^Descr iptive L ist. 



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, concerning items marked with 

 an asterisk (*) , 



124356. AEELIA. VAR. EDWARD GDUCHER. (Caprifoliaceae. ) A variety of Abelia grown 

 from a cross between A. grandiflora and A. schumannii, made at Glenn Dale, Md., 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. grandi flora . In the large 

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

 are at least as hardy as A. grajidi flora . For trial from Pennsylvania southward and 

 onthe the Pacific coast or wherever A. g rand ! flora succeeds. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



136841-2-3. ACACIA ARGYROPHYLLA. (Mimosaceae . ) From South Australia. Collected at 

 Milang and presented by J. Howard Johnson, St. Peters. An evergreen spreading shrub 

 or small tree, 12 to 20 feet high, with crooked trunk and branches. It grows in poor 

 sandy soil with a limestone subsoil. Native to Australia. The phyllodes are ob- 

 liquely obovate or oblong, rather broad, obtuse or mucronulate, silvery-silky, some- 

 times turning golden yellow, mostly f to 1| inches long. The yellow flower heads are 

 few and short, in axillary racemes or solitary, and the pods are linear to narrow- 

 elliptical. The wood is said to be used only for fuel. For trial in southern 

 California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



123145. ACACIA CONCINNA. From India. Collected at Madras by Walter Koelz, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Sikaka. A large, woody, and very prickly climber with bipinnate 

 leaves of 12 to 16 pinnae, 2 to 3 inches long, and small cream-colored to pink 

 flcwers in heads. The fruits are widely used as a hair dressing in India. Native to 

 tropical Asia. For trial in the warmer parts of California, the Southwest, and the 

 Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



132735. ACACIA KOA. Koa. From Hawaii. Presented by L. W. Bryan, Board of Commis- 

 sioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Kilo. 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 axil- 

 lary 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.) 



122767. ACACIA SP. From India. Collected at Calcutta by Walter Koelz, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. A shrub 8 feet high. The acacias from this region usually have 

 pinnately compound foliage and showy, often fragrant, flowers. For trial in southern 

 California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



