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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53009 to 53030— Continued. 



53024. Xiirse CavclL A soft-pink variety said to be 4* feet high, 

 of excellent quality and very free flowering. 



53025. " President. A new seedling aster." (Gibhs.) 



53026. ''Robinson V. C. A new seedling aster." (Gibls.) 



53027. Sa>n Banham. A pure-white seedling from Climax, reported 

 as identical with that variety except in color; excellent for 

 cutting. 



53028. ''The Queeii. A new seedling aster." (Gihbs.) 



53029. Ypres. A variety with a stiff bushlike habit and pale-pink 

 flowers. (Adapted from The Garden, vol. S//, p. 610.) 



This variety is said to be 3 feet high, of very free growth, and 

 the flowers have a fine yellow eye. 



53030. Aster vimineus Lam. Asteraeeje. Aster. 

 "Desire. A new seedling aster." (Gibbs.) 



53031 to 53080. 



From Copenhagen, Denmark. Seeds presented by Axel Lange, curator, 

 Botanic Garden of the University. Received April 28, 1921. 



Introduced for experiments with leaf rusts of grains and grasses. 



53031. Ageopyron obtusiuscultjm Lange. Poaceae. Wheat-grass. 

 A perennial grass native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



53032. Alkanna LUTEA (Desr.) A. DC. Boraginacea^. Yellow alkanet. 



A hardy European plant with golden j'ellow trumpet-shaped flf-wers, 

 somewhat resembling Anchusa italioa except in flower color. 



Received as Nonnea liitea, which is now referred to Alkanna lutea. 



53033. Baptisia australis CL.) R. Br, Fabacese. 



A handsome, stout, perennial herb 4 to 6 feet high, native to eastern 

 North America, with lupinelike indigo-blue flowers an inch long in loose- 

 flowered, long, terminal racemes. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 4784. 



53034. Berberis aristata DC, Berberidacese. Barberry. 



A Himalayan shrub 8 feet high, which bears stout spreading racemes 



of sessile bright-red berries which finally become bluish purple and 

 bloomy. 



53035. Berberis lycium Royle. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 

 A Himalayan shrub 6 feet high, bearing violet fruits in sessile racemes. 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I, No, 49928. 



53036. Bromus adoensis Hochst. Poace?e. Brome-grass. 



An Abyssinian plant about 1 to 2 feet high with softly hairy foliage 

 and nodding panicles, 3 to 5 inches long, of shining awned spikelets, 



53037. Bromus laciniatus Beal. Poaceae. Brome-grass. 



A tall smooth perennial with large open drooping panicles of large 

 spikelets. 



53038. Bromus racemosus L, Poacese. Brome-grass. 



Chess or cheat, a smooth weed of waste places, introduced from 

 Europe, sometimes infesting grain fields. It is 1 to 3 feet tall. 



53039. Cerinthe major L. Boraginaceae, Honeywort. 



A showy annual 6 to 15 inches high with very rough leaves and flowers 

 that are yellow below and purplish above, bearing showy bracts. 



