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ULMUS PUMILA. North Chinese elm.  Shade and timber tree,
remarkably resistant to droughts, alkali, and severe extremes of
temperature.  Timber used in China mainly in manufacture of carts.
Of exceptional promise as a shade tree for the semiarid regions of
the United States, where it has made phenomenal rapid growth.
Deserves trial in shelter belts of the Northwest.

ULMUS VEGETA. East Anglian elm.  A hybrid between
U. montana and U. nitens, and like many hybrids, of remarkably
vigorous growth.  One of the largest of all elms, reaching 100 feet
in height, forming a short, thick trunk 5 to 6 feet in diameter; forks
low and sometimes splits if not properly pruned. Originated in 1836,
in the nursery of John Wood, Huntington, England.

34063. ULMUS sp. Karagatch elm. From the Truckee-Carson 
Field Station, Fallon, Nev.  Grown from seeds collected
by Arthur P. Davis in Bairam Ali, Russian Turkestan.  Rapid-growing 
elm, well suited to semiarid regions; has much harder and
better wood than the American elm and is as good or better for
windbreaks and shade in arid regions.

40198. VIBURNUM LOBOPHYLLUM.  Presented by the
director. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.  Deciduous ornamental 
shrub with dark, reddish brown branches and flat-topped clusters 
of small white flowers.  The bright-red fruits, one-third of an
inch long, are ripe in September and October and form the chief
attraction of this shrub.  Native of western China.  Introduced by
E. H. Wilson in 1901.

22978. VIBURNum M ACROCEPHALUM. Giant Chinese
snowball.  From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, through F. N. Meyer.
A tall bush, bearing very large umbels of white flowers, attaining
sometimes a foot in diameter.  Employed by the Chinese extensively
as a dooryard shrub; often dwarfed by grafting on the wild form
and grown in tubs.  A very showy shrub.  Probably not hardy in
the North.

40901. VIGNA SESQUIPEDALIS.  Yard-long bean.  From
China.  Collected by F. N. Meyer.  A variety said to be unusually
elongated.  Much used by the Chinese as a garden vegetable, eaten
either fresh, dried, salted, or pickled.  Should be supported to give
maximum returns.

21976. VITEX INCISA.  From F. N. Meyer, Shantung, Chma.
Tall perennial, growing on dry alkaline lands, with delicate blue flowers appearing in terminal panicles and rich in honey.  Annual shoots
occasionally used by the Chiaese in basket manufacture.  Recommended
for testing as an ornamental in the Southwestern States.
        