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82069. CLERODENDRUM FOETIDUM. Rose Glorybower. From Japan. Seeds collected by 
Dorsett and Morse, Agricultural Explorers, between Kaquemoei and Chicilu, Japan. 
A semihardy evergreen Chinese shrub 6 feet high, with cordate leaves 8 inches long, 
and dense capitate cymes of fragrant rosy red flowers. When killed to the ground 
the young shoots that are produced bloom in the autumn of the same season. For trial 
in the southern states and California. (Bell, Md.) 
75442. CORNUS CONTROVERSA. Giant Dogwood. From Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. 
Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Japanese name, Midzuki. A Japanese tree up to 
60 feet high, with a trunk 7 feet in girth. In general habit much like our. native 
dogwood, with long horizontal branches, sometimes. tovching the ground but with small 
yellowish white flowers in flat clusters 6 or 7 inches in diameter, followed by dark 
blue or blackish fruits much like our native cornels. For trial in all except the 
coldest parts of the United States. (Chico, Calif.) 
30294. CRATAEGUS AMBIGUA. Hawthorn. Native on the slopes of the mountains in 
eastern Cappadocia and northern Armenia. A tree 16 feet high, upright, spreading, 
with long slender branches; bark gray. Leaves roundish, 1$ inches across, petioles 
long and slender. Fruit 4 inch in diameter, brilliant red, on long slender stems; 
flesh soft, pulpy. (Chico, Calif.) 
39557. CRATAEGUS LAVALLEI. Hawthorn. From California. Presented by Frank Jes 
Hart. A hawthorn originally from France and probably of hybrid origin: It is a 
small shrubby tree about 20 feet high with few-flowered clusters of large, white 
flowers having red disks and followed in autumn by bright orange fruits, well set 
off by the lustrous leaves. (Chico, Calif.) 
66069. CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA. Chinese Hawthorn. From China. Collected by F.-A. 
McClure, Agricultural Explorer. A hardy shrub or small tree, native to northeastern 
China, with dark-red edible fruits. For trial throughout the United States. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
69886. CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA. Chinese Hawthorn. From Manchuria. Seeds obtained 
by P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorer. Same as preceding (No. 66069). (Bell, Md.) 
335214. CYDONIA OBLONGA. De Antequera Quince. From Granada, Spain. Obtained from 
Pedro Giraud. A fairly prolific variety which bears round oblate fruits with yellow 
skin and light-yellow non-astringent flesh good for eating out of hand. It is goog - 
for cooking and preserving and makes excellent jelly. At Chico, California, it ripens 
the first week of Nevember. Probably hardy except in the extreme north. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
67353. CYTISUS MONSPESSULANUS. Broom. From the Canary Islands. Presented by the 
Director, Cambridge Botanic Garden, England. -A leguminous shrub about 10 feet high 
with fragrant bright-yellow flowers in small racemes. For trial in the southern 
United States. (Chico, Calif.) : 
65011. CYTISUS STENOPETALUS. Broom. From the Canary Islands. Collected by David 
Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome shrub or small tree, 20 feet or less in 
height, with silky—hairy foliage, and elongated racemes of bright-yellow flowers. In 
the Canary Islands this shrub is used for feeding goats. For trial in the southern 
United States. (Chico, Calif.) 
