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104102. SESAMUIJ ANGOLENSE. From Africa. Presented by the Director, Government Ex- 

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

 possibly biennial, often 6 feet high, and native to tropical Africa. The square 

 stems are clothed with numerous oblong to ovate, wavy-margined leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long. The solitary axillary flowers have brilliant violet-purple, obliquely cam- 

 panulate corollas, 2 to 3 inches long. For trial more especially in the South and 

 on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



108772. SILENE ROEMERI.* From Bulgaria. Collected on Mt. Vitoska, Sofia, by Dr. 

 E. A. Andersou of the Arnold Arboretum. A perennial alpine, from the mountains of 

 southeastern Europe, with hairy, narrow-spatulate leaves, and small whitish flowers 

 in headlike racemes. From seeds collected in an unusually cold, dry region. For 

 trial in the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



21S67. SOPHORA DAVIDII. From Chianfu, Shantung, China. Obtained by the late F. N. 

 Meyer, agricultural explorer. A spiny leguminous shrub growing 6 to 10 feet tall, 

 bearing^ -mall pinnate leaves, loaded with small violet-tinted whitish flowers in 

 spring. Chinese name, Kuei _^,3i ching . It may be used as a hedge plant and is some- 

 what drought resistant. It requires pruning when grown as an ornamental in the south. 

 For trial in all except the warmest and coldest parts of the country. (Chico. Calif.) 



107642. SPIRAEA CHAMAEDRYFOLIA ULMIFOLIA.* From Bulgaria. Collected by Dr. Edgar 

 Anderson of the Arnold Arboretum. A handsome erect shrub, up to 6 feet high, with 

 ovate coarsely toothed leaves, dark green and smooth above and slightly downy beneath. 

 The white flowers, ^ inch across, appear in late May and are in racemes li to 2 inches 

 long. The stamens are conspicuously long. This variety differs from the type in its 

 slightly broader leaves and more elongated inflorescence. Native to southeastern 

 Europe. Plants grown from seed collected in a cold dry region. For trial in all ex- 

 cept the coldest parts of the northern states and in the upper South. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



105636. SPIRAEA JAPONICA.* From southern China. Collected in Kwangsi Province by 

 A. N. Steward, University of Nanking. A shrub up to 4 feet high, with upright branch- 

 es and ovate to oblong-lanceclate, doubly serrate acute leaves 1 to 4 inches long and 

 glaucous beneath. The sniall pale to deep-pink flowers are in loose terminal clusters. 

 This variety flowered in the second year from seed, when about one foot high. For 

 trial in the southern and Pacific-coast states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



23032. SYRINGA MEYER I . Meyer lilac. From China. Collected near Peking, by the 

 late agricultural explorer, Frank N. Meyer. A compact shrub up to 10 feet high, 

 native to northern China, with small oval-elliptic leaves and dense panicles of 

 violet flowers, which appear very early in the season. These plants are grafted on 

 Ligustrum amurense . For trial in the milder parts of the northern states. (Glenn 

 Dale. Md.) 



102237. SYRINGA REFLEXA. Nodding lilac. From France. Presented by Ecoles Fores- 

 tieres des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret. A shrub 12 to 16 feet high, with 

 rough ovate leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and nearly cylindrical drooping panicles 

 crowded with small flowers which are deep carmine in bud, fading as the flowers open 

 to pink outside and white within; the flowers appear in June. Native to central 

 China. These plants are grafted on Ligustrum amurense . For trial in all but the 

 coldest parts of the northern states. (Supply limited.) (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



