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Rosa omeiensis Rolfe. (Rosaceae.) 44400. A plant 
from Elstree , Herts , England . Presented by Hon. Vicary 
Gibbs, through Mr. E. Beckett, The Gardens, Aldenham 
House. A stout, branched shrubby rose, from 3 to 10 
feet high, with the young shoots covered with dense 
bristles, and the older stems armed with stout , straight 
thorns. The long, green leaves are composed of 9 to 
13 sharply serrate leaflets, and the white flowers, 
which are over an inch in diameter, occur singly on 
short lateral twigs. The bright red fruits are up to 
one-half inch in length, and their yellow stalks are 
very striking in autumn. These fruits are said to be 
eaten in China, where the plant grows at elevations 
of from 8000 to 9500 feet. It thrives in good loamy 
soil, and may be propagated from the freely produced 
seeds. (Adapted from Curtis 's Botanical Magazine, 
plate 8471. ) 
Styrax wikonii Rehder. (Styracaceae. ) 44403. One 
plant from Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Hon. 
Vicary Gibbs, through Mr. E. Beckett, The Gardens, 
Aldenham House. A very pretty, small, compact, Chinese 
shrub with alternate, oval, irregularly dentate leaves , 
up to 2/3 inch long; white flowers in axillary and 
terminal racemes, appearing when the plant is but a 
few inches high and two or three years old; and gray, 
velvety, roundish fruits, about 1/3 inch long. It is 
best propagated by seeds, although layering may be 
used. On one occasion, in the nursery at Kew, England, 
this shrub withstood a temperature of 12° P. (Adapted 
from Curtis 's Botanical Magazine, vol. 138 , plate 
8444. ) 
Ulmus parvifolia Jacquin. (Ulmaceae.) 44286. Seeds 
of elm from Chihtaoyin, Chihli province, China. Col- 
lected by Mr. Prank N. Meyer, December 1, 1916. "An 
autumn-flowering elm, found in a locality farther 
north than one generally meets with this species." 
(Meyer.) 
