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many small white to pale-bluish-purple flowers in slender racemes 3 to 10 inches long. 

 Native to New Zealand. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



S0002. HEDYCHIUM GHALII . (Zingiberaceae . ) From India. Obtained from the Chandra 

 Nursery, Bengal. A tropical herbaceous perennial with stoloniferous roots, suitable 

 for planting in the colder regions if it is stored in a cool frost-free place during 

 the winter. The plant grows best in a moist, partially shaded site, and is well 

 adapted to water-side plantings. The stems are 2 to 4 feet high with alternate, 

 closely spaced, linear-oblong leaves 10 to 12 inches long and 1 to 1^ inches wide . 

 At Glenn Dale flowers are seldom produced. They are very sweet scented, marked with 

 yellow, in terminal spikes about a foot long. For trial out-of-doors only in the 

 warmer parts of the South unless the roots are stored over winter. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78706. HEDYCHIUM SP . From India. Collected by Capt . F. Kingdon Ward in the Mishmi 

 Hills, Assam, at an altitude of 6,000 feet, and presented by Major Lionel de Roths- 

 child, London, England. Similar in most respects to Hedychium ghalii . The stems 

 are 2 to 4 feet high, with alternate closely spaced oblong leaves 8 to 10 inches long 

 and 2 to 3 inches wide. The terminal spikes of 8 to 10 flowers appear in Sep- 

 tember. Each flower has a slender orange-yellow tube, narrow white petals, and a 

 white staminode about 1+ inches long and 1 inch wide, marked with orange-red at the 

 base. There is no appreciable fragrance. For outdoor trial only in the warmer parts 

 of the South unless the roots are stored over winter. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



10C629. HIBISCUS HUEGELII. (Malvaceae.) From Australia. Presented by Edwin Ashby, 

 "Wittunga," Blackwood, South Australia. A bushy evergreen shrub, native to Australia, 

 with 3- to 5-lobed coarsely toothed leaves 1 to 3 inches long and large violet-purple 

 flowers 4 to 5 inches across, with twisted petals, borne in May. Propagated vege- 

 tatively by softwood cuttings. For trial in southern California and southern Florida. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



76345. HYMENANTHERA CRASSIFOLIA . (Violaceae.) From France. Presented by Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Company, Verrieres-le-buisson, Seine-et-Oise . A dense half-evergreen 

 drought-resistant shrub up to 6 feet high, often with branches prostrate, with crowded 

 obovate leaves, small yellowish-white or brownish flowers and small berrylike white 

 fruits. It is useful for edging, also as a pot plant, and when so used should be 

 cut back heavily while young to induce free branching. The plant has withstood a 

 temperature of 11° F. It is propagated easily by cuttings. Native to New Zealand. 

 For trial in California and the Gulf States. (Chico, Calif.) 



62810 ILEX SIKKIMENSIS. (Aquifoliaceae . ) Holly. From India. Presented by the 

 Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. A moderately tall Himalayan tree with stout 

 branches, broadly oblong, leathery, spinose-dentate leaves 5 to 6 inches long, and 

 globular yellow berries. For trial in the milder parts of California and in the 

 Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



77685. INDIGOFERA INCARNATA . * (Fabaceae.) From France. Obtained from Leon Chenault 

 & Sen, Orleans. Var. Alba. A Chinese shrub, which in this climate is often herb- 

 aceous. Throughout the season it is a dense mass of rich green foliage, about 2 

 feet high, rather formal in habit. The racemes of showy white flowers, in May and 

 early June, do not extend beyond the foliage, but they are borne in such masses that 



