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83039. ASPARAGUS DAUKICUS.* (Convallariaceae . ) From Manchuria, Collected near 

 Imp-akujoshi by P. K. Dorset! and W. J. Morse, Burea,u of Plant Industry. A plant up 

 to 3^ feet high, found growing wild. The plant resembles the edible asparagus in 

 appearance, except that the steins are smaller and the cladodes ciuch narrower. There 

 is only one cladode to a node. For trial throughout the Northern States. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



113417. ASPARAGUS PSEUDOSCABER . From Germany . Obtained froa Wilhelm Pfitzer, Stutt- 

 gart. A hardy ornamental asparagus, native to Rumania, related to the edible aspar- 

 agus. The stems and cladodes are much smaller, heavier, and the plant is much lower. 

 It is offered in Europe as a substitute for A. sprengeri as a source of cut-flower 

 greens, and for that purpose it is very satisfactory. For trial in all but the 

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



23014. ASPARAGUS SP.* From China. Collected at Hangchow, Chekiang, by Frank N. 

 Koyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A very small evergreen asparagus, attaining a 

 height of only 3 to 5 inches. It is used as a border along paths in small gardens 

 and requires a shady situation. The plant endures light frosts without injury. 

 For trial in the middle and lower South and in southern California. (Savannah, Ga.) 



12SS84. BORNOA CRASSISPATKA . (Phoenicaceae. ) Palm. From Haiti. Presented by 

 B. H. A. Groth, Fond des Negres. A large cocoid palm, from the southern peninsula of 

 Haiti, with a tall columnar trunk and an ample crown of spreading leaves closely and 

 regularly pinnate. The inflorescenses are very short and compact, bearing large 

 numbers of rather thin-shelled edible nuts somewhat similar to those of Jubaea, For 

 trial in southern Florida and the warmest parts of southern California. (Glenn 

 Dale , Md . ) 



128437. EACTRIS SP. (Phoenicaceae.) From Costa Rica. Collected at Cairo by H. F. 

 Lccmis, Bureau of Plant Industry. Huiscoyol . A slender, spiny-trunked, cespitose, 

 undergrowth palm 12 to 15 feet high, with pinnatisect leaves and a loose inflores- 

 cence. For trial in southern and central Florida and the warmest parts of southern 

 California. (Glenn Dale, t.'d.) 



129190. BAUKINIA GOBEFROYI.* (Caesalpiniaceae . ) From China. Collected near Opie 

 Hsien, Szechwan Province, by R. C. Ching, The Lu Shan Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 

 Lu Shan, Kiangsi Province. A low shrubby climber with slender blackish branches and 

 spiral tendrils. The membranous leaves 2 to 3 inches long, are divided to the center 

 into two triangular lobes, and the flowers are in slender racemes 4 inches long. For 

 trial in the warmest parts of the South and Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129188. BAUHINIA SAIGONENSIS . From China. Collected near Opie Hsien, Szechwan 

 Province, by R. C. Ching, The Lu Shan Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Lu Shan, Kiangsi 

 Province. A vine v/hich climbs by means of tendrils terminating short lateral branches. ; 

 The firm roundish leaves, about 2 inches lon.g, are divided to the center into 2 

 rounded lobes, and the pale-rose flowers, nearly an. inch long, are in small terminal 

 corymbs. Native to Cochinchina. For trial in the warmer parts of Florida, the Gulf 

 Coast, and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



