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33499. EUONYMUS LATIFOLIUS ALBUS MARGINATUS. From Enfield, Middlesex, England.
Purchased from Amos Perry. The leaves are large, evergreen, wonderfully bright; as
a small shrub, invaluable. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Chico,
Calif.)

23027. EUONYMUS PATENS. From China. Collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural
Explorer. A semi-evergreen spreading shrub, up to 10 feet high, with bright-green
elliptic leaves, and late-ripening orange fruits with partly exposed pink seeds.
Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.)

63408. EUONYMUS sp. From Algeria. Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural
Explorer. An extremely dwarf species used like box, as a border for flower beds.
For trial in the southern United States and California. (Bell, Md.)

65491. EUONYMUS sp. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural
Explorer. An attractive small-leaved hardy shrub with pendulous pink fruits which,
when ripe, expose the pink or red seeds. Probably hardy throughout the United
States. (Bell, Md.)

70976. FICUS REPENS. Moraceae. Kiangsi, China. Collected by F. A. McClure, Agricultural 
Explorer. An ornamental ivy-like creeper which produces small leaves in
young plants and larger leaves when older. For trial in the Gulf States and California. 
(Chapman Field, Fla.)

65866. FRAXINUS sp. Ash. From Harbin, Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett,
Agricultural Explorer. A hardy tree from northeastern China, with dull-green, compound 
leaves up to 5 inches long. (Bell, Md.)

64925. GENISTA MONOSPERMA. Bridal-veil Broom. From the Mediterranean region.
Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome shrub with drooping,
silvery branchlets, and white flowers borne profusely in early spring. Used as a
sand binder in Morocco. For trial in the Gulf Coast States and California. (Savannah, 
Ga., and Chapman Field, Fla.)

65867. GLEDITSIA HETEROPHYLLA. From Harbin, Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett,
Agricultural Explorer. A large hardy tree with a spiny trunk, bipinnate leaves and
small greenish flowers. (Bell, Md.)

60341. HALIMODENDRON HALODEHDRON. Fabaceae. Salt tree. From Omsk, Siberia. Presented 
by Prof. K. Murashinsky. A spreading ornamental shrub, up to 6 feet high with
slender branches and small bluish green compound leaves. In early summer it is
covered with numerous pale-violet flowers. Because of its extreme hardiness and
ability to withstand drought it is recommended for trial in cold, semiarid parts of
the United States. (Chico. Calif.)

73604. HALIMODENDRON HALODENDRON. From Tashkent. Turkestan. Presented by Hilaria
Rajkova, Botanic Garden.
        