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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52622 to 52661— Continued. 



52631. Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korsh. Ranunculaceae. 



A superb species 10 to 16 feet high, closely related to Clematis 

 orientalis, with foliage equally glaucous, flowering in July with large 

 bright-yellow, very abundant flowers with long-pointed petals. The fruit 

 forms silvery plumelike, very decorative tassels. (Adapted from 

 Yilmorin-Andrieux, Plantes Vivace et a Massifs, 1921, p. 29.) 

 52632 to 52639. Cotoneaster spp. Malacese. 



52632. " Farrer 403." 52636. " Forrest U864." 



52633. "Forrest 33." 52637. "Forrest 14948." 



52634. " Forrest 5567." 52638. " Forrest 14976." 



52635. "Forrest A553." 52639. "Forrest 16031." 



52640. Deutzta schnetderiana laxiflora Rehder. Hydrangeacese. 



A shrub 1 to 2 meters high^ with fuscous-purple branches and some- 

 what papery, elliptic, stellately hairy leaves, shining or white beneath. 

 The flower clusters are broadly paniculate, 3 to 6 centimeters long. 

 The oblong petals are about 10 millimeters long, stellately hairy on the 

 outer surface. The stamens, often longer than the petals, are dilated 

 and toothed at the tip, the teeth scarcely touching the anther. The 

 three graceful styles are about as long as the stamens. (Adapted 

 from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 7.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40580. 



52641. Detjtzia sp. Hydrangeacese. 

 " Forrest No. 15631." 



52642. Deutzia sp. Hydrangeacese. 

 " Farrer No. 109." 



52643. FoESYTHiA sp. Oleaceje. 

 " Sport." 



52644. Ilex faegesii Franch. Aquifoliacese. 

 A glabrous species with black bark and thick, spreading leaves 10 



to 15 centimeters long, linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, the lower 

 entire and the upper remotely denticulate. The flowers are crowded in 

 globose cymes on pedicels 5 to 6 millimeters long, and the spreading 

 petals are 5 millimeters long. The globose drupes are in clusters o£ 

 three to four in the axils of the leaves. Native to Szechwan, western] 

 China. (Adapted from Journal de Botanique, vol. 12, p. 255.) • 

 52645 and 52646. Lavandula spica L. Menthacese. Lavender. 



52645. " Variety Nana Glasnevin" 



52646. "Variety Twickel Purple." 



52647. Malus syl\^steis MiU. Malacese. Apple: 

 (Pyrus malus L.) 



" Variety aldenhamensis. A rooted sucker of the original tree." 



52648. Paeonia lutea Delavay. Jlanunculacese. Peony.; 

 One of the most beautiful of the yellow species, found in Yunnan in 



1892. It is a hardy species and is a choice plant for garden effect. The 

 clear-yellow flowers are about 3i inches in diameter. (Adapted from 

 The Garden, vol. 61, p. 267, and vol. 76, p. 416-) 



