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99295.* Mt£ Gardn er. A rather upright-growing early variety with white flowers 

 having a crimson center. 



99296.* Mrs. Back. A variety less upright than the preceding, having white 

 flowers with crimson-purple centers and with the outer margins of the petals 

 laciniated. 



99297.* Mrs, Wormald. A variety similar in growth and habit to Mrs, Back , 

 but with pink flowers having a crimson center. 



81154. ECHEVERIA AMOENA. Crassulaceae . From Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by S.W. 

 McLeod Braggins, Superintendent, La Mortola. A nearly stemless succulent with small 

 dense rosettes of thick leaves and slender scapes 4 to 8 inches high, bearing 1 to 

 8 red flowers in racemes. Native to Mexico. For trial in souciiern California and 

 southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



103406. EHRETIA ELLIPTICA.* Boraginaceae . From Texas. Prese&ted by Peter H, 

 Heinz, Brownsville. Mexican names, Anagua and Manzanillo . An ornamental shrub or 

 tree up to 50 feet high, native to western Texas and northern Mexico. The thick 

 oblong leaves are 1 to 4 inches long and as rough as sandpaper. The small white 

 fragrant flowers are borne profusely and are followed by sweet edible yellow fruits 

 about ^ inch in diameter. The wood is used for tool handles and wheel spokes. In 

 southern Texas young trees are used for lawn planting. For trial in the southwest 

 and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



101915. ELEUTHERINE PALMIFOLIA. Iridaceae. From the Philippine Islands. Presented 

 by Dr. W. Dwight Pierce. A shade-loving tropical irislike plant with one or two 

 linear-lanceolate leaves one to one and a half feet long, and white flowers an inch 

 across, with bright yellow centers, borne on a scape 6 to 9 inches high. The flowers 

 open in the early evening, for only about an hour. Native to the American Tropics 

 and naturalized in the Philippines. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111046. ERIGERON SP.* Asteraceae. From India. Presented by the Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden, Darjeeling. An unidentified species of Erigeron from the eastern Himalayas. 

 The plants of this genus usually resemble the asters but ordinarily they flower much 

 earlier. Some are used as hardy border plants. For trial in all except the warmer 

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



104079. ERIOSEMA MONTANUM. From Africa. Presented by the Director, Government 

 Experimental Station, Kisozi, Ruanda-Urundi Territory, Belgian Congo. An erect 

 perennial leguminous plant with trifoliolate leaves; the ovate-oblcng acute leaflets 

 are about 2 inches long. The small yellow flowers are in axillary racemes. Native to 

 eastern and northeastern Africa. For trial in the warmer parts of southern California 

 and southern Florida, (Chico, Calif.) 



91S18. ESCALLONIA PUNCTATA.* From Scotland. Presented by the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Edinburgh. An evergreen shrub, 4 to 5 feet high, with neat evergreen foliage, and 

 bright-red flowers which are distinct from all other escallonias. Native to Chile 

 and now rarely cultivated. For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



