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115844. PENTAS LONGIFLORA.* Rubiaceae . From Africa. Obtained from Mt . Elgon 

 Nurseries. Kitale. Kenya Colony. An erect evergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet high, v/ith 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and pink flowers about 1^ 

 inches long, in dense terminal cymes. Native to Mt. Kilima, Njaro, Kenya, at 5,000 

 feet altitude. For trial outside in the warmer parts of the Gulf region and southern 

 California only. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78151. PHILADELPHUS SP . From France. Obtained from V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy. 

 A tlas . A handsome tali-growing sort with enormous fragrant flowers, over 2^ inches 

 wide, which have broad milk-white petals. For trial in all except the warmest and 

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



103487. PHLOGACANTKUS THYRISFLORUS . Acanthaceae. From India. Collected in Bhadwar, 

 Kangra, Punjab, at 2,000 feet altitude, by Walter Koelz, University of Michigan. 

 Native name, Paskaka n arpo . A scraggly shrub 8 feet high, with large attractive 

 lancsclate leaves and spikes of lovely rose-madder flowers; found in deep glens 

 along streams, but not in heavy shade. The plant prefers a rather warm damp atmos- 

 phere and a soil rich in humus. It is adapted for greenhouse culture and may be 

 propagated by seeds or cuttings. For trial out-of-doors in the warmer parts of the 

 Gulf and Pacific coast regions. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78179 PICEA GLEHNI. Saghalin spruce. From Japan. Collected in the University 

 Forest, near Toikanbetsu, Teshio Gun, Hokkaido, by R. K. Beattie, Bureau of Plant 

 A handsome Japanese evergreen tree up to 120 feet high, with lustrous brown or violet 

 cones. For trial in the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



90666. PICEA JEZOENSIS . Yeddo spruce. From Manchuria, China. Collected by P . H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry. A Japanese tree, up to 150 feet 

 high, v/ith dark-gray bark and slender horizontal spreading branches. The leaves are 

 silvery white above and dark green beneath, and the staminate flowers are orange- 

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

 Dale, Md.) 



97948. PICEA KOYAMAI . Spruce. From Japan. Presented by M. Tozawa, Director, 

 Forest Experiment Station, Keijo, Chosen. A narrov/ly pyramidal tree 60 feet high, 

 native to Japan and Chosen, with reddish-brov.'n bloomy branches and compressed leaves 

 half an inch long, with two v/hite bands above. The pale-brown cylindric cones are 

 2 to 3 inches long. For trial in the Northern States and in the Appalachian region 

 of the South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



84025. PICEA SP . Spruce. From Yunnan Province, China. Collected by Dr. J. F. 

 Rock, National Geographic Society. A tree 50 to 60 feet high, v/ith rather large 

 cones, found in the forests of Gaba north of Likiang at 11,000 feet altitude. The 

 foliage of the seedlings much resembles that of Picea heterolepis . For trial in all 

 but the coldest parts of the Northern States. (Supply very limited.) (Glenn Dale.. 

 Md. ) 



78575. PILEOSTEGIA VIBURNOIDES. Hydrangeaceae . From England. Procured from G. 

 Reuthe, Foxhill Hardy Plant Farms, Keston, Kent. A handsome halfhardy Chinese ever- 

 green climber, provided with aerial roots and having lanceolate-elliptic lustrous 

 dark-green leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The small white flowers with conspicuous 



