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105622. PTEROCARYA STENOPTERA. Juglandaceae. Chinese wingnut. From China. Pre— 
sented by A. N. Steward, Nanking. A handsome ornamental tree up to 60 feet high, 
with pinnate leaves 6 to 12 inches long having oblong, acute leaflets 2 to 4 inches 
long. The long pendulous catkins when the tree is in flower or fruit add to its 
attractiveness. For trial on the Pacific coast and in the southern states. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
43793. PUNICA GRANATUM. From China. Collected in the Botanic Garden at Peiping 
by the late F. N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Variety 
Nana. A very dwarf, double-flowered variety which bears large numbers of highly 
acid fruits, too small to be of value. The plants are used for pot culture in 
China, and in California have proved useful for hedges from San Francisco southward. 
For trial in the Gulf region and the southwest. (Chico, Calif.) 
80408. PYRACANTHA ATALANTIOIDES. Firethorn. Presented by Vilmorin~Andrieux & 
Co., Paris, France. A more or less spiny shrub 9 feet or more high, native to 
central and western China, with rigid branches and small leaves varying from more or 
less oblong to lanceolate or elliptic, the margins more or less crenate—serrate, 
bright green above, paler beneath. The white or creamy white flowers are in rather 
dense corymbs nearly 2 inches across and are followed by brilliant crimson, globose 
fruits } inch in diameter. For trial in the south and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
99199. PYRACANTHA CRENATO-SERRATA. Firethorn. From Kweichow Province, China. Pre=- 
sented by Albert’ N. Steward, College of Agriculture, University of Nanking. A spiny 
evergreen shrub up to 9 feet high, with young branchlets rusty—pubescent, and elliptic 
to obovate-oblong leaves about 1 to 2 inches long, lustrous dark green above and 
lighter beneath. The coral-red fruits are a quarter of an inch across. (Few plants 
available.) For trial in the southern half of the United States. (Chico, Calif.) 
94206. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM HYSTRIX. Needle palm. Presented by Dr. B. W. Hunt, Eatonton, 
Ga. An attractive hardy dwarf fan palm, native to the lowlands of South Carolina, 
Georgia and Florida, but very local in its distribution. It is now quite rare, and 
appears to be approaching extinction as a wild plant. The 2 to 3-foot stems are 
erect or creeping, with leaves dark shiny green above and silvery gray beneath, 
Slender, sharp black spines up to a foot long, project from the trunk in every 
direction and also surround and protect the inflorescence. The staminate and pis-— 
tillate flowers are borne on separate plants. For trial on the Pacific coast and 
in the South Atlantic and northern Gulf regions. (Chico, Calif.) 
95067. RHUS VIMINALIS. From the Union of South Africa. Prewented by F. Walton 
Jameson, City Engineer, Kimberley. Native name karree boom. A hardy evergreen tree 
up to 30 feet high and of equal spread, reported to withstand drought and some frost. 
It grows readily from seeds, cuttings, or poles or stumps set in moist ground and 
kept moist until growth starts. The tree is said to prefer a thin, limestone soil 
but to thrive on other soils. It is considered an excellent timber for gate and 
fence posts. In South Africa, sheep and goats are reported to browse on the foliage, 
and the sweetish fruits to be eaten by children and poultry. The karree boom should 
be tested as a street or shade tree as it is stated to be hardier and more ornamental 
than Schinus molle, which it resembles in habit. For trial more especially in the 
southwest but also in less humid localities of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
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