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spreading ornamental shrub or email tree common throughout the warmer 
parts of Japan. The branches are very slender and in the wild plant 
the flowers are always white. It is a popular garden shrub and, under 
cultivation, forms with pink and rose-colored flowers are common. The 
seeds contain an inferior sort of oil used by the Japanese women for 
dressing their hair. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, 
vol. 2, p. 394.) 
tithonia diversifolia ( Asteraceae ) , 57093. From Manila, Philippine 
Islands. Seeds presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture. 
"A perennial composite with large yellow flowers which are produced in 
great abundance during the autumn and early winter months. It should 
therefore be a good ornamental for southern Florida during the winter- 
resident season." (Wester.) 
TR1FOLIUM physodes (Fabaceae), 57035. Clover. From Kew, England. 
Seeds presented by Dr. A. H. Hill, director,' Royal Botanic Gardens. 
A perennial prostrate clover with oval leaflets and roundish heads of 
pink flowers which open in July and August. Native to southeastern 
Europe. In the flowering stage this species resembles white clover, 
but it does not creep. (Adapted from Ascherson und Graebner, Synopsis 
der Mitteleuropaischen Flora, vol. 6, pt. 2, p. 525.) 
trifolium pratense (Fabaceae), 56896-56898. Red Clover. From 
Lausanne, Switzerland. Seeds purchased from Dr. G. Martinet, director, 
Seed Control Station. Quoted notes by Dr. Martinet. 
56896. "No. 1021. Descended from the celebrated variety of 
Winkel, near Bulach, Switzerland. It is of rapid growth and yields 
heavily, and can be used for two years after seeding." 
56897. "No. 943. ( 'Mattenklee ' ) . A long-enduring variety which 
yields well and renews itself from time to time. The seeds are almost 
entirely yellow. " 
56898. "No. 950 ('Mattenklee'). A long-enduring variety which 
gives abundant forage and seeds; the latter are dark violet." 
triplaris cumingiana (Folygonaceae) , 57092. From Balboa Heights, 
Canal Zone. Seeds presented by Holger Johansen, agronomist. "A native 
tree about 20 feet in height, generally of pyramidal habit, which pre- 
fers moist situations, such as the -borders of lakes and streams. From 
February until the middle of April it is ablaze with red, produced by 
the bracts surrounding the capsules, and forms an exceedingly striking 
object in the landscape. As a beautiful ornamental this tree is well 
worthy of further distribution." (Johansen.) 
