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94099. PYRACANTHA CRENULATA ROGERSIANA. Firethorn. This shrub was found growing 

 at the U. S. Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif,, and its previous source is 

 not known. It is a native of southwestern China. It grows to a height of 5 to 6 

 feet and bears oblanceolate leaves about. 1 to 2 inches long, unequally serrulate. 

 The reddish orange fruits are about -y inch across. For trial in the southern states 

 and California. (Chico, Calif. ) 



89698. QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA. Oak. From China. Collected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. 

 Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, in the grounds of the Yung 

 Ling Tomb at Nankou. A tree, up to 50 feet high, with handsome, chestnut-like fol- 

 iage. The lustrous green leaves are 3 to 7 inches long, obovate-oblong to oblong, 

 serrate with bristle-like teeth terminating the parallel veins. For trial in the 

 northern states and the upper south. (Bell, Md.) 



89605. QUERCUS DENTATA. Daimyo oak. From China. Collected near Pa Fa Chu, Western 

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

 Industry. A large tree, native to Chosen and northern and western China, 75 to 80 

 feet tall. The obovate, sinuate-lobed leaves, dark green above and grayish tomentose 

 beneath, are 10 to 12 inches long and 9 inches wide, and the ovoid acorns, an inch 

 wide, are about half covered by the cup which has lanceolate spreading scales. For 

 trial in all except the most northern states. (Bell, Md. ) 



89696. QUERCUS DENTATA. Same as preceding, but collected near Fa Hua Szu China, 



89597. QUERCUS DENTATA. Same as preceding, but collected near Nankou, China. 



78389. QUERCUS SESSILIFLORA, Durmast oak. From Northwood, Middlesex, England. 

 Presented by R. C. B. Gardner. Collected in Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, by permission 

 of the Duke of Bedford, A large European tree, closely related to the English oak, 

 Quercus robu r . with lustrous bright-green, obovate leaves having 5 to 9 pairs of 

 rounded lobes and hemispheric cups which cover about one third of the ovoid acorns. 

 For trial in the northern states. (Bell, Md.) 



89606. QUERCUS VARIABILIS. Fagaceae. Oriental oak. From near Peiping, China. 

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

 Industry. A large tree up to 80 feet in height, in mixed woods or forming pure stands 

 at altitudes of 2,600 to 5,200 feet in central and western China. It has deeply 

 furrowed bark, dark-green, crenately serrate leaves with bristlelike teeth, and almost 

 sessile, roundish acorns. This oak has proved hardy in Massachusetts and western 

 New York. For trial in the northern states. (Bell, Md. ) 



81650. RHAMNUS JAP0NICA. Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn. From Hokushu, Japan. Collected 

 by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers. A shrub, native to Japan, 

 up to 9 feet high, with glossy pale-green leaves 1 to 2 inches long, an abundance 

 of greenish brown flowers in dense clusters at the ends of the short branches, and 

 small, blackish purple berries. For trial in all except the coldest parts of the 

 northern states. (Bell, Md. ). 



89768. RHAMNUS PARVIFOLIA. Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn. From China. Collectec by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, near Peiping at Fa Hua Szu Templ9, in 



