39593. ROSA GIGAIMTEA. 



From E. D. Sturtevant, Hollywood, 

 Cal. A rampant dim! er with usually 

 unarmed flowering branches and soli- 

 tary white to lemon yellow, single 

 flowers, 5 to 6 inches across. Leaflets 

 usually five, nearly oval, smooth, and 

 firm. Fortune's ^'Double Yellow" said 

 possibly to have arisen from crosses 

 with this rose or to be a variety of it. 

 Quite tender except in the South. Too 

 large for greenhouses. 



40194. RUBUS GIRALDIANUS. 



From the Royal Botanical Gardens, 

 Kew, England. A vigorous deciduous 

 shrub, 8 feet high, native of China. 

 The flowers are inconspicuous, but the 

 striking white stems and the pendu- 

 lous branches, giving a fountain -like 

 aspect to the shrub, make it a hand- 

 some ornamental. 



22987. SAGERETIA THEE- 

 ZANS. From F. N. Meyer, Soochow, 

 Kiangsu, China. Shrub, almost ever- 

 green, with small nearly oblong leaves 

 less than an inch long, bearing numer- 

 ous short panicles (1-2 to 1 inch long) 

 of very small white flowers and small 

 sweet edible fruits. Leaves are re- 

 ported as used like tea. Grown rarely 

 as dwarfed tree in pots. Chinese name 

 Chuck mei tsang. Belongs to Rham- 

 naceae or Buckthorn family. 



