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boom should be tested as a street or shade tree as it is stated to be hardier and 

 more ornamental than S chJnus molle , which it resembles in habit. For trial more 

 especially in the southv/est but also in less humid localities of the Gulf region. 

 (Chico, Calif;) 



75851. SALIX MATSUDANA . Willov/. From France. Plants obt£.ined from Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Paris. Variety tortuosa. This crooked-branched variety of willow 

 is of odd appearance and will be of some interest on this account alone. The species, 

 a tree up to 40 feet high, is native in north China, where it grows well under 

 scanty summer rainfall. The variety tortuosa should be tested in the semiarid regions 

 of the northern and northwestern United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



90075. SALVIA MEXICANA MINOR.* Sage. From Mexico, Collected by Dr. Donald Red- 

 dick, Cornell University, in collaboration with Paul Russell and Max Souviron, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. An ornamental plant up to 3 feet high, with handsome blue flowers, 

 collected at 10,000 feet altitude. For trial in the Gulf region and California, 

 where it probably will be perennial rooted. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



99194. SORBUS SP . Mountain-ash. From Kweichow Province, China. Presented by 

 Albert N. Steward, Department of Botany, College of Agriculture, University of 

 Nanking, Nanking. From Niutoushan, Fangchingshan, Kiangkouhsien, at 4,000 feet 

 altitude, A tree up to 35 feet high and 4 inches in diameter with spreading branches, 

 growing on a rocky forpst slope. For trial south of the Great Lakes and in the Pacif- 

 ic Northwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



99753. SPIRAEA MICRANTHA. From Darjeeling, India. Presented by the Curator, 

 Lloyd Botanic Garden. A very attractive shrub of rather lax habit found in the 

 eastern temperate Himalayas between 5,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. The narrowly 

 ovate, doubly toothed leaves are sometimes 7 inches long and the small pale-pink 

 flowers, \ inch across are borne in long loose panicles of small cymes. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



62392. STRANVAESIA DAVIDIANA SALICIFOLIA . * Malaceae. Native' to western China. 

 Plants grown from seeds presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, England. 

 A shrub or small tree having willow-like leaves, small white flowers in terminal 

 clusters, and red fruits. The leaves remain green in winter instead of becoming 

 purplish underneath as in the variety undulata. For trial in the middle and upper 

 south and in California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



73449. STRANVAESIA DAVIDIANA UNDULATA. Native to western China. Plants grown from 

 seeds presented by the late Hon, Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, 

 England, A low spreading evergreen shrub, or occasionally a small tree. The leathery 

 oval leaves, with sinuate margins, are glossy green and 1 to 3 inches long; the lower 

 surfaces become purplish in winter. The white flowers, about half an inch across, 

 appear in terminal clusters. The greatest charm of this shrub as an ornamental lies 

 in the abundant crop of bright-red or orange fruits. For trial in the middle and 

 upper south and in California. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



