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young. The wood is extensively used for rough furniture and planking. For trial in 

 all but the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123244. PICEA SMITHIANA.* Himalayan spruce. From India. Obtained through the 

 Kulu Forest Service, Kuiu, Punjab, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same 

 description as for preceding (P. I. Mo. 121975). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



122590, PINUS MASSONIANA. Pine. From China. Collected in Shantung Province and 

 presented by A. H. Steward, University of Nanking. A tall tree up to SO feet high 

 with spreading branches and yellowish brown branchlets. The thin slender light-green 

 leaves, two to a sheath, are 5 to 8 inches long, and the dull-brown ovate cones are 

 3 to 5 inches long. It is native to southern China. For trial throughout the South. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



122692. PINUS SP. Collected southeast of Marash by H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. In the seedling stage, this pine resembles P inu s mas- 

 so niana . There are two rather long bright green needles to a sheath. For trial in 

 the southern half of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



122694. PINUS SP. From Turkey. Collected south of Balihesir by H. L. Westover and 

 F. L. Vv'ellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for the preceding 

 (P. I. No. 122692). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



122695. PINUS SP . From Turkey. Collected north of Koycegiz by H. L. Westover and 

 F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for P. I. No. 122592. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



122696. PINUS SP. From Turkey. Collected north of Chankiri by H. L. Westover and 

 F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for P. I. No. 122692. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



122697. PINUS SP . From Turkey. Collected north of Kastamonu, by H. L. Westover 

 and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for P. I. No. 

 122692. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



101290. PITTOSPORUM BUCHANANI . From New Zealand. Obtained from A. Wilkinson, 

 Tauranga. A handsome evergreen shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, native to 

 New Zealand. The elliptic to lanceolate, membranous leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are 

 glabrous and glossy when mature and the small dark-purple flowers are borne in 

 axillary clusters. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



99195. PITTOSPORUM DAPHNIPHYLLOIDES. From China. Collected by Albert N. Steward, 

 University of Nanking, at 1,800 feet altitude, near Machaoho, Fang Chingshan, Kiang- 

 kouhsien, Kweichow Province. An evergreen shrub about 15 feet tall, with elliptical 

 dark glossy green leaves 5 to 10 inches long, suggesting those of the genus Daphni- 

 phyllum, and with green fruits containing scarlet seeds. The shrub does v/ell in 

 partial shade at Chico, Calif., even during the summer, but in full sun the foliage 

 burns seriously. It has survived uninjured a minimum temperature of 12° F. under 

 lath and is apparently adaptable to pot culture. Vegetative propagation is effected 

 by terminal softwood cuttings. For trial in the lower South and the Southwest and 

 on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



