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123367. FRAXINUS GREGGII. (Oleaceae.) From New Mexico. Collected by L. N. Goodding, 

 Soil Conservation Service. A large shrub, or small tree, to 25 feet, native to Texas 

 and New Mexico. With its persistent, rich-green leaves, composed of 3 to 7 small 

 leathery leaflets, it is a very effective ornamental tree. For trial in the warmest 

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



123214. GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM. (Fabaceae.) Mata raton. From India. Collected at 

 Bangalore, Mysore, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Native to Central 

 America and northern South America. A small tree up to 30 feet high with alternate 

 compound leaves. The snowy pink flowers resemble those of the black locust in size and 

 are borne in great quantity before the leaves in spring. (Supply limited.) For 

 trial in the warmest parts of Florida and southern California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



82356. GREWIA BILOBA.* (Tiliaceae.) From Chosen, Collected at the Forestry Ex- 

 periment Station, Keijo, by P . H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 A shrub 6 to 9 feet high, native to northern China. The rhombic-ovate leaves, 2 to 5 

 inches long, are unequally and doubly serrate, sometimes 3-lobed, and are densely 

 stellate pubescent beneath. The creamy-yellow flowers, about •§• inch across, are borne 

 in 5 to 8-flowered umbels, and are followed by bright orange-red 2 to 4-lobed fruits 

 that persist, unchanged, all winter. The fruits may be used indoors for decoration, 

 as they keep indefinitely. For trial in all but the coldest and hottest parts of the 

 country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



110125. GYPSOPHILA TIANSCHANICA. * (Silenaceae . ) From the Soviet Union. Presented 

 by the Botanic Garden, Alma-Ata, Turkistan. Native to Siberia. An erect herbaceous 

 perennial about 8 inches high, with narrow-lanceolate leaves, closely allied to Gyp - 

 sophila altissima . Its tiny white flowers, borne proufsely in numerous short corymbs, 

 give the light foamy effect so characteristic of Gypsophila. Its smaller size should 

 make it very useful. For trial throughout the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



100629. HIBISCUS HUEGELII. (Malvaceae.) From Australia. Presented by Edwin Ashby, 

 "Wittunga," Blackwood, South Australia. A bushy evergreen shrub, native to Australia, 

 with 3- to 5-lobed coarsely toothed leaves 1 to 3 inches long and large violet-purple 

 flowers 4 to 5 inches across, with twisted petals, borne in May. Propagated vege- 

 tatively by softwood cuttings. For trial in southern California and southern Florida. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



124242. HOLOPTELEA INTEGRIFOLIA. * (Ulmaceae.) From India. Collected at Chirita, 

 Gaya, Bihar, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tall, deciduous tree closely 

 related to Ulmus, which attains great size in its native home. Its leaves are obovate 

 acuminate in shape, rich glossy green in color and as much as 6 inches long. It promi- 

 ses to make an attractive shade tree in the hotter, drier climates of the South and 

 Southwest. For trial in the lower South, the Southwest and on the Pacific coast. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



41391. H0M0I0CELTIS ASPERA. (Ulmaceae.) Presented originally by the P. J. Berckmans 

 Co., Augusta, Ga. The present plants are from seed of a tree grown by Victor E. Lent, 

 Sorrento, Fla. A Japanese ornamental tree, up to 60 feet high, having the appearance 

 of a hackberry (Celtis spp.), with the slender branches forming a dense head, rather 

 inconspicuous greenish flowers, and small black drupes. Cultivated for its foliage 

 and sometimes planted as a shade tree. For trial from Georgia southward and on the 

 Pacific coast. Supply very limited. (Chico, Calif.) 



