
          22975. ULMUS PUMILA. Chinese Elm. From Peking. Collected by Frank 
N. Meyer. A medium-sized tree remarkably resistant to drought, alkali, 
and extremes of temperature. It has proved exceptionally valuable as 
a shade tree in the semiarid regions of the United States, where it has 
made phenomenal growth. It also seems well adapted to the cold northern 
plains of this country. Recommended highly, especially for regions 
unsuited to most of the common shade trees.

50588. ULMUS PUMILA. Chinese Elm. Presented by the Forestry Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Peking, China.

49822. VANGUERIA INFAUSTA. Mispel. From South Africa. Presented 
by J. Burtt Davy, Johannesburg. A small tree with clusters of cherry-
like fruits. These are greenish, acidulous, and contain a single 
stone. The species is superior to Vangueria edulis in being more hardy, 
and as the stem does not grow more than 7 feet high, the fruits are 
easily gathered. It is introduced for trial in Florida and California.

54990. VANGUERIA INFAUSTA. Mispel. From Matania El Saff, Egypt. 
Presented by A. Bircher, director, Middle-Egypt Botanic Station.

47575. VERONICA ELLIPTICA. From New Zealand. Presented by James W. 
Poynton. A much-branched shrub or small tree 5 to 20 feet high with 
large, pale-green, leathery leaves edged with a white margin. The 
large flowers are white with purple lines, and their fragrance is delightful. 
The shrub should be tested as a hedge plant in the milder 
climates of the United States.

54758. VITIS AMURENSIS. Amur Grape. From Harbin, Manchuria. Presented 
by B. W. Skvortzow. This hardy Siberian grape grows in dry, exposed, 
scrubby land in mountainous places. Its value lies in its very 
vigorous hardy growth and the beautiful purplish hue of its foliage. 
It should be tested as an ornamental for porches and pergolas.

55098. VITIS DAVIDII. Grape. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., 
Paris, France. A luxuriant climber native to central China. The young 
shoots are covered with spiny, hooked, red bristles. The fruits are 
black, about 2/3 of an inch in diameter, and of pleasant flavor.

54297. WARSZEWICZIA COCCINEA. Scarlet Plume. From Panama. Collected 
by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. This remarkable tree 
is peculiar for bearing an enlarged colored sepal in each cluster of 
flowers which appears like a leaf of the most brilliant scarlet. The 
result in flowering time - which is of long duration - is to make the
tree a mass of the most gorgeous color, resembling some species of 
maple and sour gum. This tree blooms in the summer or wet season of 
Panama, where a great proportion of tropical trees bloom only in the 
dry season; hence it is unusually valuable as an ornamental. It is 
not, so far as can be ascertained, known in cultivation except at 
Trinidad where it was first discovered. It is native along the seacoast  
from Central America to Brazil.

43053. ZEPHYRANTHES sp. From El Banco, Bolivar, Colombia. Pre-

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