NO. 32. 
BULLETIN OP FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
March 16 to 23, 1910. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
ADANSONTA DIGITATA. 27160. Prom territory of Tete, Zambesia, 
Portuguese East Africa. "One of the largest varieties r if 
not the very largest, of the African baobab tree. Height 
15-25 meters, diameter 2-10 m. A most striking tree for 
frostless regions." (Barrett.) For distribution later. 
AMYGDALUS. 27302. Proaa 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. Prom Mr. E. C. Parker, Mukden, 
Manchuria. Chinese name "Tower". Valuable for grafting and 
budding only. 27111. Chinese name "Tah-buy-tower" . A 
large white peach native in Shantung Province, China. Qual- 
ity of fruit fair; growth of tree not known. 
ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE. 27187. Prom 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. 27191. Prom 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 may." (Meyer.) 
