. De s criptive List 



Numbers preceding plant names are F. P. I. numbers and, in 

 correspondence concerning any plant, both number and name alwajrs 



must be given. 



Nurserymen please see statement at end of paragraph 3 of introductory 

 note, concerning items marked with an asterisk (*). 



91490. ACACIA SP . From South Australia. Presented by J. Howard Johnson, St. 

 Peters. Dead finish. A low shrub, 10 to 12 feet high, with dull-green, needle-like 

 foliage and yellow flowers. The trunk and branches are particularly crooked, so that 

 the wood can only be used for veneers and in making small articles such as souvenirs, 

 pipes, etc., although the marking of the heavy dark-red wood is very beautiful. 

 The native Australians used this wood to make their boomerangs. The shrub grows in 

 limestone soil, with little water. For trial in the warmest sections of the south- 

 west. (Chico, Calif.) 



59672. ACACIA AURICULAEFORMIS . From Lucknow, India. Presented by the Superin- 

 tendent, Government Horticultural Gardens. A quick-growing medium-sized ornamental 

 evergreen tree with somewhat spreading and drooping branches. In southern Florida 

 a height of 15 feet was attained in three years. True leaves are replaced by falcate- 

 lanceolate phyllodes up to 8 inches long and about 1:|- inches wide. The flowers are 

 yellow and fragrant. Cold resistance uncertain. For trial as a street and park 

 tree in the warmer parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



94235. ACACIA GIRAFFAE . From the Union of South Africa. Presented by M. Wilman, 

 McGregor Museum, Kimberley. The Kameel-doorn, of the Transvaal, a valuable tree for 

 arid regions in the warm temperate zone. The ripe pods are eaten greedily by stock. 

 The tree thrives in sandy soil, attains a large size, and the dark reddish brown wood 

 is used by the natives in making spoons, knife-handles, etc. For trial in the Gulf 

 region and the warmer parts of the southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



94236. ACACIA HORRIDA. From the Union of South Africa. Presented by M. Wilman, 

 McGregor Museum, Kimberley. A spreading, flat-topped, spiny tree, about 20 feet high, 

 widely distributed throughout South Africa. The fragrant yellow flower-heads are 

 often visited by bees, but the main value of the tree in South Africa is as a shade 

 for live stock. For trial in the Gulf region and the warmer parts of the Southwest. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



101400. AGASTACHE RUGOSA. Menthaceae. From Manchuria. Presented by B. W. Skvort- 

 zow, Harbin. A somewhat ornamental perennial 1-|- - 2 feet high, resembling catnip 

 but being much more attractive. The ovate leaves are coarsely serrate and, when 

 crushed, yield an aroma suggesting mint, pennyroyal and lemon. The lavender flowers 

 are faintly scented like the crushed leaves. They are borne in spikes 2-3 inches 

 long and, near Washington, D. C, begin to appear on the terminal shoot and upper 

 branches in mid-August. For trial in all except the warmer parts of the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



