
          tree whose attractive white flowers are followed by large brilliant-
crimson, almond-shaped fruits. It is worthy of trial as an ornamental 
in the warmest portions of the United States.

55089. LIGUSTRUM DELAVAYANUM. Privet. Presented by Vilmorin-
Andrieux & Co., Paris, France. A hardy shrub first discovered by Abbe 
Delway in the mountains of Yunnan, China. In habit it is prostrate-
spreading, except for a few perfectly upright branches which rise from 
the center of the shrub to a height of about 10 feet. The shining dark-
green foliage, which is remarkably persistent, is similar to that of 
myrtle, and the white flowers and blue-black fruits make the plant a 
handsome ornamental.

56317. LIGUSTRUM IONANDRUM. Privet. From Yunnan. Collected by 
J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A compact ornamental hedge shrub, 
10 to 12 feet high, found among limestone bowlders on the Likiang Snow 
Range at altitudes of 10,000 feet.

56318. LIGUSTRUM sp. Privet. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. 
F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This species of privet, from water-
courses on the Likiang Snow Range at altitudes of 8,500 feet, reaches 
the size of a small tree. Its small, fragrant, cream-colored flowers 
are borne in large compound clusters.

56824. LIGUSTRUM sp. Privet. From China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental shrub which grows among lava 
bowlders in southwestern China at 6,000 feet altitude. The cream-
colored flowers are in large pyramidal clusters.

56319. LITSEA sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental shrub with small axillary clusters 
of flowers. It is found on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 
11,000 feet.

37643. LONICERA CHRYSANTHA. Honeysuckle. From Petrograd, Russia. 
Presented by the former director of the Imperial Botanic Gardens. An 
early flowering species native to eastern Russia, which has been found 
hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, Massachusetts. Its dark-red fruits are 
very ornamental.

39697. LONICERA MAACKII PODOCARPA. Honeysuckle. From Nanking, 
China. Presented by Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. An upright 
shrub native to northeastern Asia and central Japan where it occasionally 
reaches 15 feet in height. The large fragrant flowers are white, 
tinted rose, and the handsome fruit is dark red. This is remarkable 
as being the latest of the bush honeysuckles to bloom; the fruit and 
dark-green foliage last sometimes into late November.

55956. LONICERA XEROCALYX. Honeysuckle. From Yunnan, China. Collected 
by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A rare shrub 15 to 20 feet 
high which grows on alpine meadows at an altitude of 12,000 feet. It 
has horizontal branches, narrow leaves of rich green, and large golden 
yellow flowers which appear in May and June. The small fruits of tomato-

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