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66837. GERBERA. JAMESONI. Asteraceae. From Ceylon. Presented by C. J.
Hutchinson.  A hybrid strain of this South African herbaceous perennial.
To be tested as an ornamental in the southern United States and California.
(Chapman Field, Fla. )

61922. GLEDITSIA HETEROPHYLLA. From Chihli, China. Collected by P. H.
Dorsett, Agricultural Explorer. A leguminous shrub, related to our honey
locust (G. tricanthos ) which grows wild along water-courses in eastern
Asia, where it becomes about 15 feet high. The small leaflets are oblique,
and the broad pods and large flat seeds are mahogany brown. Probably hardy
throughout the United States. (Chico, California.)

62176. GLEDITSIA SINENSIS. From Chihli, China. Collected by P. H.
Dorsett, Agricultural Explorer. A Chinese relative of the common honey
locust (G. triacanthos ) of the central and eastern United States, and
probably equally hardy. It becomes about 40 feet high, with a rounded crown,
and the yellowish green compound leaves are up to 7 inches long. The
Chinese use the pods in the preparation of soap. (Bell, Md. )

64928. GYMNOSPORIA CASSINOIDES. Celastraceae. From the Mediterranean
region. Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A spiny
shrub of rigid habit with small leathery leaves and inconspicuous whitish
flowers; of possible value for hedges in the southern United States and
California. Native to Madeira. (Chapman Field, Fla. and Chico, Calif.)

64483. HAKEA LAURINA. Proteaceae. From Blackwood, South Australia.
Presented by W. L. Wheeler, Eden Hills, through Edwin Ashby, "Wittunga."
A tall, Australian shrub, 30 feet or less high, remarkable for its showy
crimson flowers. These are in globular heads, about 2 inches in diameter,
from which numerous golden yellow styles protrude an inch or so in all
directions.  For trial in the southein states and California. (Chico,
Calif.)

60358. HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS. Ranunculaceae. From Nice, France. Presented
by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. A hardy herbaceous perennial from
western Europe which is valued chiefly for the ornamental character of its
handsome leathery foliage. The inconspicuous flowers are greenish or
bordered with purple. (Chico, Calif.)

58152. HYDRANGEA BRETSCHNEIDERII. From England. Presented by Dr. A. W.
Hill, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  A stout, bushy shrub 8 to 10
feet high, with dull-green, slender, pointed leaves and flattened corymbs,
4 to 5 inches wide, of white flowers which become rosy. This hardy
hydrangea, first discovered in the mountavins near Peking, China, thrives
best in a sunny position in good soil. Recommended as a vigorous and
handsome, ornamental shrub. Probably hardy throughout the United States.
(Bell, Md. )
        