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24638. ILEX CORNUTA. Holly. From northern Clina.[China] Presented by Rev. J. M. W.
Farnham. 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. (Chico, Calif.)

65842. IXORA CHINENSIS. Rubiaceae. From Kwantung, China. Collected by F. A. McClure, 
Agricultural Explorer. A small ornamental bush with abundant, large, dense,
terminal umbels of attractive flame-colored flowers up to 5 inches wide. These
flower clusters are said to exceed almost by half those of the commonly cultivated
Ixora. The leaves are large, shiny, and pale, green. For trial in the Gulf States
and California. (Bell, Md.)

66293. JASMINUM HETEROPHYLLUM. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Edwin
Beckett, Superintendent, Aldenham House Gardens. A strong-growing bushy Chinese
jasmine which bears an abundance of golden-yellow flowers. Probably tender north of
southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.)

65020. JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA. Juniper. From the Balearic Islands. Collected by
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A small tree of pyramidal habit which grows
in dry stony soil in the Mediterranean countries. Recommended for trial in the
Southwest. (Chico, Calif.)

67073. KUNZEA RECURVA. Myrtaceae. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by
Edwin Ashby.  A tall rigid shrub with rather narrow leaves and dense, globular flowerheads. Native to Western Australia. For trial in the Gulf States and California.
(Chico, Calif.)

66224. LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA. Crape-myrtle. From Peradeniya, Ceylon, India. Collected 
by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorers. A handsome
subtropical tree, up to 50 feet high with rosy purple flowers 2 to 3 inches across,
in large panicles. For trial in Florida and southern California. (Chapman Field,
Fla.)

58613. LIGUSTRUM DELAVAYANUM. Privet. From England. Presented by Vicary Gibbs,
Herts. A hardy shrub first discovered by Abbe Delway in the mountains of Yunnan,
China. In habit it is prostrate-spreading, except for a few perfectly upright
branches which rise from the center of the shrub to a height of about 10 feet. The
shining dark-green foliage, which is remarkably persistent, is similar to that of
myrtle, and the white flowers and blue-black fruits make the plant a handsome ornamental. 
Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.)

56317. LIGUSTRUM IONANDRUM. Privet. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock.
Agricultural Explorer. A compact, ornamental, hedge shrub, 10 to 12 feet high,
found among limestone bowlders [boulders]on the Likiang Snow Range at altitudes of 10,000 feet.
For trial in the southern United States. (Chico, Calif.)
        