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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



55106 to 55165— Continued. 



55126. Feterita. 



55127. Abu Sh anal). 



55128. Banan Tokar. 



55129. WadBrageh, 



55130. Mogd A b agro A bia d . 



55131. NeiliNeili. 



55132. ElSafra. 



55133. Afiamar. 



55134. Shikari. 



55135. Eargi. 



55136. Abgara. 



55137. Ealam. 



55138. AbuHomecr. 



55139. No. 15. 



55140. Game. 



55141. Elhacherag. 



5 5 1 42. Gu ssi ri Tokar. 



55143. Sham sham. 



55144. Balyani. 



55145. Beid el Tor. 



55146. Mugood. 



55147. Asfar. 



55148. WadFahal, 



55149. W ad bah aim. 



55150. WadAkhar. 



55151. Nugood. 



55152. No.'fO. 



55153. No. 12. 



55154. Hegeira. 



55155. Abu Koliga. 



55156. No. 8. 



55157. Abu Ta rakish. 



55158. Morn. 



55159. Naggad Abiad. 



55160. Laben el Shah. 



55161. Makway Abiad. 



55162. Eh ass. 



55163. Waga. 



55164. Wad B got a. 



55165. Mogd Ehamgan Asfer. 



Hibiscus. 



55166 to 55211. Hibiscus spp. Malvaceae. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Cuttings secured by Mrs. J. Rappe Myers, in 

 Honolulu, and sent in by J. M. Westgate, agronomist in charge, Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Received March 27 and 30, 1922. Quoted 

 notes by Mrs. Myers, unless otherwise stated. 



The Chinese hibiscus is one of the most popular and useful decorative plants 

 of tropical gardens ■ and is cosmopolitan in its distribution. Probably in no 

 other region, however, has so extensive a series of choice horticultural forms 

 been brought together as in Hawaii. In most parts of the Tropics only two 

 or three varieties are seen, usually the single scarlet and the double scarlet. 

 In recent years some excellent sorts have been distributed by Florida nursery- 

 men, yet it is felt that much more can and should be done to popularize the 

 newer delicately colored varieties, and toward this end the following collection 

 has been secured in Honolulu by Mrs. J. Rappe Myers. They should prove 

 of real value in southern Florida and in Porto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the 

 American Tropics generally. 



" Most of these varieties are the productions of Gerrit P. Wilder." 



55166 to 55192. "Collected March 11, 1022." 



55166 to 55170. "Collected in Mrs. George Sherman's garden." 



55166. Hibiscus svriacus L. 



"(No. 1.) A lavender variety; originally from Japan." 



55167. Hibiscus sp. 



"(No. 2.) Single pink, shading white to the center." 



55168. Hibiscus sp. 

 "(No. 3.) Single orange." 



55169. Hibiscus sp. 



"(No. 4.) Single, light pink." 



55170. Hibiscus sp. 



"(No. 5.) ' Laurita Sherman.'" 



