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125217. CARMICHAELIA ODORATA.* From New Zealand. Obtained from Mrs. R. T. Richards, 

 Canterbury. A much-branched shrub, 3 to 10 feet high, leafy in spring and early 

 summer, closely allied to Cj. grandiflora , The slender erect racemes of purple, in- 

 tensely fragrant flowers are borne on pendulous branches in early summer. It is native 

 to New Zealand. For trial on the Pacific coast and in the mildest parts of the South. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



48663. CELTIS TALA. Ulmaceae. From Montevideo, Uruguay. Plants grown from seed 

 produced at Savannah, Georgia. A low spreading tree, sometimes shrublike in habit, 

 native to Uruguay. With the somewhat zigzag twigs, armed with a thorn at each angle, 

 the tree soon forms an almost impenetrable growth which gives it value for hedge 

 purposes. A single tree growing near Savannah, Georgia, has an attractive rounded 

 head and is nearly without trunk, branching freely from almost at the ground. The wood 

 is yellowish white and smooth and is said to be used in Uruguay for fence posts and 

 fuel. For trial in the Gulf States and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



128817. CESTRUM PARQUI . * (Solanaceae . ) Chilian oestrum. From Chile. Collected near 

 Santiago by H. L. Blood and L. Tremelling, Bureau of Plant Industry. A semihardy 

 nearly glabrous shrub with large lanceolate to oblong leaves. The long, tubular, 

 greenish-yellow flowers are sessile, in open panicles, and very fragrant at night. It 

 is much grown in warm countries where it blooms continuously. For trial in the lower 

 South and on the Pacific Coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



116S69. CISTUS VILLOSUS. Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected near Mersin by H. L. 

 Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. An erect hairy shrub, 3 to 4 

 feet high, with wrinkled, gray-green leaves and reddish-purple flowers about 2 inches 

 in diameter, borne singly or in threes in late spring and early summer. Native to the 

 Mediterranean region. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Chico, Calif.) 



122457. CISTUS SP . Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected near Mersin by H. L. Westover 

 and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. The color of the flowers of this plant 

 is unknown but the usual colors of this genus are white through rose to purple; these 

 are large and freely produced in terminal or axillary cymes, appearing in early summer. 

 The small, shrubby plants are seldom more than 30 inches high, but very freely branched, 

 and the leaves are gray-green. For trial in the lower South, in the Southwest, and on 

 the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123035. CISTUS SP. Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected south of Bursa, by H. L. 

 Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for P. I. 

 No, 122457. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



76013. CLEMATIS ARMANDI . Armand clematis. From France. Obtained from Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Paris. A beautiful evergreen clematis with fragrant white flowers, 

 characterized by the abundance and the persistence of its foliage. The glossy evergreen 

 leaves are leathery in texture and rather above medium size for clematis. The showy 

 flowers, 3-6 cm. across, in axillary panicles, are borne in April and May. This cle- 

 matis, very vigorous in growth, is considered one of the best of the group. Propagation 

 is by seeds or cuttings but seed must be planted as soon as mature and it requires 



