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43438. RUBUS sp. Mora blackberry. From Mr. Wilson
Popenoe, city of Guatemala, Guatemala. A wild species common
in the vicinity of San Lucas at an altitude of nearly 7,000 feet.
Plants resemble blackberries in habit and fruit. The flavor of the
fruit, however, is rather acid, suggesting both the blackberry and the
loganberry. The fruit is much used for preserves and for stewing.

22987. SAGERETIA THEEZANS. From F. N. Meyer, Soochow,
Kiangsu, China. Shrub, almost evergreen, with small, nearly
oblong leaves less than an inch long, bearing numerous short paniicles [panicles]
one-half to 1 inch long, of very small white flowers and small,
sweet, edible fruits. Leaves are said to be used like tea. Grown
rarely as dwarfed tree in pots. Chinese name Chuck mei tsang.
Belongs to the Rhamnaceae, or buckthorn family.

33135. SALIX FRAGILIS PENDULA. Weeping willow.
From Dr. L. Trabut, Mustapha, Algiers. An ornamental, weeping
form of the brittle willow; probably suited best for trial in California
and the Southwest. These cuttings may be from a male
plant.

29143. SALIX sp. Willow. From F. N. Meyer, Guldscha, Russian
Turkestan. A moderate-sized, hard-wooded tree with long,
very narrow leaves and reddish twigs. Of value for windbreaks and
as an ornamental garden and park tree in alkaline sections of the
United States. The young twigs are very pliable and may be employed
as a tying material.

41596. SAMBUCUS ADNATA. Red-berried Himalayan
elder. From Mr. R. E. Cooper, Bhutan, India. Spreading shrub,
4 to 8 feet in height, somewhat resembling the common elder (S.
canadensis) in habit and foliage, and bearing nearly flat corymbs,
10 inches across, of fragrant white flowers. The red fruits are
globose, about one-sixth of an inch in diameter. Collected at an
altitude of 9,000 feet.

43663. SAPINDUS VITIENSIS. Soapberry. From the Horticultural
Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo,
Egypt. Tree about 30 feet in height, with the branches covered with
warty bark. Leaves compound, the three or four pairs of leaflets
shiny green, 3 to 4 inches long. The numerous small white flowers
are borne in large terminal panicles. Native of the Fiji Islands.
        