
          38674. ROLLINIA MUCOSA,
From G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. 
A large fruited variety. Low tree
related to the annonas, with oblong,
taper-pointed, smooth leaves and fruit
usually about 4 inches in diameter,
greenish, somewhat globose, the surface 
bearing tubercles, edible. Native
of Guiana and some of the West
Indian Islands.

39186. ROSA ABYSSINICA.
Musk Rose. From the Director of the
Bureau of Colonization, Asmara, 
Eritrea, Africa. Handsome, deciduous
shrub with climbing branches; 5 to 7
oblong-oval leaflets pubescent 
beneath, and rather compact 
inflorescences of white flowers, 1 1-2 to 2
inches across, fragrant with the odor
of musk. A native of southern Asia
and Abyssinia, not hardy in the north.

28234. ROSA ALPINA. Rose.
From the Director of the Botanic 
Garden, Cambridge, England. Handsome
free flowering shrub, native of Central 
Europe, with no or very few
spines, slender stems, 3 to 6 feet high,
and glabrous leaves, 2 to 6 inches
long, composed of 5 to 9 leaflets, 1-2
inch long, flowers solitary, deep pink,
1 1-2 inches across; fruit bright red,
narrowly bottle-shaped, 3-4 to 1 inch
long. Foliage fine and fruit handsome.
        