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122768. ACACIA SP. From India. Collected at 5,000 feet altitude at Bandrole, Kulu, 

 Punjab, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A bushy tree of medium size, 

 growing in semiarid situations. For 2 weeks in the spring it is covered with small 

 heads of fragrant yellow flowers. For trial throughout the South. (Chico, Calif.) 



136845. ACACIA SP. From South Australia. Collected at Milang and presented by J. 

 Howard Johnson, St. Peters. A bushy, wide-spreading tree, 12 to 20 feet high, called 

 "coastal wattle." It is said to cover a considerable area of sandhills, directly on 

 the coast and a few miles inland, on the Southern York Peninsula. The trunk and limbs 

 are crooked and never more than 4 or 5 inches in diameter; the lower branches sweep 

 the ground. The foliage of entire leaflike blades is reported to be silvery green 

 and the flowers to be in racemes. The wood is used only for fuel. (Supply very 

 limited.) For trial in mild localities in southern California. (Chico. Calif.) 



13S846. ACACIA SP . From South Australia. Collected at Milang and presented by 

 J. Howard Johnson, St. Peters. A small tree similar to the preceding (P. I. No. 

 156845) and understood to vary only in minor respects. For trial in southern Cali- 

 fornia and the mildest parts of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



18578. ACER TRUNCATUM. (Aceraceae./ Maple. From China. Presented by Prof. 

 Hsen-Hsu Hu, Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping. An attractive round-headed 

 tree up to 25 feet high. The deeply 5-lobed leaves, truncate at the base, are 3 to 

 4 inches acrcss, and the greenish-yellow flowers, borne in erect corymbs, are followed 

 by winged fruits about 1 inch across which spread nearly at right angles. For trial 

 in the upper South and the milder parts of, the Northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



134350. AERIA ATTENUATA. (Phoenicaceae . ) Palma de Coyor. From Puerto Rico . Pre- 

 sented by Claud L, Horn, Agricultural Experiment Station, Mayaguez, The tallest of 

 the Puerto Rican palms, reaching a height of 60 to 100 feet. Its pinnate foliage 

 resembles that of the royal palm but is shorter; the trunk never exceeds 6 to 8 inches 

 in diameter. This palm, also known as the Coyure, is found only on limestone hills 

 and usually feeds upon nothing but the humus collected in the cracks of these rocks. 

 The large bunches of orange-red berries the size of a small cherry are very attractive 

 and in Puerto Rico are fed to chickens and pigs. For trial in the warmest localities 

 of southern Florida and southern California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



116854. AGASTACHE CANA.* (Menthaceae . ) From Texas. Presented by Miss Ruth Yeates, 

 El Paso. An attractive herbaceous perennial, woody at the base, that forms a compact 

 clump of 15 to 25 stems about 2 feet high. The gray-green leaves are narrow-ovate 

 and delightfully scented. Only a slight touch or wind movement is necessary to 

 release the fragrance. The purple-crimson flowers, in compact pyramidal panicles 

 about a foot long, are borne well above the foliage, from midsummer to frost. For 

 trial in all but the coldest states. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



133413. AGASTACHE CANA. From Arizona. Collected at Hillsboro Canyon by L. N. 

 Goodding, Soil Conservation Service. Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 

 116354). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



139448. AGASTACHE VERTICILLATA. * From New Mexico . Collected in the Animas Mountains 

 by L. N. Goodding, Soil Conservation Service. A perennial about 30 inches tall, 

 flowering the first year from seed. The ovate, gray-green leaves have a pleasant 



