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91527. PRUNUS SIMONII . Simon plum. A superior variety of the Simon-plum, of 

 uncertain origin, growing at the U. S. Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif. The 

 quality of the fruit is said by pomologists to be considerably higher than that of 

 other known forms of the species, and there is less bitterness in tne skin. The other 

 known forms apparently have been of interest mainly to the breeder, while this strain 

 may prove of value as it is, at least as a home fruit. It deserves careful testing. 

 Plants on Indian Blood peach stocks, F. P. I. No. 48508. For trial in all but the 

 warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



61938. PTEROCARYA STENOPTERA . Juglandaceae . Chinese wingnut. From China. Col- 

 lected from the Bubbling Well Cemetery, a short distance from the grave of Frank 

 N. Meyer, by P . H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 A handsome ornamental tree up to 60 feet high, with pinnate leaves 6 to 12 inches 

 long having oblong, acute leaflets 2 to 4 inches long. The long pendulous catkins 

 when the tree is in flower or fruit add to its attractiveness. For trial on the 

 Pacific coast and in the southern states. (Chico, Calif,) 



72814. PYRACANTHA CRENATO-SERRATA . Firethorn, From the Himalayas. Presented 

 by Sir A. W. Hill. Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. A spiny evergreen 

 shrub up to 9 feet high, with young branchlets rusty-pubescent, and elliptic to 

 obovate-oblong leaves about 1 to 2 inches long, lustrous dark green above and lighter 

 beneath, The coral-red fruits are a quarter of an inch across. For trial in the 

 southern half of the United States, (Chico, Calif.) 



88607-8. QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA. Oak. From Chosen. Collected by P. H. Dorsett and 

 W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. A half-evergreen 

 tree, becoming 50 feet high, native to the forests of northern Japan and China, with 

 attractive snining green, chestnut-like foliage, paler beneath. Probably tender 

 north of southern Ohio. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



89698. QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA. Oak. From China. Collected by P. H. Dorsett and 

 W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description 

 as for F.P.I. No. 88607. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



103774, QUERCUS SERRATA , From near Kawazoe, Japan. Collected by P, H. Dorsett 

 and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. A handsome tree, 

 to 45 feet high, with lustrous, oblong-obovate to ovate-lanceolate, serrate, bright- 

 green leaves which remain green until late autumn. For trial from Massachusetts 

 southward and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



95067, RHUS VIMINALIS.* From the Union of South Africa. Presented by F. Walton 

 Jameson, City Engineer, Kimberley. Native name Karree boo m. A hardy evergreen tree 

 up to 30 feet high and of equal spread, reported to withstand drought and some 

 frost. It grows readily from seeds, cuttings, or poles or stumps set in moist ground 

 and kept moist until growth starts. The tree is said to prefer a thin, limestone 

 soil but to thrive on other soils. It is considered an excellent timber for gate 

 and fence posts. In South Africa, sheep and goats are reported to browse on the 

 foliage, and the sweetish fruits to be eaten by children and poultry. The karree 



