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111373. PYRACANTHA CRENATO-SERRATA . =•:= Firethorn. From China. Received from K H. 

 Chung, Wuchang, Hupen Province. A spiny evergreen shrub up to 9 feet high, with young 

 branchlets rusty-pubescent, and elliptic to obovate-oblong leaves 1 to 2 inches long, 

 lustrous dark green above and lighter beneath. The coral-red fruits, a quarter of 

 an inch across, are in dense corymbs. For trial in the southern half of the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111375. RHAMNUS S? .■■'■ From China. Received from H. H. Chung, Wuchang, without 

 description. A deciduous shrub with alternate leaves 2 to 3 inches long, in habit 

 somewhat resembling Rhamnus heterophyll a. For trial in the Southern States and on 

 the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111377, RHUS SYLYESTRIS. From China. Received from H. H. Chung, Wuchang. An 

 ornamental tree to 30 feet high, with compound leaves of 7 to 13 ovate to ovate- 

 oblong acuminate leaflets l-J- to 4 inches long; the inconspicuous flowers, in loose 

 panicles 3 to 7 inches long, are followed by yellowish fruits 1/3 inch across. The 

 foliage turns deep red or scarlet in autumn. For trial from the Ohio River southward 

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



111376. RHUS SP.* From China. Received from H. H. Chung, Wuchang, without descrip- 

 tion. A sumac from Hupeh Province, western China, apparently new to cultivation. 

 For trial in the Southern States and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111790. RHUS SP . From India. Received from H. A. Lee, Simla. A species which in 

 the seedling stage resembles some of our ordinary sumacs. (Supply very limited.) 

 For trial in the Southern States and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



11795. SALVIA GLUTINOSA. Sage. From India. Presented by H. A. Lee, Simla. A 

 perennial sage about 3 feet tall, glutinous-hairy throughout, with ovate-oblong, 

 dentate leaves up to 7 inches long, and pale-yellow flowers an inch long in lax 

 whorls. Native to Europe and Asia. For trial in the South and on the Pacific coast. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



92759. SARCOCOCCA HOOKERIANA DIGYNA . From England. Obtained from the Aldenham 

 House Gardens, Elstree, Herts. An evergreen shrub with leaves 1 to 3 inches long, 

 inconspicuous white flowers, and black fruits. Native to western Szechwan. It is 

 especially well suited for grov/ing in the shade. For trial from Philadelphia south- 

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



92760. SARCOCOCCA SALIGNA. From England. Obtained from Aldenham House Gardens, 

 Elstree, Herts. An evergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet high with smooth erect stems. The 

 smooth, glossy, narrow-lanceolate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long and about an inch wide 

 have a long drawn-out point and a marginal vein extending all around the leaves. 

 The greenish-v/hite flowers are in short axillary racemes, opening in winter and spring. 

 The small ovoid purple fruits are less than an inch long. The species is native to 

 the Himalayan Mountains and is closely allied to Sarcococca hookerian a. though prob- 

 ably less hardy. For trial in the Southern and Pacific Coast States. (Glenn Dale, 

 Ud.) 



