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78338. ESCALLONIA GLUTIHOSA. Plants obtained from V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Chidding- 

 fold, Surrey, England. A white-flowered variety of an evergreen shrub, native to 

 Chile, with small, sessile, thick, cuneate-lanceolato leaves about 7 inches long. For 

 trial in the extreme south and California. (Bell. Md.) 



7S348. ESCALLONIA sp. Plants obtained from V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Chiddingfold, 

 Surrey, England. Variety Donardensi s, A shrub of erect growth, 5 to 6 feet high, 

 bearing pale-blush flowers between July and September. For trial in the lower south 

 and in California. (Bell, Md.) 



78350. ESCALLONIA sp. Plants obtained from V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Chiddingfold, 

 Surrey, England. Variety Edinensis . A hybrid between variety philipp j ana ( Escql - 

 lonia virgata ) and Escallonia punc tata. The small, brilliant rose-pink flowers, 

 covering the branches, are borne abundantly between July and September. For trial 

 in the southern states and California. (Bell, Lid.) 



78351. ESCALLONIA sp. Plants obtained from V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Chiddingfold, 

 Surrey, England. Variety Microphylla,. A dense, twiggy bush, 2 to 3 feet high, of 

 dwarf habit, with small, evergreen or semievergreen leaves and terminal panicles of 

 bright red flowers Detween July and September. For trial in the south and on the 

 Pacific Coast. (Bell, Md.) 



57281. EUONYMUS KAMILTONIANUS . Celastraceae. Presented by A. D. Woeikoff, director, 

 Experimental Farm, Echo, Manchuria. A large, Himalayan shrub which under favorable 

 circumstances becomes a moderate-sized tree, 30 to 35 feet high, with a short, straight 

 trunk 4 to 5 feet in girth. . The clusters of 15 to 30 greenish white flowers are fol- 

 lowed by yellow capsules which open and show the seeds, each entirely surrounded by a 

 scarlet aril. The fruit ripens from August onward. The leaves become brilliantly 

 colored in autumn. For trial in the upper south and all except the coldest parts of 

 the north. (Bell, Md.) 



90345. EUONYMUS sp. Celastraceae. From Peiping, China. Collected by P. H. Dorsett 

 and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. Growing on the 

 inside wall of the east moat about the ancestral hall in the Temple of Heaven grounds. 

 When the seeds are ripe the pods turn a beautiful pink and open from below, usually 

 into 4 parts and expose the bright red arils of the seeds. The leaves are light 

 green with pink petioles, the pink color extending part way up the midrib. (Bell, 

 Md.) 



86690. EV0DIA FRAXINIFOLIA. Rutaceae. From Darjeeling, India. Presented by the 

 Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A small, much branched, densely leafy tree, smelling, 

 when bruised, much like caraway. The bright green compound leaves are 8 to 12 inches 

 long, the white flowers are borne in axillary and terminal cyme3 and the red fruits 

 are less than an inch in diameter. In Sikkim, India, where this tree is native, the 

 soft white wood is used for posts of huts. For trial in the Gulf region and Cali- 

 fornia. (Bell, Md.) 



90143. EV0DIA HUPEHENSIS. Rutaceae. From Dairen, Manchuria. Collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ssplcrors, Bureau of Plant Industry. From 

 trees along gullies in the mountain region south of Dairen, The trees are from 10 



