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101207. URCEOLINA MINIATA. Amaryllidaceae . From Peru. Presented by Dr. Paul 

 G. Ledig, Huancayo Magnetic Observatory. Carnegie Institution of Washington, D. C. 

 A bulbous perennial, native to the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. The solid scape, 1 foot 

 high, bears 2 to 6 urn-shaped orange-red flowers 2 inches long, after which appear 

 the narrowly ovate leaves a foot long. For trial outside in California and the Gulf 

 region and as a tender summer-flowering bulb elsewhere. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



108775. VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS.* From Bulgaria. Whortleberry. Collected in the Rila 

 Mountains by Dr. E. A. Anderson of the Arnold Arboretum. A deciduous shrub, usually 



6 to 12 inches high, with nearly sessile bright-green leaves about f inch long. The 

 small pinkish axillary flowers, produced in May, are followed by edible black berries 



with a blue bloom, j inch in diameter. Grown from seeds from an unusually cold, 

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



108776. VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA. * Mountain cranberry. Collected in the Bikar Moun- 

 tains by Dr. E. A. Anderson of the Arnold Arboretum. A small bush, seldom more than 



7 or 8 inches high, which grows wild in the northern regions of Europe, Asia and North 

 America. The deep-red berries have a harsh sour taste and are a reasonable substitute 

 for cranberries. Grown from seeds collected in an unusually cold, dry region. For 

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



106534. VERBASCUM LYCHNITIS. White mullein. From Bulgaria. Collected in the Rila 

 Mountains by Dr. Edgar Anderson of the Arnold Arboretum. A biennial herb, growing 

 to about 3 feet high, with tomentose leaves, green above and slightly hoary beneath. 

 Flowers small, yellow or white. Plants grown from seed from the northern range of 

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

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



106535. VERONICA URTICIFOLIA. From Iliina Monastery, Bulgaria. Collected by Dr. 

 Edgar Anderson of the Arnold Arboretum. A perennial species with procumbent stems 

 having ovate serrate sessile leaves, the upper long-acuminate. Flowers light blue or 

 red , in loosely paniculate racemes. These plants are grown from seed from the 

 northern range of the species. For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts 

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



80410. VERONICA SP.* From France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co . , Pans. 

 Received under the specific name roenitzerl . for which no published description has 

 been found. An herbaceous variety growing 12 to 18 inches high, somewhat like 

 Veronica spicata . with erect spikes of purplish-lavender flowers. For trial in all 

 but the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



80411. VERONICA SP . * From France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris. 

 Received under the specific name waldsteinii . for which no published description has 

 been found. A variety growing 12 to 18 inches tall, with spikes of lavender-blue 

 flowers. It is much like Veronica spicata , but flowers rather later. For trial in 

 all except the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



104603. VIOLA PATRINII.* Violet. From France. Presented by the Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Paris. A low stemless perennial species, native to northeastern Asia, 

 with a stout rootstock, ovate-oblong leaves and pinkish lilac flowers about one-half 

 inch in diameter. It self-sows freely. For trial throughout the northern states. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



