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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



*' These seeds grow very rapidly in any place which is not touched by frost. 

 The pod containing the seeds is about a foot in diameter when ripe. The vine 

 climbs over neighboring trees and requires no care." (Eells.) 



52451 to 52460. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Re- 

 ceived February 21, 1921. 



52451 and 52452. Cakagana spp. Fabacese. 



52451. Cakagana arborescens Lam. Siberian pea tree. 

 Variety sophoraefolia. A form of Caragana arhorescens with 



extremely small leaflets. (Adapted from Schneider, Ilhisiriertes 

 Handbucli (lev Lauhholzkujide, vol. 2, p. 95.) 



52452. Caragana boist C. Schneid. 



A vigorous species distinguished by its strong spines, the stipules 

 lignified from the base of the rachis, and by its beautiful thick gla- 

 brous foliage which is notably persistent. (Adapted from Vilmorin 

 and Bois, Fruticetum Vilmorianum, Catalogue 1, p. 57.) 

 52453 and 52454. Berberis spp. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



52453. Berberis brachypoda Maxim. 



A bush from western China 4 to 7 feet high, with 3-parted spines, 

 o^al serrate leaves, yellow flowers in long slender panicles, and 

 scarlet fruits which are up to half an inch in diameter. In its 

 native country this barberry grows at altitudes of 5,200 to IIJ(X) 

 feet. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 375, 

 and Schneider, Illustriertes Handhuch der Lauhholzkunde, vol. 

 2, p. 922.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43818. 



52454. Berberis aggregata C. Schneid. 



A shrub from thickets in the Min Valley, western Szechwan, at 

 altitudes of 4,265 to 7,546 feet. It reaches a height of 5 feet and 

 has yellowish brown spines in clusters of three. The oval-oblong 

 leaves are rather small, with a few distant serrations. The yellow 

 flowers, about one-fourth of an inch wide and almost sessile, are 

 in dense racemes; the fruits are salmon red. (Adapted from Bul- 

 letin VHerMer Boissier, 2d ser., vol. 8, p. 203, and from Sargent, 

 Plantar Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 375.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43817. 

 52455. Deutzia sp. Hydrangeacese. 



Apparently a new species of Deutzia. 

 52456 and 52457. Philadelphus spp. Hydrangeaceae. 



52456. Philadelphus grandiflorus Willd. Common mock orange. 



A scentless species (though not entirely inodorous) far superior 

 in its display of flowers to any of the fragrant sorts. It makes 

 strong growth up to 10 feet or more in height. When pruned after 

 flowering it makes straight, long shoots of 5 feet or more, which 

 are covered with lovely white flowers along their whole length in 

 the flowering season. The long branches are of great beauty and 

 are in demand for cut-flower decorating, as well as for lawn dis- 

 play. This is a southern species, growing from Virginia southward, 

 but it is quite hardy in the Middle States, and its merit as a hand- 



