19203. IPOfolOEA HGRSFAL- 

 L5AE BRIGQS1. A beautiful red- 

 f lowered evergreen morning -glory, 

 native to tropical America, Suitable 

 only for greenhouse culture in tem- 

 perate climates, but may be made to 

 bloom outdoors in late summer by 

 plunging the potted plants into the 

 ground in a sunny location after 

 spring frosts are over. 



29022. IRIS TEN AX, from Geo. &. 

 Schock, Forest Grove, Oregon. 



Purple "flag/'pencilied with yellow, 

 on stems 6 to 12 inches high. Valuable 

 for massing on lawns or intsrplanting 

 in rock gardens. Resisting severe 

 droughts and remaining evergreen 

 where not subject to severe freezes. 

 Blooms for thirty daysannually. Soak 

 seeds in fairly hot water to insure 

 prompt germination. 



25775. JATROPHA SP., Burazniilo. 



From Win. W. Canada, Yera Cruz, 

 Mexico. 



Deciduous shrub, or small tree, oc- 

 curring wild in lower Eastern Mexico; 

 prolific in the production of its seeds 

 which are rich in oil. For preliminary 

 testing for its possible value as an oil 

 producer. 



24622. JUNIPERU8 MONO- 

 SPERMA. From Crook National 

 Forest, Arizona. An ornamental ever- 

 green tree found along the eastern 

 base of the Rocky Mountains from 

 Colorado southward. 



27497. JUNIPERUS PACHY- 

 PH LO E A. Checkered-bark Juniper. 

 From Alamo National Forest, New 

 Mexico. Ornamental conifer, 80 feet 

 high, with small, bluish leaves and 

 spreading branches. The light wood 

 is soft and close-grained ; the thick 

 brown bark divided into scale-like 

 plates. Fruits edible, mealy, % inch 

 long. For ornamental planting in dry, 

 mild wintered sections. 



26188. KAEyPFERlA SP. 



From Mr. J. Burtt-Bavy, Pretoria, 

 Transvaal. This plant of the ginger 

 family has very ornamental flowers, 

 and tubers, the remarkable fragrance 

 of which might make them of use in 

 the perfume trade for scenting soaps, 

 etc 



