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72790. CISTUS CORBARIENSIS . Cistaceae. Rockrose. From Kew, England. Presented 

 by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. A white-flowered shrub 2 feet high, native 

 to Spain. For trial in the southern states. (Chico, Calif.) 



76013. CLEilATIS ARMANDI . Armand clematis. From France. Purchased from Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co. , Paris. An ornamental Chinese vine with fragrant white flowers. It 

 is characterized by the abundance and the persistence of its foliage. For trial in 

 the southern states and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif,) 



80394. COTONEASTER HARROVIANA. From India. Obtained from Hcoghly District, Bengal, 

 through the American Consul at Calcutta. An evergreen shrub, native to Yunnan, 

 China, about 6 feet high, of a loose spreading habit, with small, shining, dark-green, 

 silky-tipped leaves, dense corymbs of white flowers, and small red fruits. For trial 

 in the middle and lower south and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



39585. CRATAEGUS LAUTA . From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Obtained from the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum. As originally described, from the parks of Boston where it was growing, 

 the plant was a spiny arborescent shrub. At Chico, Calif., it has grown to a tree 

 25 feet high, of rather upright habit and with a globular top. The dark-green ovate 

 serrate leaves are shallowly lobed and the abundant ovoid orange-red fruits, -f inch 

 long, are borne in clusters of five to ten. For trial in the northern states. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



111044. CYNOGLOSSUM FURCATTO. Boraginaceae . From India. From the Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden, Darjeeling. An herbaceous perennial, native to India. The plants have sev- 

 eral stems from a rosette of lanceolate, soft-haired entire leaves. The small blue 

 flowers are borne in long slender clusters similar to those of the forget-me-not. For 

 trial in the warmer parts of the Gulf region and the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



104077. CYTISUS PROLIFERUS. Tagasaste . From Africa. Presented by the Director, 

 Government Experimental Station, Kisozi, Ruanda-Urundi Territory, Belgian Congo. A 

 stout leguminous shrub, up to 12 feet high, of rather lax habit, with long slender 

 branches and green trifoliolate leaves with silky pubescent lower surfaces. The 

 white flowers are in axillary clusters among the branches. It is native to the Canary 

 Islands, where it is considered an excellent drought-resistant forage plant. For 

 trial in California and in the southern states. (Chico, Calif.) 



101279. DIANELLA INTERMEDIA. Liliaceae. From New Zealand. Purchased from A. Wil- 

 kinson, Tauranga. A perennial herb, native to New Zealand, with numerous sword- 

 shaped leaves 3 feet long forming a rosette at the base of a scape 2 feet high. 

 The spreading panicle of small purplish flowers with bright-orange anthers is fol- 

 lowed by broadly oblong blue berries nearly an inch in length. For trial in the 

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



99295-6-7. DIANTHUS WINTERI. Pink. From England. Obtained from Gibson & Amos 

 (Ltd.), Cranleigh, Surrey. Varieties of a hybrid strain of garden pink, resembling 

 Dianthus pluniarius but with larger flowers and somewhat larger, bluer foliage. 

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

 Dale, Md. ) 



