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the western and central Himalayas in India. The bipinnate leaves are made up of 4 

 to 6 pinnae, each bearing 6 to 7 leathery leaflets about I- inch long. The small 

 green flowers, in spikes 2 to 3 inches long, are followed by straight strap-shaped, 

 glossy, drab pods 2 to 3 inches long. For trial in southern Florida and southern 

 California, (Chico, Calif.) 



114846. ACACIA SP, From southern India. Collected at Coimbatore by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. It is said that in its native home, this is a tree 60 

 feet high with a trunk 18 inches in diameter. (Supply very limited.) For trial 

 in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



124723. ACACIA SP . From Turkey. Collected at Ankara by H. L. Westover and F. L. 

 Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. A spiny acacia with bipinnate, blue-green leaves. 

 For trial in the Gulf region and the milder parts of California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



102738. ACER ARGUTUM . Maple. From Manchuria. Obtained from Manshu Nosan Shokai, 

 Inc., Dairen. A graceful, shrubby, deciduous tree with erect branches and doubly 

 serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The flowers, produced in April before the leaves, 

 are greenish yellow, and the keys are borne in hanging racemes. This tree is native 

 to the mountain woods of Japan and makes an elegant appearance with its pale-green 

 leaves during the summer and its purple-brown branches in the winter. For trial in 

 all but the coldest parts of the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



S5540. ACER CARPINIFOLIUM. Hornbeam maple. From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai 

 Shokubutsu Yen, Yamamoto, near Kobe. A tree up to 30 feet high with oblong sharp- 

 pointed doubly serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, short racemes of greenish flowers, 

 and glabrous keys about an inch long. The bright-green hornbeamlike leaves turn 

 bright brownish yellow in autumn. (Supply very limited.) For trial in all but the 

 warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



101172, ACER SIEBOLDIANUM MICROPHYLLUM . * Maple. Seedlings from trees growing on 

 the campus of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, the seeds having been presented 

 by Prof. L. L. Blundell. A shrub or small tree, native to Japan, with 7- to 9-lobed 

 leaves only 2 inches broad. It is related to Acer p almatum but is somewhat coarser. 

 The small yellowish flowers are borne on nodding peduncles and the keys, less than 

 an inch long, spread at an obtuse angle. For trial from southern New England and 

 central New York southward and west of the Rocky Mountains. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



90654. ACER TEGMENTOSUM. Maple. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett and 

 W. J. Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry. An interesting green-barked maple, a small 

 tree or large shrub, found on the mountainside. The rather large leaves, similar 

 to Acer ruf inerve , are three to five-lobed, and somewhat rugose, and the keys are in 

 long racemes. (Supply very limited.) For trial in all but the coldest parts of the 

 United States. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



90655. ACER TRIFLORUM. MAPLE. From Manchuria, Obtained by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. 

 Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry, from the Forestry Department of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station of the South Manchurian Railway. A tree up to 25 feet high, with 

 glabrous branchlets. The leaves are made up of 3 oblong-lanceolate leaflets with 

 entire or coarsely toothed margins, and the flowers, in groups of 3, are followed by 



