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101290. PITTOSPORUM BUCHANANI . (Pittosporaceae . ) From New Zealand. Obtained from 

 A. Wilkinson, Tauranga. A handsome evergreen shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, 

 native to New Zealand. The elliptic to lanceolate, membranous leaves, 2 to 5 inches 

 long, are glabrous and glossy when mature and the small dark-purple flowers are borne 

 in axillary clusters. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



105620. PITTOSPORUM GLABRATUM.* (Pittosporaceae.) From China. Collected at an 

 altitude of 1,100 feet near Ta Tseh Tsuen, Yung Hsien, Kwangsi Province, by Albert N. 

 Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. To the many useful evergreen pit- 

 tosporums should be added this very handsome species from northeastern India and 

 central China. It makes a large shrub or small tree about 10 feet high, well covered 

 with glossy dark green leaves 3 to 5 inches long, and bears inconspicuous but fragrant 

 yellow flowers followed by globose orange fruits that burst, exposing red seeds. 

 Vegetative propagation is by terminal softwood cuttings. For trial in California and 

 the milder parts of the southern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111371. PITTOSPORUM GLABRATUM.* From China. Presented by H. H. Chung, National 

 Wu-Han University, Wuchang. Collected in western Hupeh. Same description as for the 

 preceding (P. I. No. 105620). Plants of this introduction have withstood a maximum 

 temperature of 113° F. and a minimum of 12° F., under lath at Chico, and appear to be 

 suited to pot culture. (Chico, Calif.) 



1297S8. PRATIA TREADWELLII. ( Campanulaceae . ) From New Zealand. Received from the 

 Botanic Garden, Christchurch. A prostrate branching herbaceous perennial with stems 

 \ to 1 foot long, small dark-green broadly ovate leaves, and solitary white flowers, 

 large for the genus, which are followed by purplish-red berries. Native to New 

 Zealand. For trial on the Pacific coast and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



1329C6. QUERCUS GLAUCA. (Fagaceae.) Blue Japanese oak. From South Carolina. Pre- 

 sented by Mrs. Julia Lester Dillon, Sumter. A handsome evergreen tree, native to 

 Japan, 45 feet high, with ovate dentate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, usually rounded at 

 the base, lustrous above and glaucous beneath. The ellipsoid acorns, nearly an inch 

 long with cups saucer-shaped, or deeper, have several concentric silky pubescent 

 rings. The tree is one of the hardier evergreen oaks, closely related to Que reus 

 myrsinaefolia, almost as hardy, and is clearly distinguished from the latter only by 

 the glaucous under surface of the leaves and the tendency toward rounded leaf bases. 

 For trial throughout the South and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



74222. QUERCUS MYRSINAEFOLIA . Oak. A handsome evergreen Japanese oak up to 40 feet 

 high, differing from the preceding, Que rcus glauca, mainly in having the leaves dull 

 light green instead of glaucous beneath and having the leaf bases cuneate instead of 

 rounded. It is considered to be somewhat hardier than Q. glauca. For trial from 

 Philadelphia and the Ohio River southward and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



128995. QUERCUS SP . (Fagaceae.) From China. Collected by R. C. Ching, in Opie 

 Hsien, and presented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum, Kiukiang. A handsome evergreen oak 

 with bright-green entire lanceolate leaves about 4 inches long. The plants are 

 vigorous and apparently capable of withstanding considerable abuxe. For trial from 

 Washington, D. C. southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



