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Descriptive List 
Numbers preceding plant names are P. I. numbers and, in 
correspondence concerning any plant, both number and name always 
must be given. 
Nurserymen please see statement at end of paragraph 3 of introductory 
note, concerning items marked with an astersisk (*), 
62961. ACACIA PENNINERVIS. From Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Presented by F. H. 
Baker. The bark of this Australian acacia is reported to contain 18 percent of 
tannic acid; furthermore, it is said to endure comparatively low temperatures. It 
is a tall shrub or tres, with narrow sickle-shaped phyllodia and short racemes of 
pale-yellow flowers. (Chico, Calif.) 
102739. ACER CISSIFOLIUM.* Maple. From Manchuria. Purchased from Manshu Nosan 
Shokai, Inc., Dairen. A Japanese maple of compact reunded habit becoming 30 feet or 
more high, with leaves composed of three leaflets up to 4 inches long. The minute 
flowers are produced in May with the leaves; the keys, about 1 inch long, occur in 
long racemes. In autumn the foliage turns red and yellow. For trial in all except 
the warmest parts of the southern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
85679. ACER CRATAEGIFOLIUM. Maple, From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai Shoku~ 
butsu Yen, Nurserymen. A small tree 50 to 35 feet high, with purplish branchlets, 
subcordate leaves with 2 to 4 lobes near the base, racemes of yellowish white flowers 
and fruits with nearly horizontal wings. Native to Japan. For trial in the upper 
south and the milder parts of the northern staies. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
$1521. ACER DIABOLICUM PURPURASCENS. Red-devil maple. From Dairen, Manchuria. 
Obtained from Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc. A tree up to 30 feet high, with red flowers 
appearing before the leaves which are 5-lobed and reddish while young. The fruits, 
with spreading wings and bristly nutlets, are purplish while young. It is native to 
Japan. For trial in the milder parts of the northern states and in the upper South. 
.(Glenn Dale, Md.) 
91242 and 95541. ACER NIKOENSE. Maple. From Japan. Procured from the Chugai 
Shokubutsu Yen, near Kobe. A tree up to 50 feet high, native to Japan and central 
China, with attractive foliage which becomes brilliant red or purple in the autumn. 
For trial in the upper South and the milder parts of the northern states. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
90554. ACER PICTUM MONO. Maple. From Hopei Province, China. Collected by P. H. 
Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tree 
up to about 60 feet high, that belongs in the same group of maples as the sugar and 
Norway maples. Its leaves are much smaller than theirs and are more simply lobed. 
For trial in the milder parts of the northern states and in the upper south. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
