M A T U M 

 Thunb. Japanese maple. 



98113. NisMkigasane ; palmate 

 leaves, yellow variegated. 



98114. Nusatoriyama ; small 3-lobed 

 leaves, white, very slightly pink 

 shaded. 



98115. Okushimo; small beautiful 

 green leaves with involute mar- 

 gins. 



98116. Oscdcazuki : leaves large, reg- 

 ularly palmate, light maroon 

 changing to blood red in autumn. 



98117. OsMu-oeni', leaves deep ma- 

 roon, but more deeply cut and 

 smaller than those of variety 

 atropurpureum. 



98118. Reticulatum (Shigitatsu) ; 

 leaves with green veins on yellow 

 ground. 



98119. Rosa - marginalia (Hikasay- 

 ama) ; crimson-margined small 

 green leaves. 



Rose V m (Kagiri) ; small 

 palmate leaves margined with 

 pink. 



98121. Songuineum Chishio; small 

 leaves, blood red. regularly pal- 

 mate. 



98122. Sanguineum Seigen ; blood- 

 red palmate leaves, coloring in 

 middle spring. 



98123. Scolopendrifolium (Aoshime- 

 no-uchi) ; green narrow leaves like 

 a hartstougue fern. 



98124. Scolopendrifolium r u b r u m 

 (Akashime-no-uclii » ; red leaves 

 with narrow lobes. 



98125. Shishifjashira ; very curious 

 rotate leaves. 



98126. Trifidum ( Tokay ede) ; 3- 

 lobed leaves changing to bright 

 red in the autumn. 



98127. Tsumagaki ; small regularly 

 palmate green leaves tipped with 

 brown. 



98128. Tsuru-nishiki ; plain green, 

 deeply cut ribbonlike leaves. 



98129. Uriha-nishiki ; broad melon- 

 like green leaves with yellowish 

 variegation. 



981S0. Versicolor COridono-nishiki) ; 

 very attractive crimson haves 

 irregularly variegated with white 

 and green. 



98131. Wabihito ; green leaves with 

 featherlike lobes. 



98132. Washi-no-o ; leaves with long 

 threadlike deeply serrated green 

 lobes. 



98133. Atropurpureum variegatum; 

 bright-crimson leaves with deep- 

 maroon variegation. 



98134 and 98135. Pbunus jiuiie Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Amydalaceae. 



Japanese apricot. 



98100 to 98136— Continued 



98134. A variety with double pink 

 flowers. 



98135. A variety with double red 

 flowers. 



98136. Rhododendron degroxianum Carr. 

 (R. metternichii pentamerum Maxim.). 

 Ericaceae. 



A native wild form in Japan, differing 

 in having a 5-lobed corolla. R. metter- 

 nichii is an evergreen shrub up to 4 feet 

 high with oblong leaves 3 to 6 inches 

 long covered with rusty tomentum be- 

 neath. The campanulate, rose-colored, 

 usually 7-lobed flowers are 1 to 2 inches 

 across, spotted within with purple and 

 are borne in clusters of 8 to 15. 



98137. SCHEFFLEEA ACTINOPHYLLA 



(Endl.) Harms. Araliaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by J. A. 

 Hamilton, Carbeen, via Cairns, Queens- 

 land. Received March 23, 1932. 



A handsome evergreen tree up to 40 feet 

 high, native to Queensland, with compound 

 leaves made up of 6 to 16 leathery oblong 

 leaflets a foot long. The racemes, several 

 feet long, of fragrant flowers are followed 

 by small heads of angled dry fruits. This 

 is a very good honey tree and does best in 

 moist situations. 



For previous introduction see 79145. 



98138. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbi- 

 taceae. Cucumber. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Maj. C. R. 01- 

 berg, Tiflis, Transcaucasia. Received 

 March 21, 1932. 



A cucumber cultivated along the southern 

 coast of the Caspian Sea, adjacent to Persia. 

 It is 8 to 12 inches long and over 2 inches 

 in diameter, with a smooth medium-green 

 skin ; the flesh is crisp and tender, of an 

 indescribable flavor, and is eaten like an 

 apple without any preliminary preparation 

 except peeling. 



98139 to 98161. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 Edwin Beckett, Superintendent, Alden- 

 ham House Gardens. Elstree, Herts. Re- 

 ceived March 25, 1932. 



98139. Acer cappadocicum Gleditsch (A. 

 laetum Meyer). Aceraceae. 



Coliseum maple. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 95565. 



98140. Cai.licarpa koreana 'Hort. Ver- 

 benaceae. 



A name for which n place of publica- 

 tion and a description have not been 

 found. 



98141. Cai.ycaxthus fertilis Walt. 

 Calycanthaceae. Pale sweetshrub. 



A shrub up to 10 fe^t high, native to 

 the eastern part of the United States 

 from Pennsylvania to Alabama; The 

 elliptic-ovate leaves, 2 to 6 inches long, 

 are glaucous beneath and the green-purple 

 to red-brown flowers are 1 to 2 inches 

 across. 



98142. Ceanothds sp. Rhamnaceae. 

 Topaze. 



