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65860. ILEX CORNUTA. Holly. From Ichang, Hupeh, China. Presented by
Rev. A. S. Cooper, American Church Mission. This holly has spiny, dark
green, glossy leaves, and in winter is loaded with clusters of scarlet
berries.  While it does not make as symmetrical a crown as does the native
Christmas holly, Ilex opaca, its attractive foliage and bright-colored
fruits render it a fine winter ornamental for the southern half of the
United States. (Bell, Md. )

66866. ILEX INTRICATA. Holly, From Darjiling, India, Presented by G.
H. Cave, Curator, Lloyd Botanic Gardens. A low, rigid, straggling shrub
which forms impenetrable masses with interlaced woody branches. The leaves
are bright green, thick, leathery, and spreading and the fruits are globular
and red. The shrub is a native of Sikkim and eastern Nepal, India, where
it grows at altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000 feet. For trial in the Gulf
states and California.  (Bell, Md. )

63526. ILEX ROTUNDA. Holly. From Canton, China, Collected by F. A.
McClure, Agricultural Explorer.  An evergreen shrub or small tree, native
to Japan, with glossy, entire, elliptic leaves and red berries.  For trial
in the Gulf States and California. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

63793. ILEX sp. Holly. From Canton, China. Collected by E. A. McClure,
Agricultural Explorer, An attractive, spreading tree, with smooth, light-gray 
bark, and glossy, dark-green, evergreen foliage. The red berries are
borne in thick clusters, For trial in the southern United States, (Chico,
Calif.)

63794. ILEX sp. Holly. From Canton, China, Collected by E. A. McClure,
Agricultural Explorer. A handsome holly from southeastern China, which
bears a profusion of red berries in autumn. Probably adapted for growing
only in the southern United States, (Chico, Calif.)

66525. INCARVILLEA COMPACTA. Bignoniaceae. From Stockholm, Sweden.
Presented by Dr. Robert E. Fries, Director, Botanic Garden. A handsome
hardy perennial, native to northwestern China, a foot or more high, with
fleshy, mostly radical leaves, and terminal clusters of purple flowers.
Probably not hardy north of southern Ohio, (Bell, Md.)

62185. INDIGOFERA. MACROSTACHYA. From China, Collected by P. H. Dorsett,
Agricultural Explorer. An attractive, shrubby plant with hairy foliage
and long dense racemes of pinK flowers; found growing in very poor soil,
Probably hardy except in the extreme north. (Bell, Md. )

65623. IRIS ENSATA. From Manchuria, Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorer.  A hardy iris, native to eastern Asia, with leaves 1
to 3 feet long, and bright-blue or lilac flovrcrs in a single head. (Bell,
Md. )
        