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India at altitudes of 7,000 to 11,000 feet. The terminal, drooping, pale-green cones 

 are 4 to 6 inches long, and the stiff, she.rp, spirally arranged green leaves are 

 crcTfded into hanging, tail-like twigs when young. The wood is extensively used for 

 rough .•furniture and planking. For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts 

 of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



1C1290. PITTOSFORUM BUCHANANI . ( Pittcsporpceae . ) 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, Onlif . ) 



39135. PITTOSPORUM DAFHNIPHYLLOIDES . Frcru China. Collected by Albert N. Steward, 

 University cf Nanking, at 1,800 feet altitude, near Machaoho, Fang Chingshan, Kiang- . 

 kouhsien, Kweichow Province. An evergreen shrub about 15 feet tall, with elliptical 

 dai'k glossy green leaves 5 to 10 inches long, suggesting those of the genus Daphni- 

 phyllum, and with green fruits containing scarlet seeds. The shrub does well in par- 

 tial shade at Chico, Calif., even during the summer, but in full sun the foliage burns 

 seriously. It has survived uninjured a minimum temperature of 12° F. under lath and 

 is apparently adaptable to pot culture. Vegetative propagation is effected by termin- 

 al softwood cuttings. Fcr trial in the lower South and the Southwest and on the 

 Pacific coast. (Chicc, Calif.) 



111371. PITTOSPORUM GLABR.£.TUM. From China. Presented by H. H. Chung, National Wu- 

 Kan University, Wuchang. Collected in western Hupeh . To the many useful evergreen 

 pittosporums should be added this very handsome .species from northeastern India and 

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

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

 yellow flowers followed by globose orc.ng; fruits that burst, exposing red seeds. 

 Vegetative propagation is by term'inal softwood cuttings. Plants of this introducticn 

 have withstood a maxiffium tecperature of 113° F. and a minimum of 12° F., under lath 

 ot Chico, and appear to be suited to pot culture. For trial in California and the 

 milder parts of the southern states. {Chico, Calif.) 



134C34. PRATIA MACEODOi'I. (Cuapcnalaceae . ) From Nsw Zealand. Presented by the Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Christchurch. A fleshy herbaceous perennial v/ith stout stems :i to 4 

 inches long forming matted patches, with broadly obovate, orbicular, thick, leathery, 

 deeply and coarsely toothed cuncats leaves up to one-third inch long, and almost ses- 

 sile, pale-yellov;, fragrant flowers, large for the genus. Its growth at Glenn Dale 

 indicates tolerance of some shade. Native to New Zealand. For trial as a ground cover 

 in the mildest parts of the Gulf region and on the California coast. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



134033. PRATIA TREADWELLII . From New Zealand. Presented by the Botanic Garden, 

 Christchurch. A creeping branching densely-lcavcd perennial, rooting at the nodes, 

 with very saiall dark-green broadly ovate leaves and solitary white flowers, large for 

 the genus, which are followed by purplish-red berries. Native to New Zealand. In a 

 climate to which the plant is suited it may possibly serve as a substitute for lawn 

 grass. At Glenn Dale, it has shown a tolerance to partial shade. For trial on the 

 Pacific coast and in the Gulf region (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



