
          55933. HEMEROCALLIS FORRESTII. From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by 
J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This plant, closely related to the 
common yellow day lily of American gardens, comes from the mountains of 
Yunnan, where it grows wild at elevations of about 11,000 feet. It 
reaches 2 feet in height; the rootstalk is thick, the leaves narrow 
lanceolate, and the blossoms tubular, 2 to 3 inches long, golden 
orange, in many-flowered corymbs. An attractive plant which flowers 
in early spring, and thrives on soils containing much lime.

58152. HYDRANGEA BRETSCHNEIDERII. From Kew Gardens, England.  Presented by the Director. A stout, bushy shrub 8 to 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, first discovered 
in the mountains near Peking, China, thrives best in a sunny position in 
good soil. Recommended as a vigorous and handsome, ornamental shrub.

24638. ILEX CORNUTA. Holly. From northern China. Presented by Rev. J. M. 
W. Farnham. This holly has spiny, dark-green, glossy leaves, and in 
winter is loaded with clusters of scarlet berries. While it does not 
make as symmetrical a crown as does the native Christmas Holly, Ilex opaca, 
its attractive foliage and bright-colored fruits render it a fine winter 
ornamental for the Southern and Western States.

51788. ILEX sp. Holly. From Sibate, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Collected 
by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. A small tree with attractive 
foliage and quantities of berries which are first green, then cream-
colored, then red, and finally, when ripe, almost black. The foliage 
is light green and very glossy, and the growth compact. It may prove 
of value as an ornamental in the Southern States and on the Pacific 
coast. Young plants grown at Washington have attracted attention because 
of their decorative character. Worthy of trial as a pot plant for house 
culture.

58395. INCARVILLEA GRANDIFLORA BREVIPES. From Yunnan, China. Collected 
by J. F. Rock, Collaborator of the Bureau of Plant Industry. A stemless 
plant, native to elevations of 9,500 to 12,000 feet in the mountains of 
Yunnan, where it is the first to blossom in the spring. The dark-green, 
glossy leaves are lyrate and pinnately cut, while the large flowers, 
2 to 3 inches broad, are deep magenta purple with yellow throats. Its 
hardiness is undetermined; it should be tried as far north as New York.

56409. JUGLANS REGIA. From China. Collected by C. A. Reed, of the 
Bureau of Plant Industry. While conducting a survey of the walnut-growing 
regions of northern China, Mr. Reed secured several lots of seed which 
have been grouped together under this number. They came from Hwailai, 
in Chihli Province, which Mr. Reed reports to lie at an elevation of 
2500 feet near the northernmost limit of walnut culture in China. Plants 
grown from these seeds will be of interest to breeders who are working 
with Persian walnuts, and they should be tested for hardiness at the 
northern limit of walnut culture in this country.

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