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126978. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM HYSTRIX.* (Phoenicaceae.) Needle palm. From Savannah, 
Georgia. Obtained by D. A. Bisset and other members of the Plant Introduction 
Garden at Savannah. 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 vith leaves dark shiny green above 
and silvery gray beneath. Slender, snarp, black spines up to a foot long, 
project from the truck in every direction and also surround and protect the in- 
florescence. The staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on seperate plants. 
At Glenn Dale, plants survived the severe winter of 1939-40 with the protection 
of leaf litter. For trial on the Pacific coast and in the Middle and South 
Atlantic and northern Gulf regions. (Savannah, Ga.) 
44401. HRUBUS IRENABUS. Presented by Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, 
England. A prostrate, prickly, evergreen shrub, native to central and western 
China, with white flowers, large red or yellow inedible fruits, and simple 
leaves suggesting those of coltsfoot. It is not known to have fruited as yet 
in this country. For trial in the southern half of the United States. 
(Savannah, Ga.) 
27667. TILIA DASYSTYLA (T. rubra cavcasica). (Tiliaceae.) From USSR (Russia). 
Collected at Tiflis, Caucasus, by Frank N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A 
Deautiful native Caucasian shade tree, growing to large size and often to great 
age. It should be of value as 2 park and avenue tree in the mild—wintered 
sections of the United States and is recommended for trial in the warmer parts 
of California, the Southwest, and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 

