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67026. CLEMATIS RECTA MANDSHURICA. From Paris, France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux 
& Co. A tall slender herbaceous purple-leaved perennial with terminal and
axillary panicles of pure white flowers. The typical form is native to Manchuria.
Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.)

72993. COMBRETUM GRANDIFLORUM. From Gambia, West Africa. Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental tropical climbing shrub with clusters
of showy red flowers. Native to West Africa. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman 
Field, Fla. )

71405. CORMONEMA OVALIFOLIUM. Rhamnaceae. From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala.
Presented by Jorge Garcia Salas, Director General of Agriculture, through Paul C. Standley,
United States National Museum. A small, tropical tree, native to Guatemala,
where it is planted as an ornamental in parks and used as a shade tree for coffee.
Known as "coxte" in Guatemala. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

62255. COTONEASTER DAMMERI. From Orleans, France. Presented by Leon Chenault,
through David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A prostrate, evergreen shrub, native
to central China, with pure-white, solitary flowers, and coral-red fruits ¼ of an
inch wide. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Chico. Calif.)

52677. COTONEASTER DAMMERI RADICANS. From China. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux &
Co., Paris, France. A prostrate variety which differs from the tropical form in
having few-flowered clusters on long flower-stalks. For trial chiefly in the southern 
United States and California. (Bell, Md.)

62569. COTONEASTER LACTEA. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Vicary
Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. An erect ornamental shrub from south-central Asia.
The oval-acute leaves are up to 1½ inches long. Probably tender in the extreme
North. (Bell, Md.)

56304. COTONEASTER PROSTRATA, From China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural
Explorer. An ornamental, prostrate shrub from the mountains of Yunnan, China. It
has small, elliptical, dark-green leaves, and small, red berries of attractive 
appearance. Probably not hardy in the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.)

62572. COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA. From China. Presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham
House Gardens, Herts, England. A half-evergreen shrub, sometimes 15 feet in height,
with white flowers produced in dense corymbs about 2 inches across, and bright-red
fruits, which, ripening in October, make the shrub particularly ornamental. For
trial in all but the coldest sections of the United States. (Bell, Md.)

62256. COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA FLOCCOSA. From Orleans, France. Presented by Leon
Chenault, through David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer, A graceful shrub about 12
feet high, which bears dense corymbs of white flowers and roundish, light-red fruits.
Native to western China at altitudes of 7,500 to 9,800 feet. Probably hardy except
in the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.)
        