92047. CELTIS SINENSIS. Chinese hackberry. From Japan. Collected by P. H. Dorsett 

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

 to China and Japan, which grows to a height of 60 feet. The broadly ovate leaves, 

 2 to 4 inches long, are cordate at tbe base and acuminate at the ap^x, with a serrate- 

 dentate margin. The dull orange-red fruits are borne on stout pedicels. This tree 

 has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. For trial in the southern half of the 

 United States and in the Pacific Northwest. (Bell, Md.) 



75718. CERATOSTIGHA WILLMOTTIANUM . Plumbaginaceae . From western China. Presented 

 by Hugh Evans, Santa Monica, California. A shrubby species forming large rounded 

 bushes, 1 to 5 feet high with angled purplish stems, bristly leaves and masses of 

 deep cobalt-blue flowers an inch across from all the upper axils. The best flowers 

 are produced from late summer till frost. For the southern states and the Pacific 

 Coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



62706. CMAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA . Pinaceae. Presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham 

 House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, England. Variety Fle tche r! . A very distinct and 

 dainty variety of the Lawson cypress, somewhat less hardy than the type, characterized 

 by ascending branches and glaucous foliage intermediate between the juvenile and 

 adult forms. It probably will not thrive in a dry climate. For trial on the Pacific 

 =oast and in the southern states except in southern Florida. (Bell, Md.) 



37954. CHAENOHSLES LAGENARIA CATHAYENSIS . Quince. From Shantung, China. Collected 

 by the late Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A 

 large-fruited variety, used by the Chinese to perfume their living rooms, but used 

 by foreign missionaries to make preserves and jellies. (Chico, Calif.) 



7S862. CHORIZEMA VARIUM. From Victoria, Australia. Presented by Melbourne Botanic 

 Gardens, An Australian leguminous shrub with slender, weak branches and coarse, 

 oaklike leaves similar to those of C. ilicifolium except for the cordate base, and 

 axillary and terminal racemes of flowers similar to that species except that the 

 pea-shaped flowers are smaller, with reddish standards and darker red wings. For 

 trial in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



65003. CISTUS CRISPUS, Cistaceae. Rockrose. From Ronda. Spain. Collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer. A compact shrub about 2 feet high with nar- 

 row, sessile leaves. The deep-pink flowers like small, single roses, are borne near 

 the tips of the shoots. Native to southern Europe. For trial in the southern United 

 States. (Chico, Calif.) 



74676. CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS. Montpelier rockrose. From Brignoles, France. Pre- 

 sented by R. Salgues. Brignoles Botanic Station. An evergreen shrub, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, with erect much-divided branches, very narrow sessile, dark-green hairy leaves, 

 and white flowers, an inch across, in terminal compact heads. Native to southern 

 Europe and northern Africa. For trial in the southern United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



650C4. CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS. Rockrose. From Ronda, Spain. Collected by David Fair- 

 child, agricultural explorer. A white-flowered rockrose of southern Spain where it 

 covers great stretches of country in the cork-oak forests around Ronda. For trial 

 in the southern United States. (Chico, Calif.) 



