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by H. Earle Russell, American Consul. An ornamental leguminous shrub, native to 

 Spain, about 10 feet high, with slender, grayish branches, and small, very narrow 

 leaves. The fragrant white flowers are in short lateral racemes. For trial in the 

 middle and lower south and in California. (Bell, Md,) 



89737. GLEDITSIA HETERQPHYLLA. Caesalpiniaceae . Honeylocust. From China. Col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. A rather tall growing, very thorny, small leaved shrub with pods less than 

 an inch wide and over 2 inches long. This may have value as an ornamental or as a 

 hedge plant. For trial in all except the warmest and coldest parts of the United 

 States. (Bell, Md.) 



90347. GLEDITSIA SINENSIS. Chinese honeylocust. From Pa Ta Chu, Western Hills, 

 Hopei Province, China. Collected near Hsiang Chieh San Temple, by P. H. Dorsett and 

 W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. A hardy, spiny, legum- 

 inous tree, up to 40 feet high, native to China. The pinnate leaves are 5 to 7 inches 

 long. The pods, commonly 4 to 7 inches long by 1 to 1£ inches wide, are used instead 

 of soap and the tree is often called the "soap-pod tree." These plants are seedlings 

 of an ordinary tree. For trial in the northern elates. (Chico, Calif.) 



90348. GLEDITSIA SINENSIS. Chinese honeylocust. From same source as preceding 

 (No. 90347) . These plants are seedlings of a tree of unusually attractive form, 

 growing on a dry, rocky mountainside, which bore exceptionally large and fine pods. 

 The pods were 9 to 10 inches long by an inch or more wide and i to £ inch thick. 

 They were remarkably straight and flat. Such pods are much preferred to the smaller , 

 irregular-shaped ones. For trial in the northern states. (Chico, Calif.) 



8055C. GRETfIA OCCIDENTALIS. Tiliaceae. from Xirstenbosch, Newlands, Cape Province, 

 Union of South Africa. Presented by the National Botanic Gardens. The younger part.? 

 of this evergreen shrub are covered with rusty tomentum. The dentate, cordate leaves 

 are 1 to 2 inches long, and the small flowers, in axillary or terminal cymes, are 

 followed by purplish, 4-lobed fruits the size of small peas. This species is very 

 tender and is for trial only in the warmest parts of California and Florida. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



91251. KEMIPTELEA DAVIDII. Ulmaceae. David zelkova. From Japan. Obtained from 

 the Chugai Shokubutsu Yen Nurseries, Yamamoto, Kawabegun, near Kobe. A shrubby, 

 spiny, elmlike tree, native to Chosen and northern China, which has merit as an 

 ornamental tree because of its handsome dark-green foliage. The leaves are oval or 

 oblong, deeply toothed, and about 2 inches long. Because of its spines, the tree 

 may be useful for tall hedges. For trial in the northern states except in the coldest 

 parts. (Bell, Md.) 



76345. HYMENANTHERA CRASSIFOLIA. Violaceae. From France. Presented by Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Company, Verrieres-le-buisson, Seine-et-Oise, France. A dense half- 

 evergreen Mew Zealand shrub about 6 feet high with crowded obovate leaves, small 

 yellowish-white cr brownish flowers and small berry-like white fruits. For trial in 

 California and the Gulf States. (Chico, Calif.) 



76113. HYPERICUM PATULUM. Japanese hypericum. Presented by L. Parde, Directeur, 



