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Amsterdam, Holland, and Madrid, Spain. Introduced for 
the work of the Off Ice of Horticultural and Pomologi- 
cal Investigations. Most of them are unusual European 
species rarely grown except in botanical gardens. 
42750. R. discolor Weihe & Nees. 42751. R. fastigiatus Weihe 
& Nees. 42752. R. godronii Lecoq & Lamotte. 42753. R. 
hirtus Waldst. & Kit. 42754. R. lejeunei Weihe & Nees. 
42755. R. nitidus Weihe & Nees. 42756. R. rudis Weihe & 
Nees. 42757. if?, wahlbergii Arrhenius. 42766. R. ulmifolius 
bellidiflorus (Koch) Pocke. 42782. R. hoffmeisterianus K. & B. 
42783. R. inermis Pourr. 42784. R. leucostaehys Schleicher. 
42785. R. lindleyanus Lees. 42786. R. rhamnifolius Weihe & 
Nees. 42787. R. sanctus Schreber. 42788. R. thyrsiflorus 
Weihe & Nees. 42789. R. vestitus Weihe & Nees. 
Solanum bullatum Velio so . ( Solanaceae . ) 42815. Seeds 
from Lavras, Minas, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin 
H. Hunnicutt, Director, Instituto Evangelico, Escola 
Agricola. "Capoeira branco. Relished by cattle as well 
as by horses. It seems to have no poison effect what- 
ever on the stock eating it." (Hunnicutt.) A South 
American plant which may possibly be valuable as a 
forage plant because of Its large per centage of pro- 
tein. The analysis of the leaves and branches shows 
20.88 per cent of protein in the leaves and 14.06 per 
cent of protein in the branches. 
Syringa giraldii Sprenger. (Oleaceae.) 42696. Plants 
from Paris, France. Purchased -from Messrs. Vilmorin- 
Andrieux & Company. Originally from the north of 
China, this lilac, which is still little known, is 
chiefly remarkable for its early flowering which takes 
place in Paris at the beginning of April. The. beauti- 
ful flowers are white, slightly marked with lilac, in 
loose thyrses and as odorous as those of the common 
lilac. It reaches a height of three to four meters. 
Viburnum spp. (Caprif oliaceae . ) 42697-42698. Plants 
from Paris, France. Purchased from Messrs. Vilmorin- 
Andrieux & Company. 42697. V. carlesii Hemsley. A Korean 
shrub recently introduced and little known, reach- 
ing a height of about a meter, of open habit. With 
opposite subsessile, rounded pubescent, deciduous 
leaves, and very odorous white flowers, flushed with 
rose, in terminal umbels, appearing in May. Flourishes 
in cool, semishady places with little lime and forces 
very easily; recommended for border for mass plantings 
of rhododendrons and azaleas. 42698. V. davidii Franchet . 
