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within a fev* months there are developed large ornamental clusters of bright-red 

 fruits about the size and shape of cherries. This palm has grown well in the open 

 in the limestone region of southern Florida. It requires direct sunlight during part 

 of the day. For trial in southern Florida and the warmest parts of southern Cali^ 

 fornia. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



10290S. OSBECKIA CRINITA. From India. Presented by the Lloyd Botanic Garden, 

 Darjeeling, through Dr. Ralph A. Fenton. A much-branched shrub 4 to 8 feet high-, 

 with small narrow bristly leaves and large purple or pure-white flowers borne in 

 terminal clusters . The plant is abundant at altitudes between 4,000 and 8,500 feet 

 in the mountains of Sikkim and Bhutan, India. For trial in the Gulf region and in 

 southern California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



127055. PSNTAS C0CCIN5A. (Rubiace?e). From British East Africa. Obtained frora the 

 Mt. Elgon Nurseries, Kitale, Kenya. A shoy/y undershrub of rapid growth with large, 

 bright-green leaves which are covered with short hairs. The long-tubed flowers are 

 brilliant crimson; they are borne in umbel-like corymbs during the winter. The 

 flowers are dimorphic and the individuals with exserted styles are more showy- than 

 those with exserted stamens. For trial in the warmest parts of the South and the 

 Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



130165. PKILADELPKUS DELAVAYI . * (Hydrangeaceae) . Mockorange. Collected at an 

 altitude of about 10,000 feet, southwest of Atuntze, by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan 

 Expedition of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology and presented by the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. A vigorous shrub up to 15 or 20 feet high, y/lth 

 large pubescent, heavily-veined leaves on erect stems. The v/axy-white flowers with 

 thick petals, slightly tinged with purple on the outside, are borne in dense panicles. 

 They have a pleasant fragrance that is distinct from that of the common philadelphus 

 varieties. At Glenn Dale, Maryland, the tops are not reliably hardy. For trial from 

 Philadelphia southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



13016S. PHILADELPHUS DELAVAYI.* Mockorange. From China. Collected near Tingchaag. 

 Muli, by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biolagy 

 and presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jaaaica Plain, Mass. Same description as for 

 the preceding (P. I. No. 130165). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



130167. PHILADELPHUS SP.* (Hydrange'aceae . ) From China. Collected in the Likiang 

 Snow Range, at an elevation of about 9,000 feet by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedi- 

 tion of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology and presented by the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. The seedling plants cannot be distinguished from those of 

 Phi ladelph us d's lavayi . P. I. No. 130165. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



128198. PICEA GLAUCA.* (Pinaceae.; Spruce. From Massachusetts. Obtained fro.m 

 F. W. Schumacher, Jamaica Plain. A silvery-leaved form, originally found in British 

 Columbia and northwestern Ontario. Received under the name "Hursti." For trial 

 trial throughout the North and in the cooler parts of the South. (Glenn Dale. Md.) 



121S75. PICEA SMITHIANA.* Himalayan spruce. From India. Collect-3d at Kulu, Punjab, 

 by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. The Himalayan spruce is a lofty tree 

 found in the mouutains of northwestern India at altitudes of 7,0G0 to 11,000 feet- 

 The terminal, drooping, pae-green cones are 4 to 6 inches long, and the stiff, 

 sharp, spirally arranged green leaves are crowded into hanging, tail-like twigs when 



