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97616. BRYOPHYLLUM SP . * From Scotland. Presented by the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Edinburgh. Received as Ka lanchoe rotundifo lia but the pendulous habit of the flowers, 

 with the stamens inserted at the base of the tube, and the habit of sprouting from 

 the crenations of the leaves indicate that it properly belongs in the genus Bryo- 

 phyllum. The plant is a succulent perennial 1 to 3 feet high, with a trichotomously 

 branched slender leafy stem. The fleshy leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, vary frombroadly 

 obovate to spathulate and are entire or crenate. The small orange or yellow flowers 

 are borne in axillary clusters. Native to South Africa. For trial indoors only ex- 

 cept in the warmest localities in the Gulf region and southern California. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



1147?,1. BUDDLEIA LINDLEYANA SINUATO-DENT.^TA . Butterfly-bush. From Szechwan Prov- 

 ince, China. Received through the Botanic Garden at Nanking. A shrub about 4 feet 

 high, with ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sinuate-dentate leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long, and dark purplish-red flowers in dense erect racemes 3 to 5 inches long. 

 Native to western China. For trial in all but the warmest parts of the Southern 

 States and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105592. CALLICARPA RUBELLA, Beautyberry. From China. Collected at 1,100 feet 

 altitude in Kwangsi Province, by A. N. Stev^ard and H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. 

 Native name, Tze chu. A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, native to India 

 and China. The obovate tomentose leaves are 5 inches long, and the small pink 

 flowers, in axillary cymes, are followed by purple berries. For trial in the Gulf 

 region and in the milder parts of the Pacific coast region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



98140. CALLICARPA SP.* From England. Obtained from Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, 

 Herts. (Received under the specific name koreana, for which no published description 

 has been found.) It may be identical with Cal lica rpa .iapon ica . which is a shrub 2 

 to 5 feet high with opposite, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, serrulate 

 leaves, wedge-shaped at the base, and conspicuous purple fruits. The small pink or 

 whitish flowers are in axillary cymes. For trial from southern New York and Ohio 

 southward and west of the Rocky Mountains. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



113759. CALLISTEMON RIGIDUS . Bottlebrush. From Australia. Presented by the Mel- 

 bourne Botanic Gardens, South Yarra. These plants, received under the name Line_ari- 

 folius, are seedlings of a garden form described as having linear-lanceolate leaves. 

 The type is a tall shrub with narrowly linear leaves, rarely 30 feet high, native to 

 Nev/ South Wales, and some of the seedlings of the present broader-leaved form may be 

 expected to revert to the type. The showy flowers, with dark-red stamens an inch 

 long, are borne in large dense spikes. For trial in the milder parts of California 

 and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



118764. CALLISTEMON SP . Bottlebrush. From Australia. Presented by the Director, 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N. S. W. A handsom-? shrub of drooping habit, that has reached 

 a height of 5\ feet, with a spread of 7 feet, at Chico, Calif. The foliage is dense 

 and the individual leaves resemble those of Callistemon acuminatus. The flowers, with 

 very dark-red stamens an inch long, are in dense spikes 3 to 5 inches long and appear 

 during April and early May. This is a selection from second-generation seedlings of 

 a cross between C^ citrinus and C_^ acuminatus, and the plants here offered were grown 

 from cuttings. For trial in the milder parts of California and the Gulf region, 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



