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101232. LEPTOPTERIS SUPERBA. Fern. From New Zealand. Obtained from A. Wilkinson, 

 Tauranga. A handsome fern with a stout rhizome forming an erect stem 1 to 3 feet 

 high. The filmy, finely-divided leaves are 2 to 4 feet long and broadly lanceolate 

 in outline. For greenhouse trial, also for outdoor trial especially in the Pacific 

 Northwest; it may prove adapted to some parts of the southern states. (Supply limit- r" 

 ed.) (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



89315. LEPTOSPERMUM ERICOIDES. Myrtaceae . Froc; New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan 

 & Davies, Ltd., New Plymouth. An evergreen shrub or tree, at times a large tree, 

 with loose papery bark and slender branchlets. The narrowly lanceolate leaves are 

 but half an inch long, and the small white axillary flowers are usually produced in 

 great profusion. For trial in the south Atlantic and Gulf regions and on the Pacific 

 coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105611. LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA . Formosa sv/eetgum. From China. Collected in a 

 valley at 1,100 feet altitude in Kwangsi Province by A. N. Steward and H. C. Cheo, 

 University of Nanking. A handsome tree up to 100 feet high with a straight trunk, a 

 much-branched head, and frequently with buttressed roots. The leaves turn to chest- 

 nut brown or red in the autumn and are retained late into the winter. For trial in 

 the South and on the Pacific coast. 



82105. LIRIOPE GRAMINIFOLIA. * Snakebeard. From Chosen. Collected in the Imperial 

 Botanical Garden, Keijo, by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. It grows about a foot high, with grasslike leaves and 

 purple to whitish flowers half an inch across in racemes arising from scapes which ap- 

 pear through the leaves. It is used in place of grass in situations where dense 

 shade and shallow rooting of trees prevent the satisfactory growth of grass. For 

 trial in the upper South and all except the coldest parts of the northern states. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



105895. LONICERA BICOLOR. From India. Collected at 10,000 feet altitude, at Sung- 

 nam, Rampur, Bashahr, by Dr. W. Koelz, University of Michigan. A small much-branched 

 shrub with small, elliptic-orbicular leaves, green and slightly hairy above, glaucous 

 green and more hairy beneath. The orange-red flowers are borne in pairs toward the 

 ends of the branchlets. It is closely allied to Lonicera hypoleuca . Native to the 

 Himalayas. For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



22982. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE.* From China. Collected at Soochow, Kiangsu. by the 

 late F. N. Meyer. Native name, Cho mei . An ornamental evergreen shrub, allied to the 

 witch-hazel, sometimes growing into a small tree. It bears elliptical to ovate dark 

 green leaves about 1^ inches long and in early spring is covered with delightfully 

 fragrant white flowers having slender strap-shaped petals half an inch long. It may 

 be grown in a cool greenhouse, as well as out-of-doors where the winters are not too 

 severe. For pot culture a soil containing peat and sand is best. For trial out-of- 

 doors from Philadelphia southward to the Gulf and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn / 

 Dale, Md.) 



78148. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE.* From Nancy, France. Obtained from V. Lemoine & Son. 

 Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 22982) except that the leaves are usually 

 ovate with acute tips, and slightly longer, and the petals of the flowers are even 

 more slender than in the preceding. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



