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PKINSEPIA UXIFLORA. Ornamental Chinese shrub with 

 edible fruits. Spiny bush, up to 4 feet in height, with slender, 

 spreading, light-gray branches, narrow bright-green foliage, and 

 white or rose-tinted flowers in clusters of one to three appearing 

 with the leaves in early spring and followed by dark-red or black, 

 cherrylike fruits, which vary greatly in size and flavor. Perfectly 

 hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., but the 

 flowers sometimes suffer from the cold. 



42719. PROSOPIS CHILEXSIS. From Mr. H. M. Curran, 

 Colombia. Small tree resembling in habit and foliage the screw 

 bean (P. pubescens) of the Southwestern States, to which it is closely 

 related. The pods, however, are straight, but somewhat thickened, 

 as are those of the screw bean. It should be tried as a forage plant 

 in the South. 



43282. PROSOPIS SPICIGERA. Presented by Mr. A. C. 

 Hartless, Seharunpur, India. Small, leguminous tree with or with- 

 out thorns; somewhat resembling the mesquite (P. glandulosa) of 

 the Southwest, to which it is closely allied. The pods are used for 

 fodder quite as are thbse of P. dulcis in Hawaii, and the tree exudes 

 a gum similar to mesquite gum. Xative of southern Asia. 



433S6. PROSOPIS STROMBULIFERA. From Dr. J. X. Rose, 

 Mendoza, Argentina. A low shrub, not over 12 inches in height as 

 found growing in the Mendoza desert, but said to reach 5 to 8 feet 

 in favorable localities. Somewhat resembles the mesquite of the 

 Southwest in habit, foliage, and flower. The peculiar screw-shaped 

 pods are said to look like bright-yellow flower spikes at a short 

 distance; they hang on long after the leaves have fallen. 



17154. PRUXUS ARMEXIACA. Apricot. From F. X. Meyer, 

 Chaching, China. A large red apricot of good quality. Budded on 

 Amygdalus davidiana. 



20072. PRUXUS ARMEXIACA. Apricot. From F. X. Meyer, 

 Liaoyang, Manchuria. A red apricot grown in the gardens of Liao- 

 yang. It is of medium size and of very sweet flavor. 



32833. PRUXUS ARMEXIACA. Apricot. From F. X. Meyer, 

 Russian Turkestan. A native central Asian variety of apricot called 

 by the natives B air am Ali. Said to be of excellent quality. 

 Grafted on Amygdalus davidiana. 



32834. PRUXUS ARMEXIACA. Apricot. From F. X. Meyer, 

 Imperial Estate Murgab, Bairam Ali, Oasis of Merv, Russian Turk- 

 estan. A central Asian variety of apricot, called Murgab. Re- 

 ported to be of fine quality. Budded on Amygdalus davidiana. 



