73277. HYPERICUM SP.* Hypericaceae. From France. Presented by Vilmorin—Andrieux 
& Co., Paris. A yellow-—flowered Chinese shrub which will probably prove hardy through— 
out most of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
24638. ILEX CORNUTA. Chinese Holly. From northern China. Presented by Rev. J. M. 
W. Farnham. This holly has spiny, dark-green, glossy leaves and in winter is loaded 
with clusters of scarlet berries. While it does not make as symmetrical a crown as 
does the native Christmas holly, Ilex opaca, its attractive lustrous foliage and 
bright-colored fruits render it a fine winter ornamental for the southern half of the 
United States. It will grow somewhat farther north on the Pacific coast and in the 
eastern quarter of the country. These plants are seedlings. (Chico, Calif.) 

91252. ILEX FUJISANENSIS. Holly. From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai Shokubutsu 
Yen, Yamamoto, Kawabegun, near Kobe. An evergreen tree 20 feet high, with glossy 
leathery leaves like those of Andromeda japonica. The numerous red berries are borne 
on long stems. It is native to Mount Fuji, Japan, at an altitude of 3,000 feet. 
The plants of this species available are as yet small and should be requested only 
by nurserymen having suitable facilities for handling small plants. For trial in 
California, the Gulf region and the middle south. (Bell, Md.) 
91253. ILEX INTEGRA. Holly. From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai Shokubutsu Yen, 
Yamamoto, Kawabegun, near Kobe. An evergreen Japanese shrub or tree, up to 40 feet 
in height, with oval or oblong, usually entire leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, and ¢lo-— 
bular or ovoid, red berries. Plants very small; see statement under F. P. I. No, 
91252. For trial in California and in the southern states from Tennessee to the Gulf. 
(Bell, Md.) 
91255. ILEX SUGEROKI. Holly. From Japan. Obtained from the Chugai Shokubuisu Yen, 
Yamamoto, Kawabegun, near Kobe. A dense evergreen shrub 6 feet high with pubescent 
branchlets, elliptic, acute leaves 1 to 2 inches long, serrate above the middle, 
and solitary fruits about one-third of an inch in diameter on pedicels one inch long. 
Plants very small; see statement under F. P. I. No. 91252. It is native to Japan. 
Probably hardy as far north as southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.) 
91009. INDIGOFERA KIRILOWII. Kirilow indigo. From Hopei Province, China. Collected 
by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 
A shrub 3 to 6 feet high with compound leaves made up of 7 to 11 obovate elliptic 
leaflets 1 inch long, and dense racemes 6 inches long of rose-colored pea—shaped flow-— 
ers 1 inch long. It is native to China. For trial in all but the warmest and cold— 
est parts of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
82368. JAMINUM BEESIANUM.* Rosy jasmine. From Nancy, France. Obtained from Lemo- 
ine and Son. A slender shrub about 3 feet high, with grooved branchlets and leaves 
reduced to one lanceolate leaflet 2 to 4 inches long. The small pink to deep—rose 
fragrant flowers are borne in clusters of one to three. Native to western China, 
For trial in California and in the middle and lower south. (Bell, Md.) 
