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65503. RHODODENDRON DAURICUM. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural 
Explorer. A hardy upright much-branched shrub, up to 10 feet high, with
deciduous or partially evergreen oval-oblong leaves, and rose-colored flowers, an
inch across, in few-flowered terminal clusters.  Probably hardy throughout the United
States. (Bell, Md.)

56828. RHODODENDRON sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock. Agricultural
Explorer. A handsome compact shrub 6 to 8 feet high which grows in forests at an
altitude of 6,500 feet. The uniformly green leaves are quite narrow, and the flowers
are said to be white. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.)

17737. SALIX MATSUDANA UMBRACULIFERA . Willow. From China. Collected by F. N.
Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome hardy Chinese willow with a dense, flattened 
globular crown. The branches are long, slender, and tinged with red toward the
tips. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.)

67503. SAPINDUS RARAK. Soapberry. From Java. Collected by David Fairchild. A
tropical tree which grows at an altitude of about 5,000 feet. The large sticky semi-
transparent fruits, of a waxy texture, contain much saponin, and are used by the
Javanese for washing clothes. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

62673. SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS. Brazilian Peppertree. From Algeria. Collected
by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. An Algerian form of the Brazilian pepper-
tree which becomes a large handsome tree. It bears large erect clusters of coral-
red berries. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

61444. SPHAEROPHYSA SALSULA. Fabaceae. From Omsk, Russia. Presented by Prof. K.
Murashinsky, Siberian Agricultural Academy. A hardy herbaceous perennial, native to
Turkestan, with erect stems and racemes of purplish flowers. (Bell, Md.)

65550. SPIRAEA sp. Spirea. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural 
Explorer. A hardy upright ornamental shrub with small, three-lobed leaves
less than half an-inch wide. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell,
Md.)

70922. STERCULIA TRAGACANTHA . From West Africa. Collected by David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental tropical tree 40 to 50 feet high, with attrac-
tive leathery leaves and clusters of brilliant scarlet fruits containing smooth
black seeds. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

56331.
58831. STRANVAESIA DAVIDIANA. From Yunnan, China Collected by J. F. Rock, Collaborator of the Bureau of Plant Industry, A small tree, 10 feet in height, growing
in a forest on the Likiang Snow Range at 11,000 feet altitude. The oblong, glossy
leaves have red midribs and petioles. The flowers are white and the rich crimson
fruits are in large corymbs. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Bell,
Md.)
        