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66069 CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA. Chinese Hawthorn. From China. Collected by F. A. 

 McClure, Agricultural Explorer. A hardy shrub or small tree, native to northeastern 

 China, v/ith dark red edible fruits. For trial throughout the United States. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



73844. CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA. Portuguese Cypress . From Bussaco , Portugal . Collected 

 by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental evergreen Mexican tree up 

 to 50 feet high, v/ith soft aromatic straight-grained 7/ood. Cultivated as a forest 

 tree in northern Portugal. (Chico, Calif.) 



33214. CYDONIA OBLOMGA . De Antequera Quince. From Granada, Spain. Purchased from 

 Pedro Giraud. A fairly prolific variety which bears round-oblate fruits with yellow 

 skin and light-yellow non-astringent flesh. Good for eating out of hand, cooking, 

 preserving and jelly making. At Chico, Calif,, it ripens the first '.veek of 

 November. Probably hardy except in the extreme north. (Chico, Calif.) 



67353. CYTISUS MONSPESSULANUS . Broom, From England. Presented by the Director, 

 Cambridge Botanic Garden. A leguminous shrub about 10 feet high 7/ith fragrant bright- 

 yellow flowers in small racemes. Native to the Canary Islands. For trial in the 

 southern United States. (Chico, Calif,) 



67754. DEBREGEASIA LONGIFOLIA. Urticaceae. From Sumatra. Collected by David 

 Fairchild and P. K. Dcrsett, Agricultural Explorers. A shrubby plant with leaves 

 green above and white below. The small, sweet, orange-yellow fruits, edible though 

 not especially palatable, are borne along the branches. For trial in southern Flori- 

 da. (Chico. Calif.) 



73553. DESMONCUS OXYACANTHOS . From Summit, Canal Zone. Presented by J . E. Higgins, 

 Plant Introduction Garden. A tropical American climbing palm with scattered pinnate 

 leaves, armed with hooked spines, and small red fruits. For trial in southern Flor- 

 ida. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 



52390. DEUTZIA COMPACTA . From Kew , England. Presented by Dr. A. W. Hill. Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens. Originally from China, this bushy shrub is about 6 feet high, 

 with dull-green leaves, and terminal clusters of white flowers, tinged 7/ith pink 

 when young. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Bell. Md.) 



66461. DEUTZIA LONGIFOLIA VEITCHII . From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by William 

 Wright Smith, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden. A shrubby plant about 3 feet high, 

 with roughly hairy leaves 3 inches or more in length., and pink flowers an inch across, 

 borne in terminal corymbs. Native to v;estern China, and considered one of the hand- 

 somest of the deutzias, although scarcely hardy at Washington, D. C. (Bell, Md.) 



73846. DIALIUM GUINEENSE . From the Gold Coast, West Africa. Collected by David 

 Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A tropical leguminous trso with small black edible 

 pods v/hioh, when ripe, contain a dry sweetish acid pulp with the flavor of a tamarind 

 and are used as pickles. This variety is best suited to regions with light rainfall, 

 though it does occur where the rainfall is heavier. For trial in the Gulf States 

 and southern California. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 



