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135617. PRUNUS MAACKII . * (Amygdalaceae . ) Amur cherry. From Manchuria. Collected 

 near Hsiaolong, E. Harbin, by B. V. Skvortzov. A Manchurian bird cherry, 40 feet or 

 more in height, with ornamental, smooth, bright brownish-yellow bark which peels off 

 like that of a birch. The leaves are pointed and very finely toothed, and the white 

 flowers are in short racemes borne en the previous season's wood. For trial through- 

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



135618. PRUNUS PADUS . European bird cherry. From Manchuria. Collected near Hsiao- 

 long, E. Harbin, by B. V. Skvortzov. A small tree resembling the choke cherry (Prunus 

 virginiana) but with white flowers, larger and in loose racemes, which are followed 

 by small, rather tart, deep-red fruits. Many forms of the species, some under va- 

 rietal names, are in cultivation. For trial throughout the Northern States. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



45192. QUAMOCLIDION MULTIFLORUM. (Nyctaginaceae . ) Grown at the Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Chico, California. A low, diffusely branched, perennial herb with smooth 

 ovate leaves, and large purplish-red flowers in clusters in a broad calyx-like invo- 

 lucre. The showy flowers have a thick, rather long tube spreading into a wide limb. 

 Native from Colorado to western Texas and Arizona. For trial in all but the coldest 

 and warmest parts of the country. (Chico, Calif.) 



132906. QUERCUS GLAUCA . (Fagaceae.) Blue Japanese oak. From South Carolina. 

 Presented 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 relate to Q uercus 

 myrsina efolia, almost as hardy, and is clearly distinguished from the latter only 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, Quercus 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 ond on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



128917. RANDIA SP. (Rubiaceae.) From India. Collected at Londa, Bombay Presidency, 

 by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A small tree or shrub with attractive 

 bright-green glossy, finely pubescent leaves about 2 to 3 inches long. Some members 

 of this genus produce very large fragrant flov.'ers, either yellow or white, somewhat 

 resembling the gardenia, to which it is closely related. For trial in the warmest 

 parts of Florida and the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



126978. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM HYSTRIX.* (Phoenicaceae . ) Needle palm. From Savannah, Ga. 

 Obtained by D. A. Bisset and other member? of the Plant Introduction Garden at Sa- 

 vannah. An attractive hardy dwarf fan palm, native to the lowlands of South Carolina, 

 Georgia, and Florida, but very local in its distribution. It is now quite rare, and 

 appears to be approaching extinction as a wild plant. The 2-to 3-foot stems are 

 erect or creeping, with leaves dark shiny green above and silvery gray beneath. 

 Slender, sharp black spines up to a foot long, project from the trunk in every di- 



