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65503. RHODODENDRON DAURICUM. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agra- 
cultural Explorer. A hardy upright much-branched shrub, up to 10 feet high, with 
deciduous or partially evergreen oval-oblong leaves, and rose-colored flowers, an 
inch across, in few-flowered terminal clusters. - Probably hardy throughout the United 
States. (Bell, Md.) 
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56828. RHIDODENDRON sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock. Agricultural 
Explorer. A handsome compact shrub 6 to 8 feet high which grows in forests at an 
altitude of 6,500 feet. The uniformly green leaves are quits narrow, and the flowers 
are said to be white. Probably tender north of southern Ohio. ‘(Be.l, Md. ) 
17737. SALIX MATSUDANA UMBRACULIFERA. Willow. From China. Collected yj ere ns 
Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome hardy Chinese willow with a dense, flatten— 
ec¢-.lobular crown. The branches are long, slender, and tinged with red toward the 
tips. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
67503. SAPINDUS RARAK. Soapberry. From Java. Collected by David Fairchild. 4 
tropical tree which grows at an altitude of about 5,000 feet. The large sticky semi- 
transparent fruits. of a waxy texture, contain much saponin, and are used by the 
Javanese for washing clothes. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 
62673. SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS. Brazilian Peppertree. From Algeria. Collected 
by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. An Algerian form of the Brazilian pepper-— 
tree which becomes a large handsome tree. It bears large erect clusters of coral- 
red berries. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 
61444. SPHAEROPHYSA SALSULA. Fabaceae. From Omsk, Russia. Presented by Prof. K. 
Murashinsky, Siberian Agricultural Academy. A hardy herbaceous perennial, native to 
Turkestan, with erect stems and racemes of purplish flowers. (Bell, Md.) 
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65550. SPIRAEA sp. Spirea. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agricul- 
tural Explorer. A hardy upright ornamental shrub with small, three-lobed leaves 
léss than half an-inch wide. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, 
Md.) 
70922. STERCULIA TRAGACANTHA. From West Africa. Collected by David Fairchild, 
Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental tropical tree 40 to 50 feet high, with attrac- 
tive leathery leaves and clusters of brilliant scarlet fruits containing smooth 
black seeds. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.) 
56331. 
58831. STRANVAESIA DAVIDIANA. From Yunnan, China Collected by J. F. Rock, Colla- 
borator of the Bureau of Plant Industry. A small tree, 10 feet in height, growing 
in a forest on the Likiang Snow Range at 11,000 feet altitude. The oblong, glossy 
leaves have red midribs and petioles. The flowers are white and the rich crimson 
fruits are in large corymbs. Probably hardy except in the extreme North. (Bell, 
Md.) 
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