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S2712. DIERVILLA FLORIBUNDA. From Elstree, Herts. England. Presented by Vicary 

 Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens ._ G loire de Bosa ust s. Flowers carmine on the outside 

 and purplish pink within; very effective. Probably hardy except in the extreme 

 north. {Bell, Md.) 



73007. DRYMOPHLOEUS sp . Palm. From Victoria. Cameroon, Wsst Africa. Collected by 

 David Fair.child, Agricultural Explorer. A rather dwarf clump palir. producing beautiful 

 clusters of scarlet fruits which are half en inch long. .For trial in southern Flor- 

 ida. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 



74697. EHRETIA LAEVIS. FroiE Matania, El Saff, Egypt. Presented by Alfred Bircher, 

 Director, Middle Egypt Botanic Station. A subtropical evergreen shrub 12 feet high, 

 -with white flowers. Native to southern Asia. For trial in Florida and southern 

 California, (Chapman Field, Fla.) 



627X4. ESCALLGHIA sp . Var. C . . F . BALL . From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by 

 Vicary Gibb.s , Aldenham House Gardens. A beautiful hybrid with white flowers, flushed 

 deep rose pink. The spatulate, serrate evergreen leaves are bright green. This 

 shrub .has proved hardy in the vicinity of Washington, D, C, withstanding a tezapera- 

 ture of 10° below zero Fahr., with loss of youngest shoots only. (Bell, Md.) 



729S1 . EUCALYPTUS POPULIFOLIA. From northern Queensland, Australia. Presented by 

 J. A. Hamilton. A timber tree of compact habit, 50 to 60 feet high, native to Aus- 

 tralia; said to be the best honey plant in that country. The small white flowers are 

 in panicle-like corymbs. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



57281... SUONYMUS HAMILTONIANUS . From Echo, Manchuria, China. Presented by A. D. 

 Woeikoff, Director, Experimental Farm. A large Himalayan shrub which under favorable 

 circumstances becomes a moderate-sized tree, 30 to 35 feet high, with a short straight 

 trunk 4 to 5 feet in girth. The clusters of 15 to 30 greenish white flowers are 

 followed by yellow capsules th© seeds of which are entirely surrounded by a scarlet 

 aril. The fruit ripens from August onward. The deciduous leaves are beautifully 

 colored in autumn. For trial in the southern United States. (Bell, Md.) 



62717. SUONYMUS JAPONICUS. From Elstree, Herts, England, Presented by Vicary 

 Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. A dwarf variety of compact habit, with attractive 

 variegated evergreen foliage. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.) 



62718. EUONYMUS JAPONICUS. Var. MICROPHYLLUS. From Elstree . Herts , England . Plants 

 presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. A tiny-leaved, very distinct 

 dv.'arf variety of the well-known Japanese evergreen shrub. Probably tender north of 

 southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.) 



33499. EU0NYR5US LATIFOLIUS . . Var. ALBUS MARGINATUS . From Enfield, Middlesex, Eng- 

 land. Purchased from Amos Perry. A small evergreen shrub with large, bright-green 

 leaves margined with white. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



