73855. HAKEA ACICULARIS. From Portugal. Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural 

 Explorer. A tall evergreen shrub or small bushy tree, native to Australia, with very 

 handsome rigid spiny foliage. Suitable for hedges and shrubberies; requires little 

 moisture or cultivation. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, 

 Calif e) 



73604. HALIMODEMDRON KALODENDRON. Fabaceae. Salt Tree. From Tashkent, Turkestan. 

 Presented by Hilaria Rajkova, Botanic Garden. A spreading ornamental shrub up to 6 

 feet high 7/lth slender branches and small bluish green compound leaves. In early 

 summer it is covered with numerous psle-violet flowers. Because of its extreme hardi- 

 ness and ability to Vyithstand drought it is recommended for trial in cold, semiarid 

 parts of the United States. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 



-60342. HEDYSARUI,'; POLYMORPHUM. Fabaceae. From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by H. Ando, 

 Director, Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station. A hardy herbaceous perennial, 

 native to Siberia, with racemes of rose-colored flowers which appear in early summer. 

 For trial throughout the United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



72573. HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES . Sea-buckthorn. From Leningrad, Russia. Presented by 

 A. Kol, Chief, Bureau of Introduction, Institute of Applied Botany. A deciduous 

 spiny shrub with small yellow flowers and orange-colored acid berries which are used 

 in Russia to make beverages and jellies. Probably hardy throughout the United States. 

 (Bell, Md.) 



73277. HYPSRIGUM sp. From Paris, France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. 

 A dwarf yellov.--f lowered Chinese shrub which v/ill probably prove hardy throughout most 

 of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 



7S764. INULA VISCOSA. Asteraceae. From Brignoles, France. Presented by R. Sal- 

 gues. Director, Brignoles Botanic Station. A shrubby European perennial, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, which bears yello?; flowers in midsummer. Probably tender north of southern 

 Ohio. (Bell. Md.) 



76769. IRIS sp. From Manchuria. Obtained through G. C. Hanson, American Consul, 

 Harbin. A yellow-flowered iris. (Bell, Md.) 



69000. ITEA YUNNANENSIS . From Kew, England. Presented by Dr. A. W. Hill, Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens. An ornamental evergreen shrub native to the mountainous dis- 

 tricts of Yunnan, southwestern China. The bark is light green, the leaves ovate and 

 thin and the small •(^•hite flowers are in graceful axillary racemes about 6 inches long. 

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



66293. JASMINUM KETSROPHYLLUM . Var. GLABRICYMOSUM. From Elstree, Herts, England. 

 Presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. A strong-growing bush jasmine from 

 China, which bears an abundance of golden-yellow flowers. For trial in the southern 

 United States. (Bell, Md.) 



74695. KENNEDIA RUBICUNDA. From Victoria. Australia. Presented by F. H. Baker. 

 A leguminous climbing shrub with dark-green trifoliolate leaves and large attractive 

 dark-red flowers. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.) 



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