Descriptive List. 



Numbers preceding plant names are P. I. numbers and, in 

 correspondence concerning any plant, both number 

 and name always must be given. 



Nurserymen please see statement at end of paragraph 3 of 



introductory note, coucerningitems marked with 



an asterisk (*) . 



124956. ABELIA. "EDWARD GOUCHER".* A variety of Abelia grown from a cress between 



A. p;randi flora and A. schiimannii . made at Glenn Dale, Maryland, by the late Edward 

 Goucher, Bureau of Plant Industry. The features of both species are effectively 

 combined in this variety. In habit of growth, climatic adaptability, and in free- 

 flowering characteristics it much resembles A. Krandi flora . In the large tubular 

 lavender-pink flowers, it resembles A. schumannii . At Washington the plants are at 

 least as hardy as A. grandiflora . For trial from Pennsylvania southward and on the 

 Pacific coast or wherever A. grandiflora succeeds. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



122630. ABIES SP . (Pinaceae). Fir. From Turkey. Collected at Ulu Dag, by H. L. 

 STestover and F. L. Wellcan, Bureau of Plant Industry. The dark green needles of the 

 seedlings show no distinguishing features. For trial in the southern half of the 

 United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



132795. ACACIA KOA. (Mimcsaceae. ) Koa. From Hawaii. Presented by L. W. Bryan, 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hilo. A large spreading tropical 

 tree, up to 60 feet high, native to the Hawaiian Islands. The coriaceous falcate 

 phyllodes are 5 to 7 inches long, and the small white flowers are in globular heads 

 gathered into axillary racemes. The wood, which is called Hawaiian mahogany, is 

 excellent for veneers, and the bark is used for tanning. The plants will be ready in 

 the late spring. For trial in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



123453. ACACIA SP. From India. Collected at Ootacamund, Nilgiri, by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. A quick-growing tree v/ith attractive pinnate foliage and 

 an abundance of fragrant creamy flowers. In India it is often planted in groves. 

 It is the hardiest of the acacias tested at Chico, California. For trial in Cali- 

 fornia and the Southwest and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



131C52. AGASTACKE RUGOSA.- Wrinkled giant-hyssop. From Manchuria. Presented by 



B. V. Skvortzov, Harbin. A vigorous summer-flowering perennial herb, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, with cordate serrate rugose fragrant leaves and attractive lavender flowers in 

 reddish calyces crowded into dense oblong spikes. Native to China. For trial in 

 all parts of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



133414. AGASTACHE SP . * From Arizona. Collected at Sycamore Canyon by L. N. Goodding, 

 Soil Conservation Service. An attractive herbaceous perennial with gray-green 

 deltoid leaves which give off a delightful minty fragrance when bruised or brushed. 

 The clear-lavender flowers are produced from midsummer until frost, in showy spikes 

 which stand just above the leaves. The compact plants reach a height of 15 to 18 



inches. For trial in all but the coldest states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



