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102740. BETULA JAPONICA MANDSHURICA. Birch. From Manchuria. Obtained from Manshu 

 Nosan Shokai, Inc., Dairen. A white-barked birch up to 80 feet high with the leaves 

 often broadly wedge-shaped at the base. Native to Hopeh Province, China. For trial 

 in the upper South and in the milder parts of the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



104903. BETULA JAPONICA SZECHUANICA. Japanese white birch. From France. Presented 

 by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris. A tree up to 60 feet high, native to western 

 China. The rhombic-ovate leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are unequally dentate-serrate, 

 and are densely glandular-punctate beneath. The dark dull-green color of the leaves 

 persists until late autumn. For trial in the upper South and in the milder parts of 

 the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



104907. BETULA TRISTIS. Birch. From France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. . 

 Paris. A shrub 3 to 12 feet high, with broadly ovate or elliptic acuminate leaves 

 2 inches long. Native to northeastern Asia, Fcr trial in the northern states. (Sup- 

 ply very limited.) (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



66282. BUXUS KARLANDII.* Box. From England. Presented by the Aldenham House 

 Gardens, Elstree, Herts. This Chinese species is almost as slow in growth as the 

 dwarf box commonly used for edgings. It differs from this chiefly in its longer 

 leaves, often 1;^ inches long, on vigorous shoots, and its tendency to form rather 

 broad, flat-topped bushes. The species suffers from winter-killing near Washington. 

 D. C, but has shown much promise in milder regions and especially in rather dry 

 situations. For trial in the southern states and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



79509. BUXUS HARLANDII.* From England. Procured from Hillyer & Son, Winchester. 

 Same description as for P. I. No. 66282. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105592. CALLICARFA RUBELLA.* Baautyberry. From China. Collected at 1,100 feet 

 altitude in Kwangsi Province, by Albert N. Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of 

 Nanking. Native name, Tze chu . A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, native to 

 India and China. The obovate tomentose leaves are 5 inches long, and the small pink 

 flowers, in axillary cymes, are followed by purple berries. For trial in the Gulf 

 region and in the milder parts of the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



98140. CALLICARPA SP.* From England. Obtained from Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, 

 Herts. (Received under the specific name koreana , for which no published description 

 has been found.) It may be identical with Callicarpa .i aponica . which is a shrub 2 

 to 5 feet high with opposite, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, serrulate 

 leaves, wedge-shaped at the base, and conspicuous purple fruits. The small pink or 

 whitish flowers are in axillary cymes. For trial from souxheru New York and Ohio 

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



67069. CALOTHAMNUS ASPER. Myrtaceae. From Blackwood, South Australia. Pre- 

 sented by Edwin Ashby. A hairy shrub, with crowded, linear, flat leaves, and short 

 dense clusters of flowers with crimson stamens. Native to Western Australia. For 

 tria] 111 the warmer parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



