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103776. EUONYMUS JAPONICUS. From Japan. Collected by P. M. Dorsett and W. J. 



Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry, in Heibya Park, Tokyo. This form is a tree 20 feet 



high, the fruits of which are said to be 1- to 2-seeded, reddish in color, and borne 



on rather stiff stems that stand up among the leaves. For trial from Washington, j^ 



D. C, and Tennessee southward and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123208. EUPATORIUM SP. Asteraceae. From Bengal, India. Collected at Dacca by 

 Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An erect to semi-scandent shrubby perennial. 

 The lavender, ageratum-like flowers are very freely produced. It should be useful 

 in the mixed perennial border, or in background plantings. For trial in the lower 

 South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



116869. EURYA JAPONICA. (Theaceae.) From Hunan Province, China. Presented by A. N. 

 Steward, University of Nanking. A shrub 5 feet high, grown for its foliage. It is 

 related to the camellias and requires much the same culture. The alternate glossy 

 evergreen leaves are lanceolate, about 4 to 5 inches long, dark green at maturity, 

 but reddish when young. The flowers are greenish white and are borne in small axil- 

 lary clusters. For trial indoors or in the open in the warmest parts of Florida and 

 California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114748. FORDIOPHYTON FABERI. (Melastomaceae . ) From Szechwan Province, China. 

 Presented by the Botanic Garden, Nanking. A tropical much-branched shrub to 2 feet, 

 similar to the osbeckias in appearance. The opposite leaves are from 2 to 4 inches 

 long, narrowly ovate, dark glossy green above and reddish beneath. The flowers are 

 nearly an inch across and dark rose in color with large conspicuous yellow stamens. 

 For trial under glass and in the warmest parts of Florida and California. (Glenn 

 Dale. Md.) 



S8145. FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA DENSIFLORA. Oleaceae. From England. Obtained from 

 Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts. A shrub with spreading and pendulous branches, 

 and much crowded, flat, rather pale flowers with slightly recurved lobes. For trial 

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



111356. FRAXINUS GRIFFITHII. Oleaceae. From China. Received from H. H. Chung, 

 Wuchang, Hupeh Province. A handsome tree, about 45 feet high, native to the mountain- 

 ous areas of western China and northeastern India, v.'ith leathery, elliptic, entire 

 leaflets about 4 inches long. The small white flowers are in large, loose, bracted 

 panicles. For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



122091. GENTIANA TIBETICA.* Himalayan gentian. From India. Collected by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An erect herbaceous perennial If feet high, native 

 to Tibet, with oblong-ovate leaves, 5 to 7 inches long, and small dull yellowish- 

 white axillary flowers an inch long. For trial in the Northern States. (Glenn 

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18579. GLEDITSIA SINENSIS. (Caesalpiniaceae. ) Chinese honeylocust. From China. 

 Collected near Peiping by Frank N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A hardy, spiny, 

 leguminous tree, up to 40 feet high, native to China. The pinnate leaves are 5 to 7 

 inches long. The pods, commonly 4 to 7 inches long by 1 to 1\ inches wide, are used 

 in China instead of soap, and the tree is often called the "soap-pod tree." The trees 



