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75162. SASA CHRYSANTHA. Bamboo. Presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, England. A hardy Japanese bamboo of running habit, in time producing culms up 

 to 5 feet high, with branches from the upper nodes and with leaves 2 to 7 inches long 

 by 3/8 to 1 inch wide. It is evergreen down to about 8° F. and is useful for mass 

 planting and as a ground cover, either in full sun or in shade. Like other hardy 

 bamboos, this species is likely to become v.'eedy unless the rhizomes are prevented 

 from spreading by a deep trench or curb. Plants furnished in lots of five. (Supply 

 linited.) For trial in the middle and upper South and the mildest parts of the 

 Northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



75166. SASA PUMILA . Bamboo. Presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 England. A dwarf hardy running bamboo up to 2 feet high, with branches near the top 

 bearing linear-lanceolate leaves 1\ to 51- inches long. It is native to Japan. This 

 species thrives in fairly moist soil and is best suited to a somewhat shaded situa- 

 tion; the leaves tend to cvirl in hot dry weather. Because of its small size and 

 grasslike leaves, in addition to the rampant nature of the rhizomes, the plant is 

 difficult to eradicate when it escapes and becomes weedy. In proximity to a lawn or 

 garden, therefore, it is particularly important to curb the spreading of this little 

 bamboo. Plants furnished in lots of 5 or 10. For trial in the upper South and the 

 milder parts of the Northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



75169. SASA SENANENSIS. Presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 England. A handsome broad-leaved hardy bamboo of running habit, eventually growing 

 to 7 feet high, with single branches at the nodes of the culm. It is native to 

 Japan. The oblong-lanceolate leaves, conspicuously glaucous beneath, are sometimes 

 more than a foot long and nearly 3-|- inches v/ide. This bamboo is evergreen down to 

 about 0° F. It is neat in appearance and is valuable for mass planting or as a ground 

 cover, in full sun or partial shade. It grows in dry or moist soil. The methods for 

 control of spreading are the same as for other running bamboos. Plants furnished in 

 lots of 5 or 10. For trial in the more temperate parts of the United States. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



111088. SENECIO SP. From India. Presented by the Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. 

 This unidentified senecio is a slender vine with alternate, broadly ovate, shortly acute, 

 dentate, glabrous leaves about 1^ inches long. Flowers not seen. For trial in the 

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



106664. STAPELIA CANTABRIGIENSIS . Carrion flower. Asclepiadaceae . Presented by 

 Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne, Pa. A fleshy leafless cactus-like plant, with cam- 

 pa nulate flowers over half an inch across, greenish and suffused with red or red- 

 brown. It is a hybrid species of uncertain parentage and originated as a garden 

 seedling. The stapelias mostly require the same treatment as cacti in culture. For 

 trial indoors only except in the warmer parts of the Gulf region and the Southwest. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



23032. SYRINGA MEYERI . Meyer lilac. From China. Collected near Peiping by Frank 

 N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A compact shrub up to 10 feet high, native to 

 northern China, with small oval-elliptic leaves and dense panicles of violet flowers, 

 which appear very early in the season. These plants are grafted on Ligustrum amur- 

 ense. For trial in the milder parts of the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



