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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49032 to 49050— Continued. 



49047. Rosa sp. Rosacere. 

 " No. 1140." 



Bose. 



49048. Rosa sp. Rosacese. 

 Variety Catherine. 



Kose. 



49049. Rosa sp. Rosacese. 



Rose. 



"A Rosa muUiflora hybrid." {Alfred Rehder.) 

 49050. Ulmus sp. Ulmaceae. 



Elm. 



" Dwarf form." 



49051 to 49123. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Plant material collected by Mr. H. E. Allan- 

 son in the Arnold Arboretum through the courtesy of Prof. Sargent, 

 its director. Numbered December 31, 1919. Quoted notes by Mr. 

 Allanson. 



49051. Aesculus turbinata Blume. .^^sculacese. 



The hardy Chinese Aesculus, " Tochnoki," which attains a height of 

 40 feet. It is valuable as a shade tree. The seeds are used for food 

 in .Japan. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 22.) 



49052. Berberis amurensis Rupr. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 A very decorative ornamental with branches covered with drooping 



clusters of showy red fruits. (Adapted from Bulletin of Popular Infor- 

 mation, Arnold Arl)oretum, No. 35, Oct. 25, 1912.) 



49053. Berberis amurensis japonica (Regal) Rehder. Berberidacene. 



A stout compact shrub, indigenous to Japan, 3 to 4 feet in height, 

 with pale-gray bark and dark-green, leathery, obovate leaves which turn 

 in autumn to brilliant shades of scarlet and orange. The racemes of 

 greenish yellow flowers and the scarlet berries resemble those of the 

 common barberry. (Adapted from Garden and Fot^est, vol. 3, p. 248.) 



49054. Berberis bretschneideri Rehder. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 An upright fast-growing shrub, 2 to 3 meters in height, found in the 



mountains near Peking, China. The small, pale-yellow flowers are borne 

 in pendent racemes and are succeeded by racemes of purplish pear- 

 shaped fruits. This shrub is hardy as far north as Massachusetts and 

 is particularly ornamental in late autumn when the leaves change to 

 brilliant shades of orange and scarlet. (Adapted from Sargent, Trees 

 and Shrubs, vol. 2, p. 21, pi. 110.) 



49055. Berberis canadensis Mill. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 An ornamental of great decorative value. Irs showy fruits are very 



ornamental in the house. (Adapted from Bulletin of Popular Informa- 

 tion, Arnold Arhoretiim, No. 35, Nov. 7, 1912.) 



49056. Berberis dictyophylla Franch. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 This barberry was introduced from Yunnan many years ago, but it is 



not common nor grown to the extent it deserves. It forms a medium-sized 

 shrub some 4 feet or so in height and is somewhat broad in proportion. 

 The branches are erect when young, but become semiarching with age. 

 The ovate leaves are borne in clusters of five at each node, each leaf 

 being about half an inch long and having a few irregular teeth on the 



{B. sieboldii Hort., not Miquel.) 



Barberry. 



