95327. HIBISCUS HUEGELII. Presented by Miss Ida Richardson, Perth, Western Austra-— 
lia. A tall shrub, native to Australia, with three to five-lobed coarsely toothed 
leaves 1 to 5 inches long, and large violet-purple flowers. For trial in southern 
California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 
102766. HYPERICUM HOOKERIANUM.* St. Johnswort. From India. Presented by the 
Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. A compact shrub up to 6 feet high, with bright 
red-brown branches, evergreen leaves 1 to 4 inches long, and many—flowered corymnbs of 
large golden-yellow flowers, each about 2 inches across. Native to the Himalayas. 
For trial in the lower South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
102767. HYPERICUM OBLONGIFOLIUM.* St. Johnswort. From India. Presented by the 
Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to the temperate 
slopes of the Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The sessile ovate— 
lanceolate leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, and the nodding flowers, 2 inches across, 
are-white on opening, turning light yellow with age. For trial in the lower South 
and in southern California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
24638. ILEX CORNUTA.* Holly. From central China. Presented by the late 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 half of the 
United States. Nearly all of the present plants are seedlings. (Chico, Calif.) 
91518. ILEX LATIFOLIA. Holly. From Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery 
Co., Yokohoma. A Japanese evergreen holly, one of the most attractive of the genus, 
which sometimes develops into a tree 60 feet tall. . The glossy green leaves, 3 to 7 
inches long, are oval or narrowly oblong, and the red berries, about one-third of 
an inch in diameter, are produced in dense clusters. Probably hardy as far north 
as Philadelphia and the Ohio River. (Chico, Calif.) 
20127. INDIGOFERA KIRILOWII. Kirilow indigo. Collected by the late F. N. Meyer, 
in the Tchien-shan Mountains, Manchuria. A shrub 3 to 6 feet high with compound 
leaves made up of 7 to 11 obovate-elliptic leaflets 1 inch long, and dense racemes 
6 inches long of rose-colored pea~shaped flowers 1 inch long. It is native to 
China. For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. 
(Glenn Dale, Md.) 
103932. IPOMOEA ARBORESCENS. From Mexico. Received through Harvard Botanic Garden, 
Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. An erect, woody, treelike plant up to 20 feet high, 
with twigs and foliage velvety—pubescent; leaves ovate~cordate. The white flowers 
are 2 inches long. Adapted to a dry cool climate but probably will not withstand 
frost. For trial in southern California and southern Florida. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
78083. JASMINUM STEPHANENSE. Jasmine. Obtained from E. Turbat and Company, Orleans 
France. A fragrant, hybrid jasmine resembling in general habit the familiar, white 
Jasminum officinale but. with pink-tinted buds and flowers suggestive of its other 
parent, J. beesianum. Hardy from Philadelphia south. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
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