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82105 LIRIOPE GRAMINIFOLIA.* Snakebeard. From Chosen. Collected in the Imperial 

 Botanical Gardens, Keijo, by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 It grows about a foot high, with grasslike leaves and purple to whitish flowers half 

 an inch across, in racemes arising from scapes which appear through the leaves. It 

 is used in place of grass in situations v/here dense shade and shallow rooting of trees 

 prevent the satisfactory growth of grass. For trial in the upper South and all 

 except the coldest parts of the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105895. LONICERA BICOLOR. From India. Collected at 10,000 feet altitude, at Sungnam, 

 Rampur, Bashahr, by Walter Koelz, University of Michigan. A small much-branched 

 shrub with small, elliptic-orbicular leaves, green and slightly hairy above, glaucous 

 green and more hairy beneath. The orange-red flowers are borne in pairs toward the 

 ends of the branchlets. It is closely allied to Lonicera hypoleuca . Native to the 

 Himalayas. For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



30814. LONICERA CAERULEA EDULIS.* Honeysuckle. From Japan. Collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry. A shrub about 4 feet high, with 

 pubescent branchlets and oblong to lanceolate pubescent leaves 1 to 2 inches long. 

 The small oblong fruits are bright red. For trial throughout the Northern States. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



107632. LONICERA NIGRA. Honeysuckle. From the Balkans. Collected by Dr. E. A. 

 Anderson, Balkan Expedition cf the Arnold Arboretum. A deciduous shrub to 5 feet 

 high, with leaves 1-^ to 2^ inches long, bright green above and light bluish-green 

 beneath. The bluish-black fruits mature in August and September. Native to Europe 

 and Chosen. For trial in all but the coldest parts of the Northern States. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



22982. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE.* From China. Collected at Soochow, Kiangsu, by 

 F. N. Meyer. Native name, Cho mei . An ornamental evergreen shrub, allied to the 

 witch-hazel, sometimes growing into a small tree. It bears elliptical to ovate dark- 

 green leaves about l^ inches long and in early spring is covered with delightfully 

 fragrant white flowers having slender strap-shaped petals half an inch long. It may 

 be grown in a cool greenhouse, as well as out-of-doors where the winters are not too 

 severe. For pot culture a soil containing peat and sand is best. For trial out-of- 

 doors from Philadelphia southward to the Gulf and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



7S148. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE.* From Nancy, France. Obtained from V. Lemoine & Son. 

 Same description as fcr preceding (P. I. No. 22982) except that the leaves are usually 

 ovate with acute tips, and slightly longer, and the petals of the flowers are even 

 more slender than in the preceding. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



106746. MAACKIA AMURENSIS BUERGERI . From Washington, D. C. Collected by 0. M. 

 Freeman, Bureau of Plant Industry, in the National Botanic Garden, A deciduous 

 tree about 15 feet high with odd-pinnate leaves; the 7 to 11 leaflets are pubescent 

 and 2 to 3 inches long. The small white flov/ers are borne in dense upright racemes. 

 Native to Japan. (Supply limited.) For trial in the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md > 



