
          56316. KETELEERIA sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A handsome coniferous tree, obtained at an 
elevation of 11,000 feet in the mountains of Yunnan. It reaches 50 
feet in height, and has light-green foliage and oblong cones. It 
merits trial as an ornamental tree in the south Atlantic States and 
on the Pacific coast; it may prove hardy in colder parts of the 
country, but this can not be ascertained without a trial.

59293. KHAYA NYASICA. From Mount Silinda, Southern Rhodesia. Presented 
by Dr. W. L. Thompson. In Mozambique, where it is native, 
this tree is known as red mahogany. It is said to be a rapid grower, 
though not equal to eucalyptus in this respect. The timber is very 
durable, and not attacked by white ants or borers. While it prefers 
moist soil, it can be grown in fairly dry situations. Probably it 
will not resist much frost. The Pacific coast and southern Florida 
may provide suitable conditions for it.

56317. LIGUSTRUM IONANDRUM. Privet. From Yunnan, China. Collected by 
J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A compact, ornamental, hedge shrub, 
10 to 12 feet high, found among limestone bowlders on the Likiang Snow 
Range at altitudes of 10,000 feet. Not hardy.

56318. LIGUSTRUM sp. Privet. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This privet, from water-courses on the 
Likiang Snow Range at altitudes of 8,500 feet, reaches the size of a 
small tree. Its small, fragrant, cream-colored flowers are borne in 
large, compound clusters.

56824. LIGUSTRUM sp. Privet. From China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental shrub which grows among lava 
bowlders in southwestern China, at 6,000 feet altitude. The cream-
colored flowers are in large, pyramidal clusters. It is not likely to 
prove hardy in the colder parts of the United States.

56825. LUCULIA sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental shrub which reaches a maximum 
height of 18 feet. Its deep pink, delightfully fragrant flowers, 2 inches 
broad, are borne in terminal clusters of considerable size. Since this 
plant grows in Yunnan at elevations between 6,000 and 8,000 feet it can 
not be expected to prove hardy in the northern United States. It may 
succeed in cool, moist, nearly frost-free regions on the Pacific coast; 
and it should be tried elsewhere as a greenhouse plant.

30229. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Helm Apple. From Colombia, Isle of Pines. 
Presented by Dr. F. R. Ramsdell. A variety originally from Lee County, 
Texas, cultivated with unusual success in the West Indies, and for this 
reason thought by Dr. Ramsdell worthy of dissemination in other tropical 
and subtropical regions where most apples do not succeed. It is a large, 
handsome, summer apple with red skin and tender, juicy, sweet flesh. At 
the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, California, it ripens from late 
July to the middle of August. The tree is a vigorous, healthy grower.

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