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61302. AMYGDALUS PERSICA X PERSICA NECTARINA. Hybrid Peach. A hybrid variety pro- 
duced by J. E. Morrow by crossing the Bolivian Cling peach (No. 36126) and the Quetta 
nectarine (No. 34684). Fruits nearly spherical, about 2 inches in diameter; skin 
light greenish yellow, overlaid with red at stem end and side, flesh white, juicy, 
firm, with pleasing peach flavor, clingstone; pit comparatively large. A good fruit 
for home use. (Chico, Calif.) 
76931. ANIGOZANTHOS FLAVIDA. Amaryllidaceae. From Melbourne, Australia. Presented 
by Mrs. Frieda Cobb Blanchard. An herbaceous perennial, native to Western Australia, 
with a thick underground stem, linear radical leaves 1 to 2 feet long, and a 4-foot 
stalk bearing a much-branched panicle of tubular yellowish flowers. The infloresence 
is covered with a greenish red wool. For trial in the southern United States. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
77543. ARTHROPODIUM CIRRHATUM. Liliaceae. From Nelson, New Zealand. Presented by 
A, Wilkinson, New Zealand Alpine and Rock Garden Society. A tender herbaceous peren- 
nial up to 3 feet high, with shining-green grasslike leaves and showy white flowers 
an inch across, in loose panicles. The stamens are covered with orange or pink 
bristles. Recommended for trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
75415. BETULA JAPONICA. Birch. From Sapporo, Japan. Collected by R. K. Beattie. 
A white-barked birch up to 60 feet high, with broadly oval leaves. Probably hardy 
throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
76735. BETULA JAPONICA MANDSHURICA. Birch. From Harbin, Manchuria. Collected by 
P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorer. A variety of the preceding, with broadly 
wedge-shaped leaves. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
62283. BUDDLEIA ALTERNIFOLIA. Butterflybush. From Kansu, China. Presented by Leon 
Chenault, Orleans, France. A handsome shrub with small narrow alternate leaves. Late 
in May numerous short-stalked dense clusters of bright lilac-purple flowers appear 
all along the gracefully arching branches, a flowering habit which distinguishes 
this from all other known species of Buddleia. For trial throughout the United 
States. (Bell, Md.) ; 
80810. BUDDLEIA MACROSTACHYA. Butterflybush. From Sikkim, India. Presented by the 
Forest Manager. A tender Himalayan shrub 3 to 8 feet high, with white oblong—acumin-— 
ate leaves up to 8 inches long, and rather small white flowers, with an orange throat, 
in dense spikes 4 to 10 inches long. For trial in the Gulf States and California. 
(Bell, Md., and Chico, Calif.) 
74424. CALLISTEMON CITRINUS. Lemon Bottlebrush. From Richmond, Victoria, Australia. 
Presented by F. H. Baker. A Shrub, 6 to 12 feet high, of very open habit, with rigid 
branches, narrow leaves 1 to 2 inches long and reddish when young, and bright-red 
flowers, in dense cylindrical spikes. For trial in the southern United States. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
77277. CALOTHAMNUS GILESII. Myrtaceae. From Sydney, Australia. Seeds presented by 
Mrs. Frieda Cobb Blanchard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. A shrub of 
graceful habit, with linear terete evergreen leaves and loose clusters of reddish 
flowers. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
