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Hopei Province. A low growing thorny shrub with black fruits found on the mountain 

 side oa decomposed granitic soil in dry, arid places. It may make a good hedge or 

 ornamental shrub, especially for rock gardens. For trial in all except the coldest 

 parts of the northern states. (Bell, Md.) 



44401. RUBUS IRSNAEUS . Presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, Elstree, Herts., 

 England. A prostrate evergreen shrub, native of central and western China, beset 

 with small decurved prickles and having white flowers, large red or yellow, inedible 

 fruits, .and simple leaves, suggesting those of coltsfoot. It is not known to have 

 fruited as yet in this country. For trial in the southern half of the United States. 

 Savannah, Ga.) 



;>2987. SAGERETIA THEEZANS . Rhamnaceae. From Eastern China. Received through the 

 late Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer. A small-leaved ornamental evergreen or 

 semi-evergreen shrub, which makes a dense growth of arching branches and attains a 

 height of 6 to 7 feet, with a spread of 10 feet or more. The small flowers are very 

 fragrant. The shrub has grown well in central Georgia, and in arid regions of the 

 southwest under irrigation. It has proved useful as a hedge plant in the south. For 

 trial in the southern states and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



78368. SARCOCOCCA HOOKERIANA HUMILIS. Buxaceae. ^rom western China. Obtained from 

 V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Ltd., Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. A dwarf, evergreen shrub 

 1 to 4 feet high, with leathery, lanceolate' leaves 1 to 2 inches long, axillary 

 racemes of small, whitish flowers and round, black fruits. Like all Sarcococcas, 

 most useful as an under shrub. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.) 



7 8387. SARCOCOCCA RUSCIFOLIA. Buxaceae. Obtained from G. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, 

 England. An evergreen shrub up to 6 feet high, native to' central and western China, 

 with lustrous, dark-green, ovate leaves, small racemes of whitish flowers and dark- 

 scarlet fruits. For trial in the southern half of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 



52670. SASA AURICOMA. Presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, Origin- 

 ally from China or Japan. A very dwarf, hardy bamboo of the running type, which grows 

 1 to 2 feet high. It is a strikingly handsome little species, having green-and- 

 yellow-striped leaves about 6 inches long by f of an inch wide. It makes an exceed- 

 ingly attractive ground cover in protected situations in regions where the minimum 

 winter temperature is not much lower than zero F. However, from some cause — pos- 

 sibly bright sunlight during the cold, the leaves are often killed at temperatures 

 several degrees higher. The recovery of the plants by the putting out of new leaves 

 in the spring is fairly rapid. On account of the hardiness and vigor of the under- 

 ground parts of the plant it becomes weedy if the rhizomes are not prevented by a 

 ieep barrier of some sort from spreading beyond a set limit. Eradication, if desired, 

 is difficult. Plants will be furnished in lots of 5 or 10. For trial especially in 

 the middle and upper south. (Savannah, Ga.) 



75163. SASA DISTICHA. Presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. A 

 iwarf, hardy bamboo of the running type, native to Japan, which grows 3 to 5 feet 

 aigh. The linear-lanceolate, bright-green leaves are 2 to 4 inches long by 5/16 to 

 -> inch wide. The foliage has v/ithstood temperatures dov/n to about zero with little 

 injury but, like the preceding, it is likely to be browned sometime during the winter. 



