27180. ROSA SP. Wild Rose. 

 From F. N. Meyer, near Gagri, Cauca- 

 sus, Russia. Strong-growing rose with 

 many large fruits, found in dry, rocky 

 locations, For experimental use as a 

 stock in semi-tropical locations and 

 for greenhouse forcing. 



33793. RU BUS H AWAI ENSIS. 



From the Kau District, Island of 



Hawaii. Presented hy Ralph S. Ho?.- 

 mer, Honolulu, H. I. "Akala," the 

 native Hawaiian raspberry. Tall- 

 growing, shrubby plant with canes 

 from 12 to 15 feet long. Edible fruit 

 large, from 1 to 1% inches long and 1 

 inch in diameter, with a sharp acid 

 flavor. 



31291. ROSA SP. Wild Rose. 

 From F. IT. Meyer, valley of the Chong 



DjigMIan, Tien Shan Range, Chinese 

 Turkestan, altitude 3500 feet. Tall, 



slender branches, slightly drooping, 

 few spi ries, many flowers, ana oran ge- 

 red fruits. For experiments in breed- 

 ing hardier types of cultivated roses. 



17737. SAL- IX SP., 

 Willow. 



From Frank Meyer, Scha-ho-schoon, 

 China. 



Remarkable ornamental willow, S 

 feet high, forming naturally dense, 

 flat-globular heads, but of upright 

 gi-o wih when planted in hedges. The 

 'branches are long, slender and tinged 

 with red towards the tips. 



31034. ROSA FERRUGINEA. 



Rose. From the Director, Imperial 

 Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg, Rub- 

 s' a. Hardy, upright shrub, 6 feet high, 

 native of mountains of middle and 



southern Europe, having slender, pur- 

 plish branches, covered with glaucous 

 bloom; prickles few, leaflets blttish- 

 green, tinged with red; flowers pink, 

 iKinches across, lessconspicuous than 

 foliage; fruits scarlet. 



22450. SALIX SP., 



T^illow. 



From Frank Meyer, Pautingfu, 

 China. 



Strong-growing bush of upright 

 habit, with smooth, greei?»«h branches 

 tinged with ye!ibwish-red s Ocurrs oti 

 dry lands in North China, requiring 

 no water beyond the scanty sirmrrrer 

 rainfall. 



