- 22 - 



112380. VIOLA PATRINII.* From Germany. Presented by the Botanic Garden, Berlin. 

 Same description as for preceding (P. I. No, 104603.) (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



103900. VIOLA VIOLACEA.* Violet. From Japan. Obtained from Tanaka Boekibu, Osaka. 

 A violet with long stolons and triangular, cordate, obtuse leaves in basal rosettes. 

 The fragrant flowers are violet, with the spur paler violet. It is native to Japan 

 and also to Austria. For trial throughout the cooler parts of the United States. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



105696. VITEX SP , Verbenaceae. From China. Collected in Kwangsi Province, at 

 3,800 feet altitude, by A. N. Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. A tree about 

 10 feet high, with digitate leaves. For trial in the southern states and on the Pac- 

 ific coast. (Supply very limited.) (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105331. ZELKOVA SERRATA. Ulmaceae. Sawleaf zelkova. From China. Presented by the 

 Director, Botanic Garden, The Sun Yat Sen Tomb and Memorial Commission, Nanking. 

 A handsome tree, native to Japan, up to 90 feet high, with a short trunk dividing into 

 many upright spreading branches and forming a broad round-topped head. The sharply 

 serrate leaves are ovate and are usually 2 to 3 inches long, or, on the young shoots, 

 up to 7 inches long. For trial from southern New York southward and west of the Rocky 

 Mountains. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



106841. ZENOBIA CASSINEFOLIA. * Collected in North Carolina by Geo. M. Darrow, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. An ornamental deciduous shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 alternate, ovate, shallowly serrate leaves 1 to 3 inches long, and small white bell- 

 shaped flowers in axillary clusters. Native to the pinelands of the Coastal Plain 

 from northeastern Florida to North Carolina. For trial in the South and on the 

 Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale. Md.) 



Requests for the following two items may be made by writing 

 P. I. No. and plant name at the end of Bell check list. 



23014. ASPARAGUS sp . From Hangchow, Chekiang, China. Collected by the late Frank 

 N. Meyer, agricultural explorer. Bureau of Plant Industry. A very small herbaceous 

 asparagus, attaining a height of only 3 to 5 inches. It is used as a lining along 

 paths in small gardens and requires a shad y situation . The plant endures light 

 frosts without injury. For trial in the middle and lower south and in southern 

 California. (Savannah, Ga.) 



r 



44401. RUBUS IRENAEUS . Presented by Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, Eng- 

 land. A prostrate, prickly, evergreen shrub, native to central and western China, 

 with white flowers, large red or yellow, inedible fruits, and simple leaves suggesting 

 those of coltsfoot. It is not known to have fruited as yet in this country. For 

 trial in the southern half of the United States. (Savannah, Ga.) 



