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65282. LONICERA sp. Honeysuckle. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, 
Agricultural Explorer. A hardy shrub, to be tested for its ornamental value in the 
United States. (Chico, Calif.) 
76350. LONICERA sp. Honeysuckle. From China. Presented by Vilmorin—Andrieux & Co., 
Paris, France. A shrub to be tested for its ornamental value; probably hardy except 
in the extreme north. (Bell, Md.) 
66774. LOPEZIA BICOLOR. From Mexico. Presented by A. Pochon, Directeur, Jardin 
d'Essais de Rabat, Morocco. An ornamental subtropical climbing plant with small pink 
flowers which make it a peculiarly delicate plant for walls and rockwork. For trial 
in Florida and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
§5022. LOTUS GLAUCUS. Fabaceae. From the Mediterranean region. Collected by David 
Fairchild. A tender herbaceous deep-rooted perennial, about a foot high, with milky— 
green foliage; closely related to the clovers, It is native to dry, rocky, hillsides 
in the Canary Islands and Madeira. For trial as a cover plant in the Southwest. 
(Chico, Calif.) 
75565. MELALEUCA NODOSA. Myrtaceae. From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented 
by the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. A tall smooth shrub, with rigid awl-shaped leaves 
and small heads, half an inch in diameter, of paie-yellow flowers. For trial in the 
Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
76940. MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES. Myrtaceae. From Melbourne, Australia. Presented 
by Mrs. Frieda Cobb Blanchard. A tall tree, sometimes 80 feet high, with thick 
spongy bark. The leaves are very small, and the small creamy white flowers are in 
dense spikes about 2 inches long. For trial in the Gulf States and California. 
(Chico, Calif.) 
67086. MELALEUCA WEBSTERI. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Edwin 
Ashby. A shrub with opposite, narrowly oblong, thick leaves about one-third of an 
inch long, and roundish heads of small white flowers. For trial in the Gulf States 
and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
27048. MORUS ALBA. Mulberry. Varisty FASTIGIATA. From Orleans, France. Presented 
by Leon Chenault. A variety with a narrow pyramidal habit, reported to bear largs 
crops of good quality berries. Probably not hardy north of southern Ohio. (Chico, 
Calit:) 
60324. MORUS KAGAYAMAE. From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. A 
handsome Japanese mulberry which thrives in Algeria and whose leaves are readily 
eaten by silkworms. For trial in southern California. (Chico, Calif.) 
30330. MORUS NIGRA. Black Mulberry. From Khotan, Sinkiang, China. Collected by 
Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. The berries are large, dark violet—-biack, 
and have a fresh, subacid taste. They ripen from early August until the end of 
September. Recommended as a home fruit in desert regions under irrigation. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
