
          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 f lowers are borne in 
large, compound clusters. It should be tested in the southern half of 
the United States. (Bell, Md. and Chico, Calif.)

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. Probably tender north 
or southern Ohio. (Savannah, Ga.)

61495. LINOMA ALBA. Palm. From Tanganyika Territory, Africa. 
Presented by Alleyne Leechman, Director, Biological and Agricultural 
Institute. A slender, spineless, feather-leaved palm resembling Areca 
in habit, and native to tropical Asia. It is 30 feet or more in height, 
with the full-grown leaves 3 to 12 feet long. When young it makes a 
very desirahle house plant. For trial, in extreme southern Florida and 
tropical America. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

36748. LONICERA CHRYSANTHA. Honeysuckle. From China. Collected by 
Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A large bush honeysuckle of  
decidedly ornamental habit, with large, dark-green leaves, against which 
the yellowish white flowers and bright-red berries stand out in fine 
contrast. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.)

57300. LONICERA MAACKII. Honeysuckle. From Echo, Manchuria. Presented 
by A. D. Woeikoff, Director, Experimental Farm. A bush honeysuckle, native 
to northeastern China, becoming about 10 feet in height with widely spreading  branches and dark-green leaves which are downy on both surfaces. The 
pure-white flowers, an inch in diameter, are produced in pairs on the 
upper side of the branchlets. The fruits are red. Probably hardy throughout 
the United States. (Bell, Md.)

39697. LONICERA MAACKII PODOCARPA. Honeysuckle. From Nanking, China. 
Presented by Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. An upright shrub 
native to northeastern Asia and central Japan where it occasionally reaches 
15 feet in height. The large fragrant flowers are white, tinted rose, and 
the handsome fruits are dark red. This is remarkable as being the latest 
of the bush honeysuckles to bloom. The dark-green foliage and the red 
berries often last until late November. (Bell, Md.)

60324. MORUS KAGAYAMAE. From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. 
Trabut. A handsome Japanese mulberry which thrives in Algeria and whose 
leaves are readily eaten by silkworms. For trial in southern California. 
(Chico, Calif.)

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