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81180-1-2-3. NECMAMMILLARIA MAGNIM/.MMA . From Ventimiglia, Italy. Plants grown from 

 seeds of four varieties as listed hereunder, presented by the Superintendent, La 

 Mortola. The species is a globular cactus, 4 inches in diameter, with very milky 

 juice, often in a colony of 25 or more. The conical tubercles, two-fifths of an inch 

 high, are crowned by three to five unequal stout whitish or colored spines, and the 

 cream-colored flowers are borne in the axils of the tubercles near the top of the 

 plant. Native to central Mexico. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



81180. Plants from seeds received as No. 1014, Ma mmillaria centr i c irrha . 



81181. Plants from seeds received as No. 1015, Mammil laria centricirrha 



krameri . 



81182. Plants from seeds received as No, 1017, Mammillaria centricirrh^ . 



81183. Plants from seeds received as No. 1022, Mammillaria s chmidtii . 



98040. NERTERA DEPRESSA . * Bead-plant. Rubiaceae. From Chile. Collected near 

 Ancud, Chiloe Island, by H. G. MacMillan and C. 0. Erlanson, Bureau of Plant Industry 

 A procumbent herbaceous plant with red or orange-red berries. Native name Madresalva. 

 For trial indoors only except in southern California and the Gulf region. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



67087. ORTHROSANTHUS MULTIFLORUS. Iridaceae. From Blackwood, South Australia. 

 Presented by Edwin Ashby, "Wittunga." An Australian irislike plant with a short 

 perennial rhizome, and flat, grasslike radical leaves up to 2 feet in length. The 

 blue flowers are in a several-flowered oblong spike, borne on a stem 1 to 2 feet high. 

 For trial in southern California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



103787. PAPAVER SCHINZIANUM. Poppy. Plants grown from seed presented by the 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. A perennial poppy, said to be a hybrid of 

 Z- rupif r agr um and a species allied to P^ lateritium , resembling the first species 

 in flower. Plants flowering at Washington, D. C, have been of an orange-apricot 

 hue, but some variation may be expected. For trial in all except the warmest parts 

 of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



23234. PHYLLOSTACHYS SP. From China. A hardy evergreen bamboo of running type, 

 up to 20 feet high and with dense foliage . much resembling Phvl lostachys aurea but 

 without crowding of the lower nodes of the culm, common in that species. Spreads by 

 vigorous rhizomes (underground stems) from which new culms arise. Grows to full 

 size only in grove form, in area at least 40 feet across. Grove kept within bounds 

 by artificial means. Culms useful for plant stakes, small fishing poles, etc. Plants 

 withstand temperatures of 5" to 8° below zero F. No\ less than 25 p lants (shipping 

 weight about 35 lbs.) will be sent to an experimenter. These are for planting in 

 one area to start a grove. The first seas on, however, the plants should be grown 

 1^ to 2 feet apart in a nursery row, in well fe rti lized soil, and be freely watered 

 in d ry weather . In the late winter or early spring of the second year they should be 

 transplanted with a ball of earth to the permanent situation, on good well-drained 

 land, spaced 10 feet apart each way. Well-rotted manure or a good commercial fer- 

 tilizer should be placed in the hole. For trial on the Pacific coast. (Chico, 

 Calif. ) 



