a 
Descriptive List 
Numbers preceding plant names are P. I. numbers, and 
in correspondente concerning any plant, both 
- mumber and'name always must be given. 
Items marked with asterisk (*) available to nurserymen in 
larger quantity for propagation. 
23014. ASPARAGUS SP.* (Convallariaceae.) From China. Collected at Hangchov, 
Chekiang, by Frank N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A very small evergreen 
asparagus, attaining ordinarily a height of only 3 to 5 inches. It is used as 
a border along paths in small gardens and requires a shady situation. The 
plant endures light frosts without injury. It has proved satisfactory as a pot 
plant only while small, after having been grown under lath shade. New shoots that 
develop indoors grow tall and spindly and are unattractive. For trial in the 
middle and lower South and in southern (California. (Savannah, Ga.) 
139560. CASTANOSPERMUM AUSTRALE. (Fabaceae.) Moreton-Bay-—chestnut. From Floride 
Presented by David K. Stabler, Mountain Lake Park, Lake Wales, through J. B. 
Berry, Waverly, Fla. A large and beautiful leguminous tree, native to. Queensland 
and New South Wales, with large evergreen pinnate leaves having 11 to 15 broad 
entire leaflets, and racemes of yellowish-green flowers which later become yellow 
to deep orange. The thick short subcylindric pods are 6 to 8 inches long by 
about 2 inches in diameter and contain 3 to 5 large seeds, resembling chestnuts, 
that are poisonous. For trial in southern and central Florida and southern 
California. (Savannah, Ga.) 
140276. CUPRESSUS SP.* (Pinaceae.) Oypress. From Afghanistan. Collected in 
a garden-at Nimla, br Wilbur Harlan. A tree that in the young stage is vigorous 
and has reddish-brown branches with attractive blue-green foliage. For trial 
in the Southern States-and on the Pacific Coast. (Chico, Calif.) 
142487.  EHRETIA DICKSONI.* (Boraginaceae,) From California. Presented by 
Dr. I. J. Condit, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California, who obtained 
it from the Bard Estate, Oxnard, Calif. A deciduous tree 25 or rarely 50 feet 
high, with broadly elliptic acute leaves, rhomboid or rounded at the base, ser-— 
rate, rough-above and pubescent beneath. Native to southwestern China and 
northern India, The flowers, variable in size and somewhat fragrant, are in a 
terminal bristly compound panicle; the fruits are yellowish drupes about 1/2 inch 
in diameter, which keep dropping. as they mature. The light but tough and strong 
wood is used in China for carrying-poles. For trial in southern California and 
in the warmer parts of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
