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is an evergreen of a pleasing dark-green color, will stand a few degrees of frost 
and makes a dense windbreak. For trial along the coasts of the miider parts of Caii- 
fornia and the south. (Chico, Caiif.) 
81673. OXALIS TUBEROSA. From Bogota, Columbia. Presented by Hernando Villa. Native 
name Ibia. A plant native to South America and related to wood-sorrel of the United 
States. It is grown in the Andes for its edible tubers. For trial in Californie and 
the Gulf region. (Bell, Md.) 
77945. PENTAS MUSSAENDOIDES. Rubiaceae. From Madagascar. Collected by Charles 
F. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Prof. Henry Humbert, University of Algiers. 
A tender evergreen subshrub, probably of greatest use in the greenhouse, where it 
bears in January large panicles of 5-lobed tubular lavender flowers that are sub— 
tended by large persistent lavender bracts. Probably can be grown outside in southern 
California and southern Florida. (Bell, iid.) 
55713, PHYLLOSTACHYS NEVINII. Stake-and-forage Bamboo. From China. A hardy ban- 
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boo of the running type. Culms of maximum height, 20-25 feet, are not produced until 
5 or 6 years after the setting out of small plants. This bamboo has vigorous running 
rhizomes (underground stems) which spread rapidly in the ground in all directions 
and from which new culms arise. A thicket is thus formed, which eventually becomes a 
sort of forest as culms of large size are produced. The culms may be cut for use 
after the end of their third season, when they have reached maximum hardness. The 
culms are useful for plant stakes for peas, chrysanthemums, etc., small fish poles, 
and other purposes on the farm. The species has withstood temperatures of 5 degrees 
below zero with little injury to the leaves. Depending upon the kind of soil, the 
rhizomes travel to depths of 2 to 3 feet and if a grove is to be kept within definite 
limits a permanent barrier must be sunk into the ground. Otherwise, it will be 
necessary to break or cut the new culms each season 2s they appear beyond the limits 
set. Not less than 25 plants (shipping weight about 35 lbs.) will be sent to an 
experimenter. These are for planting in one area to start a grove. The first sea- 
son, however, the plants should be grown 14 to 2 feet apart in a nursery row, in 
well-—fertilized soil, and be freely watered in dry weather. In the late winter or 
early spring of the second year they should be transplanted with a ball of earth 
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the permanent situation, on good well-drained land, spaced 10 feet apart each way. 
Well-rotted manure or a good commercial fertilizer should be placed in the hole. 
For trial in California and the coastal sections of Oregon and Washington. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
61892. PICRASMA QUASSIOIDES. Simaroubsceaé. From Japan. Collected by P. H. Dorsett 
and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tree 15 to 26 
feet high, with fruits varying from peacock green to purple. Its chief ornamental 
value consists in the handsome foilage, which turns orange and scarlet in the autumn, 
and the bright red fruits. Said to be hardy near Boston, Mass., if protected in 
winter while young. For trial in the middle and upper south and on the Pacific 
coast. (Bell, Md.) 
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