OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923 



58136 to 58152 — Continued. 



58140. Berberis polyantha Hemsl. 



A deciduous shrub 6 to 10 feet high, with 

 simple or 3-pronged thorns, obovate leaves, 

 mostly rounded at the apex, and yellow flowers, 

 which are produced during June and July in 

 drooping panicles. The berries are red. Na- 

 tive to China. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 246.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 53638. 



58141. Berberis soulieana C.Schneid. 



An evergreen shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 leathery, lanceolate, spiny serrate leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long and brownish yellow flowers in 

 clusters of 2 to 15. The black ellipsoid berries 

 are about five-eighths of an inch long. Native 

 to China. (Adapted from Cwrtis's Botanical 

 Magazine, vol. 134., pi- 8185, under Berberis 

 acuminata Stapf.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 49930. 



58142. Berberis stapfiana C. Schneid. 



A partly evergreen shrub, 5 to 6 feet high 

 with spreading arching stems, pale-yellow flow- 

 ers, and carmine-red berries. Native to western 

 China. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 53640. 



58143. Berberis subcaxjlialata C. Schneid. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 S. P. I. No. 58120. 



58144. Cornus bretschneideri J. Henry. 

 Cornaceae. Dogwood. 



A shrub up to 12 feet in height, with green or 

 purplish branches, oval, hairy leaves, and dense 

 clusters of bluish black berries. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 42188. 



58145 to 58151. Cotoneaster spp. Malaceae. 



58145. Cotoneaster affinis obtusa (Wall.) 

 C. Schneid. 



An upright slender-branched shrub, with 

 bright-green leaves and globose dark-brown 

 fruits. Native to the Himalayas. (Adapted 

 from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laub- 

 holzkunde, vol. 1, p. 757.) 



58146. Cotoneaster harroviana Wilson. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 S. P. I. No. 58134. 



58147. Cotoneaster hebephylla Dicls. 



A very ornamental deciduous shrub, 10 to 18 

 feet in height. It has long, rambling branches, 

 white flowers, and dark-carmine fruits. (J. F. 

 Rock, note under S. P. 1. No. 5587S.) 



58148. Cotoneaster hupehensis Rehd. and 

 Wils. 



A strong-growing, shrubby, black-fruited spe- 

 cies, with graceful spreading branches, attrac- 

 tive white flowers, and crimson globose fruits. 

 (Arnold Arboretum, Bulletin of Popular Infor- 

 mation, No. 19.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 44079. 



58149. Cotoneaster lindleyi Steud. 



A large shrub or small tree, with semidecidu- 

 ous dark -green leaves, corymbs of white flowers, 

 and bluish black fruits. Native to the north- 

 western Himalayas. (Adapted from Schneider, 

 Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 757.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 53683. 



58136 to 58152 — Continued. 



58150. Cotoneaster melanocarpa laxi- 

 flora (Jacq.) C. Schneid. 



A spreading shrub which becomes about 12 

 feet high, with oval dark-green leaves, grayish 

 white beneath, gracefully pendulous clusters of 

 pinkish white flowers, and black globose fruits. 

 This Siberian species is one of the most attrac- 

 tive of the black-fruited cotoneasters. (Adapted 

 from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 1, p. 412.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 53685. 



58151. Cotoneaster racemiflora (Desf.) 

 Koch. 



A low shrub from northern Africa and western 

 Asia, with roundish leaves, slightly hairy be- 

 neath, and short-stalked cymes of white flow- 

 ers, followed by red fruits. Received as Coton- 

 easter fontanesi, for which C. racemiflora is the 

 earlier name. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 53690. 



58152. Hydrangea bretschneideri Dipp. Hy- 

 drangeacese. 



A stout bushy shrub 8 or 10 feet high, with 

 dull-green slender-pointed leaves and flattened 

 corymbs, 4 or 5 inches wide, of white flowers, 

 which become rosy. This hardy hydrangea was 

 first discovered in the mountains near Peking, 

 China, and thrives best in a sunny position in 

 good soil. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. l,p. 624.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 42189. 



58153 to 58357. 



From Siberia. Seeds presented by Prof. T. D.A. 

 Cockerell, University of Colorado. Received 

 November 2, 1923. 



58153. Actinidia kolomikta (Maxim.) Rupr. 

 Dilleniaceas. 



Razdolnoe. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58154. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 

 Sweet onion. From Okeanskaia, Olshin. 



58155 to 58189. A vena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



58155. Blagodatnoe. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58156. Bogatirka. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58157. Chernigovka. From Spassk. 



58158. Chernishevka. From Spassk. 



58159. Chorol. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58160. Grodekovo. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58161. Innokentievka. From Spassk. 



58162. Ivanovka. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58163. Kabarga. From Spassk. 



58164. Krasnoe. From Posetski. 



58165. Kremovo. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58166. Kuchuki. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58167. Margaritovo. From Olshin. 



58168. Nizhni Janchich. From Posetski. 

 58169 to 58177. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58169. Novo-Belmanovka. 



58170. Novojatkovo. 



58171. Novo-Kashalinsk. 



58172. Novo-Nikolaevka. 



58173. Novo-Troitzkoe. 



58174. Osinovka. 



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