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118605. LAVATERA SP.* (Malvaceae.) From India. Collected at 5.300 feet altitude 

 at Bandipur, Kashmir, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A perennial holly- 

 hock-like plant, growing to 6 feet high and bearing large, single, rose colored 

 flowers. For trial in all but the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. C. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



107726 and 108764. LIGUSTRUM VULGARE. (Oleaceae.) European privet. From Rumania. 

 Collected at Babadag, Dobrogea, by Dr. Edgar Anderson, Balkan Expedition of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, in unusually cold and dry localities. (Supply very limited.) For 

 trial only in the colder parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



102228. LIGUSTRUM SP. Privet. Presented by L. Parde, Directeur des Ecoles For- 

 estieres des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret. A shrub up to 22 feet high, 

 resembling Ligusjtrum chenaultii . For trial in the more temperate parts of the 

 United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



73607. LIMONIUM OTOLEPIS. (Plumbaginaceae . ) Sea-lavender. From Tashkent, Turki- 

 stan. Presented by Hilaria Rajkova, Botanic Garden. A hardy herbaceous perennial, 

 native to Turkistan, with small, narrov/ly-oval leaves and rather small bluish-lav- 

 ender flowers in short spikes. At Chico, Calif., this plant has flowered freely in 

 full sun throughout summer and has withstood the high summer temperatures without 

 injury. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



82105. LIRIOPE GRAMINIFOLIA . * Snakebeard. From Chosen. Collected in the Imperial 

 Botanical Gardens, Keijo, by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 It grows about a foot high, with grasslike leaves and purple to whitish flowers half 

 an inch across, in racemes arising from scapes which appear through the leaves. It 

 is used in place of grass in situations where dense shade" and shallow rooting of 

 trees prevent the satisfactory growth of grass. For trial in the upper South and all 

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



1165S6. LOBELIA ROSEA. (Campanulaceae. ) From India. Received from the Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, through Dr. R. A. Fenton, Portland, Oregon. A stout herb 

 up to 12 feet high with horizontal branches drooping at the tips, native to the sub- 

 tropical slopes of the Himalayas in India. The narrowly lanceolate leaves, 6 inches 

 long, are velvety above, and the rosy white flowers, nearly an inch long are crowded 

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



122105. LOBELIA SP.* (Campanulaceae.) From India. Collected at Darjeeling, by 

 Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. From an altitude of 12,000 feet, in Sikkim. 

 The plant is perennial with a rosette of light green leaves up to 8 inches long. 

 The flowering stems are from 1 to 3 feet high, producing purple flowers in a somewhat 

 rigid raceme. For trial in the Southern States and in all but the warmest parts of 

 the Pacific coast region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) ( 



118608. LONICERA SP.* From India. Collected at 12,000 feet altitude along a 

 stream and on a dry slope, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An attractive 

 well-formed shrub to 8 feet high, with small, pale-green leaves. The fruits are a 

 lovely orange to orange-red. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



