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102908. OSBECKIA CRINITA.* From India. Presented by the Curator. Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden, Darjeeling, through Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, Portland, Ore. A handsome branching 

 shrub 3 to 8 feet high, with hairy leaves 1^ to 4 inches long, and purple flowers 

 somewhat larger than those of Osbeckia capitata . Except for the greater height of 

 plant and the larger size of leaves and flowers, the plants of the two species are 

 similar in appearance. This plant is abundant at altitudes between 4,000 and 8,500 

 feet in the mountains of Sikkim and Bhutan, India. For trial outside in the Gulf 

 region and in southern California and indoors or as a summer bedding plant in the 

 North. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



106451. PASSIFLORA MANICATA. Red passion-vine. From Colombia. Presented by 

 Estacion Agricola Experimental, Palmira. A vigorous, scarlst-flowered vine that 

 climbs to the tops of trees and blooms profusely. It is said not to thrive in green- 

 houses. For trial in southern California. (Few plants available. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78096. PHILADELPHUS SP.* Mock orange. From France. Obtained from E. Turbat & 

 Co., Orleans. Variety Manteau d'Hermine (mantle of ermine) . A dwarf hybrid of which 

 one of the parents is Philadelphus microphyllus . It is a bush about 3 feet high, 

 with double or semidouble, creamy white flowers borne on short tufted branchlets 

 alcng the main branches, in such profusion as to completely cover and weigh them down. 

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

 Dale, Md.) 



103487. PHLOGACANTHUS THYRSIFLORUS. Acanthaceae. From India. Collected in Bhadwar, 

 Kangra, Punjab, at 2,000 feet altitude, by Dr. Walter Koelz, University of Michigan. 

 Native name, Paskaka narpo . A scraggly shrub 8 feet high, with large attractive 

 lanceolate leaves and spikes of lovely rose-madder flowers; found in deep glens along 

 streams, but not in heavy shade. The plant prefers a rather warm damp atmosphere and 

 a soil rich in humus. It is adapted for greenhouse culture and may be propagated by 

 seeds or cuttings. For trial out-of-doors in the warmer parts of the Gulf and 

 Pacific coast regions. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78375. PILEOSTEGIA VIBURNOIDES. * Hydrangeaceae . From England. Procured from G. 

 Reuthe, Foxhill Hardy Plant Farm, Keston, Kent. A handsome halfhardy Chinese ever- 

 green climber, provided with aerial roots and ' having lanceolate-elliptic lustrous 

 dark-green leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The small white flowers with conspicuous 

 stamens, borne in large dense umbels, resemble those of Vib ur num tinus; they come in 

 mid-autumn, when the flowering of other shrubs is nearly past. The plant requires a 

 moderately racist soil and does best in partial shade. It is easily propagated by cut- 

 tings in winter. For trial in the South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



92056. PINUS BUNGEANA.* Lacebark pine. From Manchuria. Collected by P.H. Dorsett 

 and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tree sometimes 

 100 feet high, native to China, with the bark exfoliating in large scales, leaving 

 whitish areas which on old trees become chalky white. It is also known as the 

 white-barked pine. For trial in all except the warmest parts of the United States 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



