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67026. CLEMATIS RECTA MANDSHURICA. From Paris, France. Presented by Vilmorin— 
Andrieux & Co. A tall slender herbaceous purple-leaved perennial with terminal and 
axillary panicles of pure white flowers. The typical form is native to Manchuria. 
Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
72993. COMBRETUM GRANDIFLORUM. From Gambia, West Africa. Collected by David Fair-— 
child, Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental tropical climbing shrub with clusters 
of showy red flowers. Native to West Africa. For trial in southern Florida. (Chap— 
man Field, Fla.) 
71405. CORMONEMA OVALIFOLIUM. Rhamnaceae. From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. 
Presented by Jorge Garcia Salas, Director General of Agriculture, through Paul C. Stan-—- 
dley. United States National Museum. A small, tropical tree, native to Cuatemala, 
where it is planted as an ornamental in parks and used as a shade tree for coffee. 
Known as "coxte" in Guatemala. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 
62255. COTONEASTER DAMMERI. From Orleans, France. Presented by Leon Chenault, 
through David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A prostrate, evergreen shrub, native 
to central China, with pure-white, solitary flowers, and coral-red fruits + of an 
inch wide. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.) 
52677. COTONEASTER DAMMERI RADICANS. From’China. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & 
Co., Paris, France. A prostrate variety which differs from the tropical form in 
having few-flowered clusters on long flower-stalks. For trial chiefly in the south- 
ern United States and California. (Bell, Md.) 
62568 . COTONEASTER LACTEA. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Vicary 
Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. An erect ornamental shrub from south-central Asia. 
The oval-acute leaves are up to 14 inches long. Probably tender in the extreme 
North. (Bell, Md.) 
56304. COTONEASTER PROSTRATA, From China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultura? 
Rxplorer, An ornamental, prostrate shrub from the mountains of Yunnan, China. Iv 
has small, elliptical, dark-green leaves, and small, red berries of attractive ap-— 
pearance. Probably not hardy in the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.) 
62572. COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA. From China. Presented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham 
House Gardens, Herts, England, A half-evergreen shrub, sometimes 15 feet in height, 
with white flowers produced in dense corymbs about 2 inches across, and bright-red 
fruits, which, ripening in October, make the shrub particularly ornamental. For 
trial in all but the coldest sections of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
62296. COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA FLOCCOSA. From Orleans, France. Presented by Leon 
Chenault, through David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A graceful shrub about 12 
feet high, which bears dense corymbs of white flowers and roundish, light-red fruits. 
Native to western China at altitudes of 7,500 to 9,800 feet. Probably hardy except 
in the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.) 
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