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114860. ARISTEA ECKLONI . From Ceylon. Obtained at Nuwara, Eliya. by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. An iris-like plant from South Africa which has become 

 naturalized in the high altitudes of Ceylon. It is about 1|- feet high, with narrow 

 leaves about 10 inches long, and is very attractive with its numerous clusters of 

 brilliant blue flowers. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



117042. ARISTEA SP . * From Africa. Collected near St. Lucia Bay, Zululand, and 

 presented by the American Amaryllis Society through Dr. H. P. Traub, Orlando, Florida. 

 A tender perennial v/ith basal rosettes of iris-like leaves about 1 inch wide and up 

 to 24 inches high. The small fleeting sisyrinchium-like flowers, of a beautiful blue 

 color, are borne freely in a wide spray, in the spring and summer, making a fine 

 display in the garden. For trial in the lower South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



118367. ARISTOLOCHIA ARCUATA . From Brazil. Collected at Sao Paulo, by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A perennial twiner with membranous leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long and large, solitary, axillary, brownish flowers of grotesque shape. For 

 trial in the warmest parts of the Gulf region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



77173. ARTHROPODIUM CIRRHATUM. (Liliaceae.) From New Zealand. Presented by the 

 Town Clerk, Wanganui. An herbaceous perennial forming large clumps of hemerocallis- 

 like foliage above which rise the 3-foot branching flower stalks, each bearing many 

 white starry flowers, one inch or less across, much like an anthericum or paradisea. 

 It is similar to the anthericum in cultural requirements. For trial in the South-- 

 eastern States and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



77543, ARTHROPODIUM CIRRHATUM, From Nelson, New Zealand, Presented by A. Wilkinson, 

 Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the New Zealand Alpine and Rock Garden Society. Same 

 description as for preceding (P. I. No. 77173). (Chico, Calif.) 



23014. ASPARAGUS SP.* From China. Collected at Hangchow, Chekiang, by Frank N. 

 Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A very small evergreen asparagus, attaining a height 

 of only 3 to 5 inches. It is used as a border along paths in small gardens and 

 requires a shad e sit uation. The plant endures light frosts v/ithout injury. For trial 

 in the middle and lower South and in southern California. (Savannah, Ga.) 



93144. ASTER LINDLEYANUS . Lindley aster. Collected at Le Pas, Manitoba, by Knowles 

 A. Ryerson, Bureau of Plant Industry. A perennial aster up to 6 feet high, with rather 

 thick, sharply serrate, ovate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and loose panicles of pale- 

 blue or violet flower heads 1 inch across. It is native to the northern part of 

 North America. This is reported as an early summer-blooming strain with purple 

 flowers. In Maryland, in 1937, it began to flov/er in early July when 12 to 15 inches 

 high. For trial throughout the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



116581. ASTILBE RIVULARIS. (Saxif ragaceae . ) From India. Presented by the Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, through Dr. R. A. Fenton, Portland, Oregon. A late- 

 flowering astilbe with large plumy panicles of creamy-white flowers on stems from 3 

 to 5 feet high, A striking plant for the perennial border. For trial in all but 

 the coldest parts of the United States, needing protection in the regions of severe 

 winters. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



