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with 6 tc 8 bright-green sword-shaped leaves ever a foot long in fan-like clusters 

 and several beautiful fugitive flowers about 2 inches across. The outer flower seg- 

 n:ents are obovate, white with basal cress marks of yellow and brown, and the inner 

 segments are small, reflexed, and bright blue. Native to Brazil. Well-grown potted 

 plants make attractive and durable houseplants. For trial outside in the warmest 

 parts of the Gulf region and southern California and indoors elsewhere. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



134361. ORMOSIA CALAVENSIS. (Fabaceae.) From the Philippine Islands. Presented by 

 the Bureau of Forestry, Manila. Bahai . A large tropical tree with handsome pinnate 

 leaves with 7 or 9 ovate leaflets. The violet-colored flowers are followed by small 

 wcody pcds containing 2 or 3 shov/y scarlet seeds, which are sometimes used as beads. 

 For trial only in the warmest parts of Florida and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



139455. PENSTEMON DISSECTUS . -■■ (Scrophulariaceae . ) From Geoi'gia. Collected along 

 Pendleton Creek, Toombs County, by D. Eyles, U. S. Public Health Service, Savannah. 

 A herbaceous perennial with stems 2 feet high and leaves of two types: the stem 

 leaves pinnatifid with linear segments and the basal leaves in rosettes, entire or 

 few toothed. The plants are vigorous and give promise of satisfactory behavior in 

 the moister climates of the east. The flowers are borne in loose panicles of one to 

 three clusters. The corolla, about an inch long and almost as much across the ex- 

 panded lobes, has a much-inflated throat. Externally it is light violet; internally 

 the lobes are bordered with a band of pleasing violet, and the tube is lined with 

 violet purple. T'..c plant is found in gravelly soil and on rock ledges on the Coastal 

 Plain. Seeds germinate readily. For trial in all but the coldest parts of the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



142270. PENSTEMON GLABER. From Nebraska. Presented by Glenn R. Viehraeyer, Nio- 

 brara. A form of this .handsome erect perennial herb up to 40 inches high, with glab- 

 rous and somewhat glaucous stems, leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, and 

 bright-blue flowers an inch long. The plant is very showy when in flower. Native 

 west of the Missouri River. The plant is said not to be particular as to kind of 

 soil but tc do best in full sun. Seed is best sown in the fall or very early in the 



spring. For trial in all except the hottest and coldest parts of the country. (Glenn 



Dale, Md.) 



S7279. PHILADELPHUS LEMCINEI. (Hydrangeaceae . ) Lenioine mockorange. From France. 

 Obtained from E. Turbat & Co., Orleans. Var. Coup d' Argen t. One of the several hy- 

 brid varieties made between Phil ad e lphus microphyllus and P. coronariu s. The plant is 

 of distinct habits the stems being woodier and less canelike than in other varieties. 

 It thus tends tc produce a single trunk, without the clumping tendency of the others. 

 The mature height is about 6 feet, v/ith an equal spread. The flowers are very large 

 (sometimes 3 inches across), double, pure white, and very fragrant. The variety is 

 very difficult to propagate but the best results have been obtained with soft-wood 

 cuttings under glass. For trial, pri m arily by nurserymen, in all but the coldest parts 

 of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123244. PICEA SMITHIANA.* (Pinaceae.) Himalayan spruce. From India. Obtained 

 through the Kulu Forest Service, Kulu, Punjab, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. The Himalayan spruce is a lofty tree found in the mountains of northwestern 



