
          in fact, throughout most of the continental United States. It is of 
rapid growth and symmetrical form, with slender, almost wiry branches, 
and elliptic leaves much smaller than those of the American elm. 
Ulmus pumila is highly reconmended as a windbreak, shade and ornamental  
tree for regions unsuited to most other species commonly cultivated 
in the United States for these purposes.

50588. ULMUS PUMILA. Chinese Elm. Presented by the Forestry Department, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Peking, China.

55949. VACCINIUM sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A diminutive shrub, 2 feet high, with handsome 
pink flowers and edible purple fruits the size of large peas. Seedlings 
a year old, in two-inch pots, have borne fruit at the Plant Introduction 
Garden, Bell, Md. They need an acid soil and may not prove hardy outdoors 
in the northern parts of this country.

47575. VERONICA ELLIPTICA. From New Zealand. Presented by James W. Poynton. A much-branched shrub or small tree, 5 to 20 feet in height, with pale-green, leathery leaves edged with white pubescence. The flowers, which are  larger than those of other shrubby veronicas (though less than an inch broad), 
are blue at first, then white, and are sweet scented. Should be tried in 
California.

57860. VERONICA HULKEANA. From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson 
Proschowsky. One of the shrubby New Zealand veronicas, somewhat loose and 
straggling in habit, and reaching to 5 or 6 feet in height. The leaves are 
wedge-shaped, 1 to 2 inches long, glossy green; flowers small, lavender or 
lilac in color, in panicles sometimes a foot in length. In England, where 
it is too tender for outdoor cultivation except in the mildest-wintered 
regions, it is recommended as a species of remarkable beauty and distinction. 
Should be tested in the Southern States and on the Pacific coast.

22684. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Mu shing hong jujube. From Tsintse, Shansi, China. 
Scions collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. The fruits of 
this variety are ellipsoid, somewhat flattened at the end, and of large 
size, sometimes as much as 1-3/4 inches broad. The stone is medium to 
large, and sharply pointed. Sometimes the bony portion of the stone 
does not harden, thus giving rise to what are termed seedless fruits. 
While trees of this variety do not bear as heavily as do those of some 
other sorts, the fruits have a high sugar content. An excellent jujube 
with shapely fruits which process well.

22686. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Lang jujube. From Tsintse, Shansi, China. Scions 
secured by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. The fruits are obovoid 
to pear-shaped, sometimes oblique, of large size, often as much as an inch 
and a half in greatest diameter. The stone is ellipsoid, medium-sized, 
tapering to one end which terminates in a sharp spine. This variety is 
a heavy bearer and the fruits have a high sugar content. Undoubtedly it 
is one of the best sorts yet tested in the United States.

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