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733SS. SYCOPSIS SINENSIS. (Hamameiidacsae . ) From England. Obtained from G. Reuthe, 

 Foxhill Kardy Plant Farm, Keston, Kent. A moderately hardy evergreen Chinese shrub 

 .or sniall tree to 25 feet high, with elliptic-lanceolate leaves 4 inches long, lustrous 

 above and pale gresn beneath. The small heads of flowers, conspicuous only from their 

 red anthers, are borne in February and March. Softv/ood cuttings root readily during 

 the summer. As the plant commcnly grovrs it makes a near-shrub which should be quite 

 useful from Tennessee southward, (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



127761. "HEX SP. (Verbenaceae. ) From Afghanistan. Collected at 5C00 feet alti- 

 tude, near Kandahar, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A shx-ub with palmate 

 leaves ar.d spikes of small, purple, v/hite-throated flov/ers, found growing in a clump 

 3 to 4 feet high in a river bed. For trial as an ornamsntal in mild-wintered regions. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



141230. XYLOSw:A SENTICOSA. (Flacourtiaceae. ) From Canton, China. Collected by 

 F. A. MoClure, Bureau of Plant Industry. A very ornamental and shapely large shrub 

 or-siall tree having dansa glossy foliage. The species is dioecious, the pistillate 

 plants producing an abundance of small, dark-red fruits which are borne in short- 

 stamned clusters along the branches. The plants hers offered are staminate only and 

 are of a thornless strain. For trial in the warmest parts of California and the Gulf 

 region. (Chico, Calif.) 



115238. ZEFKYRANTHES SP. (Amaryllidaceae. ) From Mexico. Received from Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Veracruz. Au unidentified zephyranthes very similar to 

 Z. tub igpatha . The flowers are pure v/hite, goblet-shaped, 1:|- to 1^ inches across; 

 they are borne on stems 6 to 8 inches tall, throughout the spring and summer. The 

 bright-green leaves, 4 to 5 in number, are less than i inch wide and 8 to 12 inches 

 long. They, too, are borne during the spring and summer. For trial in the Gulf 

 region and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



BA MBOOS. 



For the convenience of experimenters, the bamboos of which plants are avail- 

 able are listed all together here. The shipping weight ranges usually from 1 to 2 

 pounds per plant. • Bamboos in general require a moderately moist well-drained soil, 

 of good fertility. Attention of experimenters is directed to the fact that small 

 bamboo plants, eve n more than most ot her plants, require frequent watering until well 

 established; this means for at least 2 or 3 months after planting. 



77004. ARUNDIKARIA SP. (Poaceae.) Bamboo. From China. Collected at Chiuhwashaan, 

 Anhwei Province, by F. A. McClure, Bureau of Plant Industry. A hardy running bamboo 

 up to 15 feet high, with tough thick-v;alled culms up to 3/4 inch in diameter, purplish 

 gfeen when young. The pith is chambered, with the diaphragms nearly 1^ inches apart. 

 Th3 nodes are prominent and the branches 3 to usually 5, acutely ascending, the middle 

 one the largest. The leaves are soffiwhat drooping, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 3 to 7 inches long and ^ to 7/8 inch wide. The plant resembles Se miaru ndin aria 

 f astuoga in general habit, and the culm sheaths mostly fall the first year. No 

 special uses for the culms are reported from China. For trial from the northern 

 Gulf region to North Carolina and on the Pacific coast, (Savannah, Ga.) 



77010. ARUNDINARIA SP. Bamboo. From China. Collected at Taaihohhan, Anhwei Prov- 

 ince, by F. A. McClure, Bureau of Plant Industry. Chinese name L iu chuK. A running 



