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UKMUS PLTMILA. North Chinese elm. Shade and timber tree, 

 remarkably resistant to choughts, alkaU, and severe extremes of 

 temperatm-e. Timber used in China mainly in manufacture of carts. 

 Of exceptional promise as a shade tree for the semiarid regions of 

 the United States, where it has made phenomenal rapid gTOwth. 

 Deserves trial in shelter belts of the Northwest. 



ULMUS ^TEGETA. East AngUan elm. A hybrid between 

 v. montana and Z7. nitens, and like many hybrids, of remarkably 

 vigorous growth. One of the largest of all elms, reaching 100 feet 

 in height, forming a short, thick trunk 5 to 6 feet in diameter; forks 

 low and sometimes splits if not properly pruned. Originated in 1836, 

 in the nursery of John Wood, Huntington, England. 



34063. UKMUS sp. Karagatch elm. From the Truckee- 

 Carson Field Station, Fallon, Xev. Grown from seeds collected 

 by Arthur P. Davis in Bairam Ali, Russian Turkestan. Rapid- 

 growing elm, weU suited to semiarid regions ; has much harder and 

 better wood than the American elm and is as good or better for 

 windbreaks and shade in arid regions. 



40198. \T:BURXU]M LOBOPHYLLUlil. Presented by the 

 director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Deciduous orna- 

 mental shi'ub with dark, reddish brown branches and flat-topped clus- 

 ters of small white flowers. The bright-red fruits, one-third of an 

 inch long, are ripe in September and October and form the chief 

 attraction of this shrub. Native of western China. Introduced by 

 E. H. TTflson in 1901. 



22978. yIBUR^X^^ ^lACROCEPHALUM. Giant Chinese 

 snowball. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, through F. X. Meyer. 

 A tall bush, bearing very large umbels of white flowers, attaining 

 sometimes a foot in diameter. Employed by the Chinese extensively 

 as a dooryard shrub; often dwarfed by gTafting on the wild form 

 and grown in tubs. A very showy shrub. Probably not hardy in 

 the North. 



40901. VIGNA SESQUIPEDALIS. Yard-long bean. From 

 China. Collected by F. N. Meyer. A variety said to be unusually 

 elongated. Much used by the Chinese as a garden vegetable, eaten 

 either fresh, chied, salted, or pickled. Should be supported to give 

 maximum retm'ns. 



21976. VITEX IXCISA. From F. X. Meyer, Shantung, Chma. 

 TaU perennial, gTOwing on dry alkaline lands, with delicate blue flow- 

 ers appearing in terminal panicles and rich in honey. Annual shoots 

 occasionaUy used by the Chinese in basket manufacture. Recom- 

 mended for testing as an ornamental in the Southwestern States. 



