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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



33492 and 33493— C'onliiiued. 



33493. FuRCRAEA ci BEXSis (Jacq.) Vent. 



Cajun. 



See No. 3449 for previous introdiiotion. 



Dhtribution. — Cuba and other West Indian islands; also in Brazil, where it 

 was probably iniroduced. 



From Valencia, Spain. Presented by Mr. Robert Frazer, jr., American consul. 

 Received April 17, 1912. 

 "This belongs to the variety of "winter melon' called ' Bronceados^ and has l^een 

 carefully selected from exceptionally choice fruit." (Frazer.) 



33495 to 33501. 



From Enfield. Middlesex, England. Purchased from Amos Perry. Received 

 April 22, 1912. 



Plants of the following; quoted notes from PeiTy's catalogue Xo. 135. 1911. 



33495. Aristotelia chilensis (Molina) Stuntz. Maqui. 



(Cornus chilensis Molina, Saggio sulla Storia Xaturale del Chili, p. 173, 



Seeds of this small evergreen tiliaceous tree from Chile were received under 

 the nsLme Aristotelia niacqui L'Herit. (Stii'pes novae, p. 31, pi. 16. 1784). The 

 earliest name given to the plant, however, was Cornus chilensis. published by 

 Molina in 1782. It is necessary, therefore, to mtake the new combination 

 Aristotelia chilensis. 



33496. " Berberis buxifolia Lam. Barberry. 

 Variety nana. ''Dense compact tufts, about a foot. Flowers deep yellow. 



For the front of the mixed border or rockery. A showy plant." 



33497. Berberis hookerii Lemaire. Barberry. 

 "This plant has beautiful golden-yellow flowers in early spring, succeeded 



by black berries." 



33498. Berberis japonica bealei (Fortune) Skeels. 



(Berberis healei Fortune.) Barberry. 

 "Pretty evergreen species, dark-green, holly like foliage, and long racemes of 

 pale-yellow flowers. Must be grown against a south wall." 



33499. EuoxYMUS latifolius Miller. 

 Var. albus marginatus. 



"The leaves are large, evergreen, wonderfully bright; as a small shrub, 

 invaluable." 



33500. Jasmixum beesianum Forrest and Diels. Jasmine. 

 •"A new Chinese novelty and remarkably free, being the only red jasmine 



yet known. It is a quick grower, quite hardy. Flowers very abundant, of a 

 bright, deep cherry red." 



33501. Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach. 

 (Crataegus pyracantha Medic.) 



Var. lalandi. 



"One of the best shrubs for a north wall. Evergreen and covered all the 

 winter with myriads of bright-scarlet berries." 



33494. CucuMis meld L. 



Muskmelon. 



1782.) 



