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62757. COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA FLOCCOSA. From Orleans, France. Plants presented
by Leon Chenault, through David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A graceful shrub,
up to 13 feet high, which bears dense corymbs of white flowers and light-red, roundish 
fruits. Native to western China at altitudes of 7,500 to 9,800 feet. Probably
hardy except in the extreme North. (Bell, Md.)

55821. COTONEASTER sp. From Likiang, Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock,
Agricultural Explorer. A prostrate shrub growing on pure limestone rocks on the
Likiang Snow Range at altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. It has small dark-green
glossy leathery leaves, pinkish white flowers, and rich red fruits, and would make a
splendid shrub for rockeries. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.)

62578. COTONEASTER sp . From Elstree, Herts, England. Seeds presented by Vicary
Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. An upright ornamental shrub from South Central Asia.
The small rounded-oval dull gray-green leaves have hairy margins. Probably tender
in the extreme North. (Bell, Md.)

62581. COTONEASTER sp. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Vicary Gibbs,
Aldenham House Gardens. An upright ornamental shrub with small leathery, dull gray-green, 
oval leaves with white hairy margins. Probably hardy except in the extreme
North. (Bell, Md.)

62582. COTONEASTER sp. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Vicary Gibbs,
Aldenham House Gardens. An erect ornamental shrub with light-green, oval-acuminate
hairy-margined leaves about three-fourths of an inch long. Probably hardy except in
the extreme North. (Bell, Md.)

62583. COTONEASTER sp. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Vicary Gibbs,
Aldenham House Gardens. A low spreading shrub with narrow-oblong bright-green leaves
up to 1½ inches long. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Bell, Md.)

64253. COTONEASTER sp. From Tsangpo Valley, Tibet. Collected by Captain F. Kingdon
Ward, and presented by Major Lionel de Rothschild, London, England. A spreading-
upright ornamental shrub with the arching branches crowded with very small leathery
shining green oval leaves about half an inch long. Probably hardy except in the ex
treme 
North. (Bell, Md. )

39557. CRATAEGUS LAVALLEI. Hawthorn. From California. Presented by Frank J. Hart.
A hawthorn originally from France and probably of hybrid origin. It is a small
shrubby tree about 20 feet high with few-flowered clusters of large, white flowers
having red disks and followed in autumn by bright orange fruits, well set off by the
lustrous leaves. (Chico, Calif.)

71304. CUDRANIA TRICUSPIDATA . From southern China. Collected by F. A. McClure,
Agricultural Explorer. A slow-growing ornamental thorny bush or small tree with
glossy dark green leaves, pale beneath, and small brick-red fruits. For trial in
California and the Gulf States, especially as a hedge plant. (Chico, Calif.)
        