BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
NO. 32. 
March 16 to 23, 1910. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
ADANSONIA DIGITATA. 27160. Prom territory of Tete, Zambesia, 
Portuguese East Africa. "One of the largest varieties, if 
not the very largest, of the African baobab tree. Height 
15-25 meters, diameter 2-10 m. A most striking tree for 
frost less regions. n (Barrett.) For distribution later. 
AMYGDALUS. 27302. Prom Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. A shrubby 
ornamental almond, flowering in early spring; flowers 
white. Suggested as a stock for almond and other stone 
fruits in mild wintered, semi-arid sections. (Meyer's in- 
troduction. ) 
AMYGDALUS PERSICA. 27110. From Mr. E. C. Parker, Mukden, 
Manchuria. Chinese name "Tower". Valuable for grafting and 
budding only. 27111. Chinese name !, Tah-buy-tower B . A 
large white peach native in Shantung Province, China. Qual- 
ity of fruit fair; growth of tree not known. 
ARBUTUS ANBRACHNE. 27187. From Nikita, Crimea, Russia. A 
very interesting ornamental tree,, native of the Crimea. 
It is evergreen and bears edible scarlet berries, varying 
greatly in size. It grows on the brinks of precipices and 
has a gnarled, barkless, white or reddish trunk. To be 
sent to California for propagation. (Meyer's introduction,) 
ASPARAGUS SP. 27190-. From Orianda, Crimea, Russia, A wild 
herbaceous asparagus of climbing habits, found between 
shrubs near the seaside. Perhaps ornamental. (Meyer's 
introduction. ) 
BERBERIS. 27045. From France, through Mr. Frank N. Meyer. 
"Seedlings of a hybrid between B. darwinii and B. empetri- 
folia. The seedlings break up into intermediate types 
and the plant illustrates the fact that even if the immed- 
iate result of a hybridization does not give what is wanted, 
the seedlings of such a plant m&j. n (Meyer.) - 
