95540. ACER CARPINIFOLIUM . Hornbeam maple. From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai 

 Shokubutsu Yen, Yamamoto, near Kobe. A tree up to 30 feet high v.'ith oblong sharp- 

 pointed doubly serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, short racemes of greenish flowers, 

 and glabrous fruits about an inch long. The bright-green hornbeamlike leaves turn 

 bright brownish-yellow in autumn. For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts 

 of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



90652. ACER CAUDATUM UKURUNDUENSE . Maple. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. A small Manchurian tree with coarse- 

 ly toothed usually 5-lobed leaves, the lobes ovate, long-acuminate. The wings of 

 the fruits are less spreading than in the type. For trial from southern New York 

 southward, and west of the Rocky Mountains. (Glenn Dale,' Md.) 



85678. ACER CISSIFOLIUM. Maple. From Japan. Purchased from the Chugai Shokubutsu 

 Yen, Yamamoto, near Kobe. A Japanese maple of compact rounded 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 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.) 



82471 and 90785. ACER PSEUDO-SIEBOLDIANUM . Maple. From Chosen. Presented by the 

 Forest Experiment Station, Keijc. A small tree, native to Manchuria, with cordate 

 leaves divided into 9 to 11 lanceolate serrate lobes, and corymbs of purple flowers. 

 For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



91243 and 96519. ACER RUFINERVE.* Maple. From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai 

 Shokubutsu Yen, Yamamoto, near Kobe. A small deciduous Japanese tree with small 

 bluish-white young shoots, and dark green irregularly serrate, 3-lobed or obscurely 

 5-lobed leaves. The keys are up to f inch long. Occasionally the young foliage, the 

 leaf-stalks, and the mid-ribs are red. For trial in the upper south and the milder 

 parts of the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



91522 and 102292. ACER RUFINERVE. From Dairen, South Manchuria. Procured from 

 Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc. Same description as for P.I. No. 91243. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



91523. ACER TSCHONOSKII. * Maple. From Manchuria. Obtained from Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai, Inc., Dairen. A graceful shrubby tree, sometimes 20 feet high, native to 

 Japan. The leaves, up to 4 inches long and usually 5-lobed, turn bright yellow in the 

 autumn. For trial from southern New York southward and west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



78856. AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS. African lily. From England. Obtained from Clarence 

 Elliott, Ltd., Six Hills Nursery, Stevenage, Herts. Variety Mooreanus. A dwarf form 

 of the type, reputed to be winter-hardy, 1|- feet high, with short straplike leaves and 

 dark-blue flowers in fair-sized umbels. For trial from the Ohio River southward. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



102621. AGAVE INDAGATORUM. From West Indies. Collected on Watlings Island by the 

 Allison V. Armour Expedition. A stemless agave with grayish lanceolate acute leaves 

 about 7 feet long, terminated by a chestnut-brown spine half an inch long, and 

 flowers borne in a panicle on a scape about 25 feet high. For trial only in the warm- 

 est parts of southern California and southern Florida. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



