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Agricultural Explorer. -A shapely ornamental shrub 10 to 15 feet high found growing 
along stream beds. It is covered with bright-scarlet berries from August until 
winter. Probably hardy as far north as Philadelphia. (Chico, Calif.) 
78658. QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA. Bristletooth Oak. From Keijyo, Chosen. Collected by 
R. K. Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. A half-evergreen tree, becoming 50 feet 
high, native to the forests of northern Japan and China. with attractive shining 
green, chestnut-like foliage, paler beneath. Probably tender north of southern 
Ohio. (Bell, Md.) 
786592. QUERCUS DENTATA. Daimyo Oak. From Japan. Obtained by R. K. Beattie, Bureau 
of Plant Industry, at Shimo Teine, Teine Mura, Hokkaido. Japanese name, Kashiwa. 
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 but most northern States. (Bell, Md.) 
78661. QUERCUS MONGOLICA GROSSESERRATA. Oak. From Iwato Mura, Miyazaki Ken, Japan. 
Collected by R. K. Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. This handsome oak is said to 
be the most important forest tree of Japan, attaining a height of 100 feet and a girth 
of 12 feet. The wood is durable, and, for a hardwood, easily worked, for furniture 
approximating the best European and American oaks. (Bell, Md.) 
82397. QUERCUS SUBER. Cork Oak. From Seville, Spain. Presented by Armstrong Cork 
Company. A spreading evergreen tree up to 50 feet high, with ovate to oblong leaves 
remotely serrate. The deeply furrowed spongy bark furnishes the cork of commerce. 
For trial in the southern States and California. (Bell, Md.) 
78515. QUERCUS sp. Oak. From Nakama Kaikon, Kagoshima Ken, Japan. Presented by 
Shimoyaki Eirinsho through R. K. Beattie. Bureau of Plant Industry. Japanese name 
Ubamegashi. An unidentified Japanese oak, for trial in the southern United States. 
(Bell, Md.) 
78368. SARCOCOCCA HOOKERIANA HUMILIS. Buxaceae. From western China. Obtained 
from V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Ltd., Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. A dwarf evergreen 
shrub ] to 4 feet high, with leathery lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 inches long, axillary 
racemes of small whitish flowers and round black fruits. Probably tender north of 
southern Ohio. (Bell, Md.) 
78387. 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.) 
78685. SKIMMIA JAPONICA. Japanese Skimmia. Obtained from Vilmorin—Andrieux & Co., 
Paris, France. A dense evergreen Japanese shrub 3 to 5 feet high, with yellowish 
green leaves 6 inches long crowded at the ends of the branchlets. It bears panicles 
of small yellowish white flowers and bright red berries a quater of an inch in dia-— 
meter. For trial in the southern United States. (Bell, Md.) 
