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111353. CORNUS KOUSA CHINENSIS.* (Cornaceae.) From China. Presented by H. H. 

 Chung, National Wu Han University, Wuchang, Hupeh. A Chinese dogwood which becomes 

 about 25 feet high, with glossy dark-green, elliptic-ovate leaves nearly 8 inches 

 long. The flower heads, which appear in June after the leaves, are enclosed by a 

 showy involucre, 2 or 3 inches across, composed of white, pointed bracts; the globose 

 pinkish fruiting heads are about an inch across and are edible. The Chinese form 

 produces larger bracts than the better-known type form. For trial in all but the 

 colder States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



56304. COTONEASTER BUXIFOLIA VELLAEA. (Malaceae.) From western China. Collected 

 by J . F. Rock, Bureau of Plant Industry. A handsome evergreen shrub of slow growth, 

 forming low, dense, gray-green masses. In the fall, the plants are well filled with 

 small dull-red berries, either solitary or in small axillary clusters. For trial in 

 all but the coldest and hottest parts of the country. (Chico, Calif,) 



122078. COTONEASTER SP. From India. Collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Obtained at Darjeeling but grown at high altitudes in Sikkim. A very 

 handsome evergreen cotoneaster with small red fruits. The small, pointed, closely 

 spaced leaves are a pleasing gray-green. The very free branching and the wide spread 

 of the branches combine to give this plant an attractive habit. For trial from 

 Philadelphia southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



30249. CRATAEGUS DOUGLASII. (Malaceae.) From Sweden. Presented by Dr. Veit 

 Wittrock, Botanical Gardens, Albano, Stockholm. A North American tree up to 40 feet 

 high, with slender branches unarmed or with short spines; the leaves are ovate acute 

 and nearly glabrous. The ovoid fruits are lustrous black, with sweet light-yellow 

 flesh. For trial throughout the northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



130958. CRATAEGUS DUROBRIVENSIS . From England. Presented by the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew. A shrub up to 18 feet high, with ovate leaves and many large showy 

 flowers in compact corymbs. Native to northern United States. For trial in the 

 northern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



77674. DEUTZIA WILS0NI. (Hydrangeaceae . ) From France. Obtained from Leon Chenault 

 & Son, Orleans. A deciduous shrub, native to central China, with chestnut-brown 

 branchlets, elliptic leaves stellate pubescent beneath, and loose broad corymbs of 

 .white flowers each nearly an inch in diameter. This species grows more slowly and 

 produces fewer stems from the crown than most members of the genus. For trial in all 

 but the coldest and hottest sections of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



7S079. DEUTZIA. VAR. DISCOLOR ELEGANTISSIMA . From France. Obtained from E. Turbat 

 and Co., Orleans. The rosy white flowers, about three-fourths of an inch across, are 

 in many-flowered loose corymbs. The plants at maturity are about 4 feet high, and 

 almost as wide. They are unusually compact for the genus. (Supply limited.) For 

 trial in all but the hottest parts of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78124. DEUTZIA. VAR. CRENATA EMINENS . From France. Obtained from V. Lemoine & 

 Son, Nancy. A variety with tall erect stems, dark-green foliage, and large pyramidal 

 panicles of handsome flowers with reflexed glistening white petals. For trial in 

 all but the hottest parts of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



