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38807. LIGUSTRUM QUIHOUI . Privet. From Shensi, China. Collected by Frank N.
Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A spreading shrub, up to 6 feet high, with leathery
deep green oblong leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and blue-black fruits about :J~inch in di-
ameter. At Gainesville, Fla., this has proved resistant to nematode infestation,
and should be tried as a stock for other privets in the southern United States.
(Bell, Md.)

56318. LIGUSTRUM sp . Privet. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agri-
cultural Explorer. This privet, from water-courses on the Likiang Snow Range at
altitudes of 8,500 feet, reaches the size of a small tree. Its small, fragrant,
cream-colored flowers are borne in large, compound clusters. It should be tested in
the southern half of the United States. (Chico, Calif.)

56824. LIGUSTRUM sp . Privet. From China. Collected by J F. Rock Agricultural
Explorer. An ornamental shrub which grows among lava bowlders in southwestern China,
at 6,000 feet altitude. The cream-colored flowers are in large, pyramidal clusters.
It is not likely to prove hardy in the colder parts of the United States. (Savannah,
Ga. , and Bell, Md, )

63836. LONICERA sp . From Tsangpo Valley, Tibet. Collected by F. Kingdon Ward,
and presented by Major Lionel de Rothschild, London,- England. A bush or small tree,
about 15 feet high, with pale-yellow flowers and scarlet-orange berries. The fol-
iage is pale sea-green, almost glaucous. Probably hardy throughout the United
States. (Chico, Calif.)

66774. LOPEZIA BICOLOR. From Rabat, Morocco. Presened by A. Pochon, Directeur,

Jardin d'Essais de Rabat. An ornamental subtropical climbing plant with small pink

flowers which make it a peculiarly delicate plant for walls and rockwork. Native to
Mexico. For trial in Florida and California. (Chico, Calif.)

C5939. MAACKIA AMURENSIS. Fabaceae. From Harbin, Manchuria. Collected by P. H.
Dorsett, Agricultural Explorer. A small hardy ornamental tree, native to northeast-
ern Asia, with orange-brown bark, dull-green compound leaves, and short erect clus-
ters of small yellowish' white flowers. Probably hardy throughout the United States.
(.Bell, Md.)

64943. MANDEVILLA SUAVEOLENS. Apocynaceao. From the Mediterranean region. Col-
lected by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome, fragrant, white-
flowered tropical American climber suitable for growing on high trellises and pergo-
las. The flowers are 2 inches long and resemble those of the jasmine. For trial in
Florida and southern California. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

67082. MELALEUCA RADULA. Myrtaceae. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented
by Edwin Ashby. A tall bushy shrub, with opposite linear concave leaves up to 2
inches long, and rather large pink or white flowers in pairs at the bases of the
branchlets. Native to Western Australia For trial in the Gulf States and Cali-
fornia. Chico, Calif.)

67084. MELALEUCA UNCINATA . Myrtaceae. From Blackwood, South Australia, Presented
by Edwin Ashby. A tall, somewhat hairy Australian shrub with linear-subulate leaves
an inch or two long, and numerous small flowers in very dense terminal heads. For
trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.)
        