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

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

 pact clump of 15 to 25 stems about 2 feet high. The gray-green leaves are narrov/- 

 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. AGASTACKE CANA. From Arizona. Collected at Hillsboro Canyon by L. N. 

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

 116854). (Glenn Dale, Md.) / 



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 21969. ALBIZZIA KALKORA.* (Mimosaceae . ) From China. Collected near Boshan, Shan- , 



tung, by F. N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. An ornamental tree up to 30 feet 

 high, with bipinnate leaves with oblong leaflets 3/4 to 1^ inches long and cream- 

 colored flower heads. The tree has proved hardy at Asheville, N. C. For trial from 

 southern Virginia to the Gulf and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



138691. ALBIZZIA KALKORA, From North Carolina. Presented by Wm. A. Knight, Bilt- 

 more, from a tree originally sent out by the Bureau of Plant Industry. Same descrip- 

 tion as for the preceding (P. I. No. 21969). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129924. ALBIZZIA SP . From China. Collected at an altitude of about 7,500 feet, 

 near Guhtzun, Muli, Yunnan, in the southeastern Himalayas, by T. T. Yu, with the 

 Yunnan Expedition of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, and presented by the 

 Arn.old Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. For trial in the Gulf region and the milder 

 parts of California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



136847. ALBIZZIA SP . From South Australia. Collected at Milang and presented by 

 J. Howard Johnson, St. Peters. A shrub or small tree 10 to 12 feet high, with yellow 

 flower heads up to 3 inches long by 1-|- inches in diameter. It v/as found growing on a 

 reclaimed swamp in which the soil is said to be very saline and to be subject to 

 overflow at times. The seeds, which are reported sometimes to be eaten by the ab- 

 origines, are said when broken and moistened to give off an offensive odor. For 

 trial in southern California and the milder parts of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



124982. ANTIDESMA PLATYPHYLLUM . (Euphorbiaceae . ) From Cuba. Presented by the 

 Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos. A tree 20 to 30 feet high, 

 native to the Hawaiian Islands. The subcoriaceous, ovate to obovate leaves are 3 to 

 5 inches long and the small flowers are followed by flattened suboblique red fruits 

 about one-half inch long. For trial in the warmest parts of Florida and Southern 

 California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



23014. ASPARAGUS SP . * (Convallariaceae . ) From China. Collected at Hangchow, 

 Chekiang, by Frank N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A very small evergreen as- 

 paragus attaining ordinarily a hpig'ht of only 3 to 5 inches. It is used as a border 



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