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densely pubescent keys having wide-spreading, nearly straight wings about 2 inches 

 long. It is native to Chosen and Manchuria. (Few plants available.) For trial 

 throughout the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



102916. ADINA RUBELLA. (Rubiaceae.) Collected in Lu Sha, Kiangsi Province and 

 presented by A. N. Steward, University of Nanking. A vigorous, much-branched shrub . 

 The small opposite leaves are dark glossy green with a reddish tint and with a pro- 

 nounced reddish color when young. The dense heads of small flowers resemble those of 

 the American button-bush, Cephalanthus o ccid e nta lis, to which this plant is related. 

 For trial in all but the hottest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn 

 Dale, Kd.) 



79992. AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS. African lily. From India. Obtained from R. B. and 

 D. S. Pradhan, the Chandra Nursery, Bengal. Variety Mooreanus m inor . A dwarf form 

 of the type, 1^ feet high, with slender linear leaves and pleasing blue flowers in 

 small umbels in early summer. For trial from Philadelphia southward and on the 

 Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



116456. ALBIZZIA PROCERA.* (Miraosaceae . ) From India. Collected at Saharanpur 

 Gardens, United Provinces, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tall, hand- 

 some, tropical, leguminous tree, often 60 to 80 feet high, with greenish white bark, 

 large pinnately compound deciduous leaves, and terminal panicles of yellowish flowers. 

 In southern and eastern India, where the tree is native, the brown heartwood is used 

 for making tools. For trial in California and the Gulf states. (Chico, Calif.) 



93829. ALYOGYNE HAKEAEFOLIA . * (Malvaceae.) From Western Australia. Presented by 

 Miss Ida W. Richardson, Perth. An evergreen shrub 6 to 10 feet high, with narrOw- 

 lobed or deeply serrate leaves, and large purple-lilac flowers in May and June. It 

 may be grown in full sunlight or partial shade. Seeds germinate readily after a 

 resting period under dry conditions. Plants should be kept well cut back during the 

 first summer, and thereafter should be cut back each year, after flowering, to the 

 heavy framework previously established. The plant usually requires support. For 

 trial in the warmer parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



124003. ANGOPHORA LANCEOLATA . * (Myrtaceae.) From Egypt. Received through the 

 Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos, Cuba. A large evergreen tree, 

 native to New South Wales, closely related to the eucalyptus and resembling Euc a- 

 l yptus maculata . The opposite leaves, reddish in color, are sessile or scarcely 

 petiolate, oblong, and 3 to 5 inches long. Its wood is hard and heavy, but not as 

 durable as that of eucalyptus. For trial only in the warmest parts of southern 

 Florida, and of the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md) 



