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32830. ULMUS PUMILA ARBOREA. Kitaisky elm. From 

 F. X. Meyer. Bairam Ali, Russian Turkestan. Graceful, small hardy 

 tree valuable as an ornamental in rather dry regions. The slender 

 piirnately branched shoots, often somewhat drooping, render this 

 form especially attractive. Liable to lose its regularity of outline 

 when old unless it has plenty of room. Native of Russian Turkestan. 



41392. UVARIA C AL AMISTR AT A . From Mr. W. J. Tutcher. 

 Hongkong, China. A strong- growing creeping vine, closely allied 

 to the American pawpaw (Asimina triloba) , producing edible fruits 

 somewhat resembling those of the pawpaw in general appearance. 

 The fruit is said to have a very pleasant, slightly acid taste, not 

 greatly unlike that of the Susong calabao (U. rufa) of the Philip- 

 pine Islands. Native of Hongkong. 



44091. UVARIA RUFA. Banauae. From Mr. P. J. Wester, 

 Lamao. Bataan, Philippine Islands. Climbing Javanese shrub. 16 

 to 20 feet in height, with edible fruits. Leaves nearly oblong, 3 to 6 

 inches long. Flowers purplish red. solitary or in clusters of two or 

 three. The fruits are borne in clusters: are of an oblong-reniform 

 shape, red when ripe, about l-\ inches long, and are said to have a very- 

 pleasant subacid flavor. 



42698. VIBURNUM DAVIDII. From the Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 Co., Paris, France. Ornamental Chinese shrub, said to be one of the 

 most distinct and remarkable of the genus. Low bush, with large, 

 shining, persistent leaves resembling those of a rhododendron. The 

 terminal umbels of white flowers are succeeded by steel-blue fruits, 

 ripening in the fall. Native of western China. Said to be hardy. 



40198. VIBURNUM LOBOPHYLLUM. Presented by the di- 

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

 mental shrub 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. Wilson in 1901. 



40201. VIBURNUM RHYTIDOPHYLLUM. From the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. One of the most striking of Vi- 

 burnums because of its large evergreen foliage, particularly hand- 

 some in autumn with its large clusters of fruit changing from red to 

 shining black. Evergreen shrub, up to 10 feet high. Has proved 

 hardy at the Arnold Arboretum and in western New York, but the 

 leaves suffer more or less in exposed situations. Native of central 

 and western China. 



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