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113192. LONICERA SP. (Caprifoliaceae . ) Collected at Chimiste Ula, Suiyuan Province, 

 China, by the Asiatic Expedition. A slow-growing shrubby honeysuckle with small, ovate 

 gray-green leaves. For trial in the northern United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



22982. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE. From China. Collected at Soochow, Kiangsu, by F. N. 

 Meyer. Native name, Cho mei . An ornamental evergreen shrub, allied to the witch-hazel, 

 sometimes growing into a small tree. It bears elliptical to ovate dark green leaves 

 about 1^ inches long and in early spring is covered with delightfully fragrant white 

 flowers having slender strap-shaped petals half an inch long. It may be grown in a 

 cool greenhouse, as well as out-of-doors where the winters are not too severe. It 

 withstands summer heat in full sun at Chico, Calif., without irrigation. For pot 

 culture a soil containing peat and sand is best. For trial out-of-doors from Phila- 

 delphia southward to the Gulf and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



77606. METROSIDEROS T0MENT0SA. (Myrtaceae.) Irontree. From New Plymouth, New Zea- 

 land. Obtained from Duncan and Davies. A freely branching tree, native to New 

 Zealand, up to 60 feet high and 4 feet in diameter, with coriaceous broadly ovate 

 gray-green leaves, 2 inches long, tomentose beneath, and terminal cymes of flowers 

 conspicuous for their long scarlet stamens as in the other bottlebrushes. For trial 

 in the moister localities of southern California and in southern Florida. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



82395. N0TH0SC0RDUM FRAGRANS.* (Liliaceae.) From Germany. Obtained from Haage & 

 Schmidt, Erfurt. A bulbous plant native to tropical America, closely related to the 

 alliums. The odorless, glaucous, linear leaves are 8 to 12 inches long and are borne 

 in a basal rosette. The flowers are recurrent throughout the season, in umbels on 10 

 to 20-inch scapes. They are white or greenish white flushed with pink, with pinkish 

 stamens, and are mildly fragrant. It is probably most useful for naturalizing or for 

 rock gardens. For trial throughout the South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



124007. 0NC0BA ROUTLEDGEI . (Flacourtiaceae . ) From Egypt. Received from Alfred 

 Bircher, El Saff, through the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba. A handsome, spiny shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, with alternate lanceo- 

 late, glossy-green, persistent leaves about 4 inches long. The showy fragrant flowers 

 are borne rather freely on the old wood, over a long period in late winter. The 8 to 10 

 pure white petals, about 1 to !L§ inches long, surround a mass of golden yellow stamens. 

 For trial in the warmest parts of Florida and southern California or under glass. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



67087. 0RTH0SANTHUS MULTIFLORUS . * (Iridaceae.) From Blackwood, South Australia. 

 Presented by Edwin Ashby, "Wittunga." A charming Australian irislike plant with a 

 short perennial rhizome, and flat, grasslike radical leaves up to 2 feet in length. 

 The sky-blue flowers are in a several-flowered oblong spike, borne on a stem 1 to 2 

 feet high and are open only in the morning. For trial on the southern California 

 coast and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



128302. PITHECOCTENIUM CYNANCHOIDES .* (Bignoniaceae . ) From Argentina. Collected 

 near Cordoba by H. L. Blood and L. Tremelling, Bureau of Plant Industry. A woody 

 vine climbing by tendrils on the leaves. The large pure-white trumpet-like flowers 

 are usually borne in terminal pairs throughout the year. For trial in the warmest 

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



