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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



63328 to 63390— Continued. 



63359. Genista aetnknsis i Bivona i DC. 

 Fabaceae. Aetna broom. 



An attractive shrub. 6 feet or less in 

 height, with nearly leafless, slender 

 branches, and fragrant, yellow flowers in 

 loose terminal racemes. Native to Sicily 

 and Sardinia. 



63360. Kraunhia .taponica (Sieb. and 

 Zucc. ) Taub. (Wisteria japonica Sieb. 

 and Zucc). Fabaceae. Wisteria. 



A comparatively little-known wisteria ' 

 from Japan, which is hardy only in the 

 Southern States. It is a deciduous 

 climber with slender twining stems and 

 bright, glossy green .compound leaves. 

 The white flowers are probably the small- 

 est of all the wisterias, and are produced 

 in very slender, many-flowered racemes 

 up to a foot in length. 



63361. LONICERA SIMILIS DELAVAYI 



(Franch.) Rehder. Caprifoliaceae. 



Delavay honeysuckle. 



A half-evergreen, shrubby climber, 

 closely allied to Lonioera japonica, which 

 was first found by the Abbe Delavay in 

 the mountains of Yunnan. China. The 

 oval leaves are gray felted beneath, and 

 the sweet-scented, yellow flowers are in 

 pairs in the axils of the leaves. 



63362. Magnolia salicifolia (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Maxim. Magnoliaceae. 



Anise magnolia. 



A Japanese magnolia which is a slen- 

 der tree about 20 feet in height, with 

 narrowly oval, yellowish green leaves 3 

 to 6 inches long and short-stemmed 

 white flowers 5 inches across. It is hardy 

 at least as far north as southern Massa- 

 chusetts. 



63363. Philadelphia magdalenae 

 Koehne. Hydrangeaceae. Mock orange. 



A bushy mock orange from Szechwan, 

 China, which becomes about 6 feet high, 

 with finely toothed, narrow leaves and 

 white flowers an inch in diameter, borne 

 in early June in few-flowered racemes. 



63364. Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Juglandaceae. 



M. V. 585'2. A small, striking Chinese 

 tree which at this time (January) is 

 covered with pretty, brown conelike 

 fruits somewhat resembling miniature 

 fruits of the teasel. This is hardier 

 than the other species, P. strooilacea. 



83365. Pyracantha gibbsii A. Jackson. 

 Malaceae. Firethorn. 



A fine ornamental evergreen bush, 

 vigorous and hardy, native to Hupeh and 

 Szechwan, China. It becomes 12 to 14 

 feet high, is nearly spineless, and in the 

 autumn bears large clusters of scarlet 

 berries which contrast admirably with 

 the glossy dark-green foliage. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 56694. 



63366. R H A m N u s utilis Decaisne. 

 Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn. 



A hardy, shrubby tree of ornamental 

 appearance, with light-green, opposite i 

 leaves. Native to central and eastern I 

 China. 



63367 to 63376. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



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63367 and 63368. Rosa macrophylla 

 Lindi: 



This Himalayan rose is described by 

 Brandis (Forest Flora of India, p. 

 203) as an erect, often unarmed 

 shrub, with large, red flowers 2 inches 

 or less in width, and large, soft edible 

 fruits an inch long. In its native 

 home this rose is found at an altitude 

 of 10.000 feet, and plants introduced 

 into England have proved hardy in 

 that country. 



63367. Typical form. 



63368, Var. inermis. 



33369. Rosa moyesii Hemsl. 



A strikingly handsome, wild rose 

 with flowers varying from dark blood- 

 red to light pink. It is a shrub up 

 to 10 feet high, native to wester.m 

 China, with scattered, short, straight 

 prickles on the branches. The deep 

 orange-red, narrowly ovoid fruits are 

 2 inches or more in length. 



63370. Rosa omeiensis pteracantha 

 (Franch.) Rehd. and Wiis. 



A robust, much-branched thorny 

 bush, native to western China, where it 

 grows at altitudes of 3,000 to 11,000 

 feet. Because of the fine single white 

 flowers, the large, red prickles, and the 

 bright-red fruits this is an exceedingly 

 attractive rose. 



53371. ::osa persetosa Rolfe. 



A pink-flowered rose from western 

 China which is characterized by Dr. 

 Alfred Rehder (Arnold Arboretum, Ja- 

 maica Plain, Mass.) as an upright 

 shrub with densely bristly stems and 

 flowers an inch across, produced in 

 large panicles. 



63372 to 63376. Rosa sericea Lindl. 



An erect shrubby rose, up to 12 feet 

 in height, with prickly branches and 

 solitary white flowers, 2 inches wide, 

 with usually only four petals. Native 

 to the Himalayas, and perhaps hardy 

 only in the Southern States. 



53372. Typical form. 



63373. M. V. 4001. 



63374. M. V. 4620. 



63375. M. V. 4710. 

 53376. Var. xanthocarpa. 



63377. Sambdcus javanica Reinw. Cap- 

 rifoliaceae. Elder. 



An East Indian elder. 6 feet or less in 

 height, with long-pointed leaflets and flat 

 clusters of ovoid, red berries. 



63378. Schizonotus aitchisoni (Hemsl. | 

 Skeels. Rosaceae. 



A shrub 2 to 3 meters high from Af- 

 ghanistan, with straight, reddish branches 

 which are strong and compact panicles of 

 white flowers which bloom in September. 



53379. Skimmia fortunei Masters. Ru- 

 taceae. 



A very pretty, spring-flowering shrub 

 from China, with persistent foliage. The 

 very fragrant, white flowers are borne in 

 panicles : these are succeeded by deep- 

 red, oval fruits which remain all winter 

 a re in France. 



