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89240. HEBE AMABILIS. Scrophulariaceae. From New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan 
& Davies, Ltd., New Plymouth. A tall branching evergreen veronica-like shrub 6 to 
15 feet in height, with spreading oblong-—lanceolate flat leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 
and relatively large white flowers less than an inch across in slender axillary rac-— 
emes. Native to New Zealand. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Bell, 
Md.) 
89247. HEBE BALFOURIANA. From New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan & Davies, Ltd., 
New Plymouth. An erect evergreen woody shrub about 3 feet high with dark-brown 
bark and flexuose purplish brown branches. The bright pale-green leathery leaves, 
margined with red-brown, are in loose pairs, and the pale violet—blue flowers are in 
axillary racemes. Native to New Zealand. For trial in California and the Gulf 
region. (Bell, Md.) 
89250. HEBE BLANDA. From New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan & Davis, Lid., New 
Plymouth. An evergreen woody species, native to New Zealand, which is closely re— 
lated to H. amabilis but with shorter leaves and denser, shorter flower clusters. 
(Bell, Md.) 
89270. HEBE ELLIPTICA. from New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan & Davies, Ltd., New 
Plymouth. A copiously branched evergreen woody shrub or small tree 5 to 20 feet high 
with horizontally spreading petiolate pale-green elliptic—oblong leaves an inch long, 
and sweet-scented white or purple-—lined flowers in numerous short lax racemes. It is 
native to New Zealand. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Bell, Md.) 
89282. HEBE LEWISII. From New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan & Davies, Ltd., New 
Plymouth. A handsome erect evergreen compact woody bush 3 to 6 feet high, with 
spreading pale-green elliptic oblong leathery leaves about 2 inches long, and pale-— 
blue flowers in dense racemes an inch in diameter and nearly 3 inches long. Native 
to New Zealand. For triai in California and the Gulf region. (Bell, Md.) 
89362. HEBE SP. From New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan & Davies, Lid., New Plymouth. 
Received without description, under the name Veronica campbelliensis. It is a shrub- 
by plant with narrowly oblong or lanceolate leaves up to an inch long. For trial in 
California and the Gulf region. (Bell, Md.) 

89373. HEBE SP. From New Zealand. Obtained from Duncan & Davies, Ltd., New Ply- 
mouth. Received without description, under the name Veronica lobellioides. A 
shrubby plant with dull-green obovate leaves about one inch long, with rounded tips. 
(Bell, Md.) 
91252. HEMIPTELEA DAVIDII. Ulmaceae. David Zelkova. From Japan. Obtained from 
the Chugzi Shokubutsu Yen Nurseries, Yamamoto, Kawabegun, near Kobe. A shrubby spiny 
elmlike tree, native to Chosen and northern China, which has, merit as an ornamental 
tree because of its handsome dark-green foliage. The leaves are oval or oblong, 
deeply toothed and about 2 inches long. Because of its spines, the tree may be useful 
for tall hedges. For trial in the northern states except in the coldest parts. 
(Bell, Md.) 
