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43438. RUBUS sp. Mora blackberry. From :Mr. Wilson 

 Popenoe, city of Guatemala, Guatemala. A wild species common 

 in the vicinity of San Lucas at an altitude of nearly 7.000 feet. 

 Plants resemble blackberries in habit and fruit. The flavor of the 

 fruit, hovrever, is rather acid, suggesting both the blackberry and the 

 loganberry. The fruit is much used for preserves and for stewing. 



22987. SAGERETIA THEEZAXS. From F. N. Meyer, Soo- 

 chow, Kiangsu. China. Shrub, almost evergreen, with small, nearly 

 oblong leaves less than an inch long, bearing numerous short pani- 

 icles one-half to 1 inch long, of very small whit^e flowers and small, 

 sweet, edible fruits. Leaves are said to be used like tea. Grown 

 rarely as dwarfed tree in pots. Chinese name Chuck mei tsang. 

 Belongs to the Rhamnacese, or buckthorn family. 



33135. SALIX FRAGILIS PEXDULA. Weeping willow. 



From Dr. L. Trabut, Mustapha, Algiers. An ornamental, Aveeping 

 form of the brittle willow; probably suited best for trial in Cali- 

 fornia and the Southwest. These cuttings may be from a nude 

 plant. 



29143. SALIX sp. Willow. From F. X. Meyer, Guldscha, Rus- 

 sian Turkestan. A moderate-sized, hard- wooded tree with long, 

 very narrow leaves and reddish twigs. Of value for windbr?aks and 

 as an ornamental garden and park tree in alkaline sections of the 

 United States. The young twigs are very pliable and may be em- 

 ployed as a tying material. 



41596. SAMBUCUS ADXATA. Hed - berried Himalayan 

 elder. From Mr. R. E. Cooper, Bhutan, India. Spreading shrub, 

 4 to 8 feet in height, somewhat resembling the common elder {S. 

 canadensis) in habit and foliage, and bearing nearly flat corymbs, 

 10 inches across, of fragrant white flowers. The red fruits are 

 globose, about one-sixth of an inch in diameter. Collected at an 

 altitude of 9,000 feet. 



43663. SAPIXDUS-A^TIEXSIS. Soapberry. From the Hor- 

 ticultural Division, ^linistry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo. 

 Egypt. Tree about 30 feet in h?ight. with the branches covered with 

 warty bark. Leaves compound, the three or four pairs of leaflets 

 shiny green, 3 to 4 inches long. The numerous small white flov- .jrs 

 are borne in large terminal panicles. Xative of the Fiji Islands. 



