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40705. JASMINIM GIRALDI. Jasmine. From F. N. Meyer,
Hsiku, Kansu, China. Small ornamental shrub of erect growth, 2 to
4 feet high, with small terminal clusters of yellow flowers, each three-
fourths of an inch long, followed by showy black berries.  Foliage
pinnate, the leaflets in five pairs, each three-fourths of an inch long
and half as wide (except the terminal one, which is twice as large).
Of value for gardens and parks in dry, mild-wintered regions.

39120. JASMINUM HUMILE. Jasmine. From G. H. Cave,
Darjiling, India. Diffuse shrub, attaining a height of 20 feet in the
South, but in glass houses usually grown as a pot bush.  Branches
glabrous, angled.  Leaflets 3 to 7, nearly oval. Bright yellow flowers
borne in open clusters.  This plant is somewhat hardier than J. floridum 
but is very similar in appearance.  Blooms in summer and fall.
Needs cool house if grown under glass.

38826. JASMINUM sp. Jasmine. From F. N. Meyer, Nanto-
tchu, Shensi, China. A small shrub of the olive family, growing only
from 1 to 3 feet in height, with bright green branches and bearing
bunches of black berrylike fruits.  Found on dry sterile mountain
slopes among the scrub.  Of possible value as a rockery shrub and
along borders and paths in gardens and parks.

18577. JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS. Chinese juniper. Collected
by F. N. Meyer, Shanhaikwan, China. A handsome ornamental
juniper, narrowly cylindrical in shape; of erect habit of
growth, somewhat like that of the Irish juniper; and with dense,
glaucous or silvery-green foliage.  The needles are stiffer and longer
than those of the Irish juniper.

38803. JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS. Chinese juniper. A
North China form of tall, graceful growth collected by F. N. Meyer,
Nantotchu, Shensi, China.  As it is able to withstand considerable
drought and alkali, it is recommended as an ornamental evergreen
for parks and gardens in the milder-wintered, semiarid sections of
the United States.

27505. JUNIPERUS PROCERA. East African cedar. From
Raphael Zon, Washington, D. C.  Tall conifer, 100 feet high, from
high altitudes of British East Africa, w4th straight trunk, yielding
durable and valuable timber similar to that used in lead pencils. For
testing as an ornamental shade tree.

39873. KENNEDYA RUBICUNDA. From B. Harrison, Burringbar. 
New South Wales. A long, coarse vine, bearing a profusion
of red flowers.  Foliage sometimes eaten by stock.  Useful for arbors.
It should be tested as a green cover crop, since it is said to contain
a high percentage of nitrogen.
        