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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52928 to 52951— Continued. 



52932. Berberis sp. Berberidacete. 



Barberry. 



Received as B. leitchlinii, for which a place of publication has not been 

 found. 



A lofty tree, with erect branches and twigs, found in forest borders ; 

 at an altitude of 6,800 feet on Mount Somlia, Transcaucasia. The paperj? 

 ovate leaves, glabrous and olive green above, are paler below and some- j 

 times pilose on the veins. The staminate catkins are in short racemes 

 at the tips of the branches. The cylindrical pistillate catkins are 3 to 3.5 

 centimeters long. (Adapted from Gartenflora, vol. 36, p. 383.) 



52934. Clematis Montana rubens Wilson. Ranunculacese. 



A plant of exceptional beauty with rose-colored flowers H to 2 inches 

 in diameter, which are produced freely when the plant is only a foot 

 high. It requires no background to show it to advantage, as in the case 

 of the white flowers of the type, and is most suitable for training over 

 old stumps, etc. Most of the flowers are produced in late May and June, 

 and odd flowers continue to develop all summer. (Adapted from The 

 Garden, vol. 77, p. 8'/.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 52630. 



52935. Cotoneaster acutifolia villosula liehd. and Wils. Malacese. 



A very vigorous shrub 5 to 7 feet high, native to western Hupeh, with 

 young shoots clothed with yellowish gray loose hairs, becoming smooth 

 and purplish brown the second year. The leaves are 11 to 4^ inches long, 

 and the white flowers are rose tinted. The woolly, roundish, pear-shaped 

 fruits are ultimately shining black. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae 

 Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 158.) 



52936. Davidia involucrata vilmoriniana (Dode) Hemsl. Cornacese. 



A tree 40 to 50 feet tall, native to western China, with alternate, ovate, 

 bright-green leaves 2 to 4 inches long, inconspicuous flowers in terminal 

 globular heads, and greenish yellow fruits with brown dots, nearly 2 

 inches long. The bracts are as in the typical form. (Adapted from 

 Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 8Ji32.) 



Received as D. laeta, which is now referred to this form. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49669. 



52937. Hydrangea petiolaris Sieb. and Zucc. Hydrangeace?s. 



A hardy deciduous climber with deeply serrated, somewhat heart- 

 shaped leaves about 4 inches long. The large flat corymbs, often 10 

 inches across, are composed mainly of small fertile blossoms which are 

 inconspicuous and a few large white sterile blooms. As the number of 

 showy flowers is small, the plant is not to be recommended as a wall 

 climber, but as a tree climber, for clothing the trunks with foliage and 

 flower, it can not be surpassed. It clings to the tree with rootlets 

 thrown out from its lengthening growths and requires no wire or string. 

 One plant ascended 40 feet in 13 years. (Adapted from The Garden, 

 vol. 6>i, p. 219.) 



52938. Pyracantha gibbsii A. .Jackson. Malacefe. 



A western Chinese shrub, up to 14 feet high, nearly spineless, with 

 large, ovate-oblong, very variable leaves up to 3 inches long, white 

 flowers, and scarlet, globular, abundant fruits about one-third of an inch 

 in diameter. The leaves are commonly used for tea by the Chinese. 

 (Adapted from Gardeners" Chronicle, 3d ser.. vol. 16, p. 309.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 44.399. 



52933. Betula medwediewi Regel. Betulacese. 



Birch. 



