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119262. RHAMNUS SP.* From India. Collected at Bandrole, Kulu, Punjab, by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Collected at an elevation of 5,000 feet. A v/ell- 

 formed evergreen tree v/ith a trunk to 1 .foot in diameter, with large trusses of 

 creamy flowers, and opposite lanceolate bright-green leaves. For trial throughout 

 the South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



115811. RHUS LANCEA.* (Anacardiaceae . ) From South Africa. Received from McGregor 

 Museum, Kimberley. A small evergreen tree with gray bark and numerous slender branches. 

 The leaves are long-stalked and the lanceolate linear leaflets are 4 to 5 inches long. 

 Native to the Cape of Good Hope. At Chico, California, small plants of this species 

 have withstood high summer temperatures without injury, but were mildly injured in a 

 winter temperature of 12° F. For trial in the warmer parts of the Southwest and Gulf 

 region. (Chico, Calif.) 



119293. RHUS VIMIMALIS.* From South Africa. Received from the McGregor Museum, 

 Kimberley. Native name karree boom. A hardy evergreen tree up to 30 feet high and 

 of equal spread, reported to withstand drought and some frost. It grows readily from 

 seeds, cuttings, or poles or stumps set in moist ground and kept moist until growth 

 starts. The tree is said to prefer a thin, limestone soil but to thrive on other 

 soils. It is considered an excellent timber for gate and fence posts. In South 

 Africa, sheep and goats are reported to browse on the foliage, and the sweetish 

 fruits to be eaten by children and poultry. The karree boom should be tested as a 

 street or shade tree as it is stated to be hardier and more ornamental than Schinus 

 molle , which it resembles in habit. For trial more especially in the southwest but 

 also in less humid localities of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



44401. RUBUS IRENAEUS . Presented by Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, England. 

 A prostrate, prickly, evergreen shrub, native to central and western China, with 

 white flowers, large red or yellow inedible fruits, and simple leaves suggesting 

 those of coltsfoot. It is not known to have fruited as yet in this country. For 

 trial in the southern half of the United States. (Savannah, Ga. ) 



22987. SAGERETIA THEEZANS . * (Rhamnaceae . ) From China. Collected at Soochow, 

 Kiangsu, by Frank N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A gracefully spreading shrub 

 of rapid growth, becoming at times 10 feet across. The foliage is dense and is almost 

 evergreen in mild climates; the leaves appear very early in the spring and persist 

 until late fall. The color is a fine, light, bright green. Although the many small 

 flowers are rather inconspicuous, they have a fine fragrance and are produced in the 

 fall. A valuable ornamental shrub. For trial throughout the southern United States. 

 (Chico. Calif.) 



17737. SALIX MATSUDANA UMBRACULIFERA* . Willow. From China. Collected by the late 

 F. N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A handsome hardy Chinese willow with a dense, 

 flattened-globular crown. The branches are long, slender, and tinged with red toward 

 the tips. Probably hardy throughout the northern United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



118649. SAMBUCUS SP.* (Caprifoliaceae . ) Elderberry. From India. Collected at 

 Eandipur, Kashmir, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An herbaceous peren- 

 nial, producing masses of stems to a height of 4 to 5 feet, carrying large compound 



