
          44401. RUBUS IRENAEUS. From China. Presented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, 
Elstree, Herts, England. An evergreen, prostrate shrub with numerous 
small prickles and dark-green, bristly-margined leaves. The berries are 
large and red. Probably tender in the extreme northern United States. 
(Savannah, Ga.)

61622. RUBUS NIVEUS. From Darjiling, India. Presented by G. H. Cave, 
Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A subtropical raspberry distributed 
throughout eastern India, Ceylon, and Java. The berries, which vary in 
color from red and orange to bluish, are very palatable and are commonly 
sold in the Indian bazaars. For trial by plant breeders in the southern 
United States and California. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

55630. RUBUS sp. Bramble. From southern China. Presented by F. 
A. McClure, Canton Christian College. An edible wild berry found in 
sandy soil near sea level, on the Island of Hainan. It is introduced 
for the use of plant breeders in the Gulf States and California. 
(Savannah, Ga.)

61852. SALIX sp. Willow. From China. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, 
Agricultural Explorer. An upright growing willow found along streams. 
For trial throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.)

59640. SCABIOSA sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. An herbaceous plant 
found in alpine meadows at 11,000 feet altitude, with a rosette of 
lanceolate leaves and small, white flowers produced in drooping, globose 
heads. It is related to the teasel. Probably tender north of southern 
Ohio. (Bell, Md.)

62673. SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS. From Algeria. Collected by Dr. David 
Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome strain of the Brazilian 
pepper-tree which is grown as a shade tree in Algeria, and appears to 
differ from the shrubby form now grown in southern Florida. To be tested 
in that state as an ornamental shade tree. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

57314. SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS. Magnoliaceae. From Echo, Manchuria, China. 
Presented by A. D. Woeikoff, Director, Experimental Farm. A trailing 
shrubby vine, often 30 feet in length, with small clusters of red, sour 
berries. For trial as an ornamental porch or trellis cover in the colder 
sections of the United States. (Bell, Md.)

59641. SOPHORA DAVIDII. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. A spiny leguminous shrub 
6 to 10 feet high, with graceful, compound leaves, and bluish violet 
flowers. It is common in central and southwestern China in arid regions 
8,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea. Probably hardy except in the extreme 
north. (Bell, Md.)

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