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80394. COTONEASTER HARROVIANA. From Paris, France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andri- 

 eux & Co . An evergreen shrub, native to Yunnan, China, about 6 feet high, of a 

 loose spreading habit, with shining dark-green bristle-tipped leaves, dense corymbs 

 of white flowers, and red fruits. For trial in the middle and lower south and on 

 the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



82401. CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA. Hawthorn. From Heijo, Chosen. Collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. An orna- 

 mental shrub or small tree, to 20 feet high, with elliptic-ovate, pinnately cleft 

 leaves, lustrous, dark green above and pale beneath. The whitish flowers, with 

 pink stamens, are in corymbs. Fruits usually sub-globose, dark red, about 5/8 inch 

 in diameter. For trial from Lake Erie southward and on the Pacific Coast. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



99157. CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA . * Chinese-fir. From Kweichow Province, China. 

 Presented by Albert N. Steward, College of Agriculture, University of Nanking, 

 Nanking. A handsome evergreen forest tree related to Araucaria, 65 to 80 feet tall, 

 and of broad pyramidal habit, growing on rocky slopes between 1,800 to 4,000 feet 

 altitude. The linear-lanceolate leaves are 1-3 inches long. The tree sprouts from 

 the roots if cut back. For trial from Norfolk, Va., southward and on the Pacific 

 coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



67353. CYTISUS MONSPESSULANUS . Broom. From the Canary Islands. Presented by 



the Director, Cambridge Botanic Garden, England. A Leguminous shrub about 10 feet 



high with fragrant bright-yellow flowers in small racemes. For trial in the southern 

 United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



65584. CYTISUS PROLIFERUS. Tagasaste. From Santa Cruz, Palma, Canary Islands. 

 Procured by the Allison V. Armour Expedition. A stout leguminous shrub, up to 12 

 feet high, of rather lax habit, with long slender branches and green trifoliolate 

 leaves with silky pubescent lower surfaces. The white flowers are in axillary 

 clusters among the branches. It is native to the Canary Islands, where it is oxi- 

 sidered an excellent drought-resistant forage plant. For trial in the southern 

 United States (Chico, Calif.) 



65011. CYTISUS STENOPETALUS . Broom. From the Canary Islands. Collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer. A handsome shrub or small tree, 20 feet or less 

 in height, with silky-hairy foliage, and elongated racemes of bright-yellow flowers. 

 In the Canary Islands this shrub is used for feeding goats. For trial in the southern 

 United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



101003. DAMNACANTHUS INDICUS.* Rubiaceae. From Japan. Obtained by P . H. Dorsett 

 and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, from the Gifu Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Gifu-ken. A spiny evergreen half-hardy shrub, native to Japan. The small 

 opposite leathery leaves are broadly ovate, and the small fragrant axillary white 

 flowers are followed by coral-red berries which remain on the bush until the flowers 

 of the next season appear. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



93114. DEUTZIA PARVIFLORA . Mongolian deutzia. From China. Presented by Prof. 

 Hsen-Hsu Hu, Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping. A hardy ornamental shrub 

 6 feet high, with corymbs of white flowers. Native to Hopei Province, China. For 

 trial in all except the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



