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beneath, gracefully pendulous clusters of pinkish white flowers, and 
black, globose fruits. This hardy Siberian species is one of the most 
attractive of the black-fruited cotoneasters. (Adapted from Bean, 
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 412.) 
eremochloa ophiuroides (Poaceae), 58389. Grass. From Canton, 
China. Seeds presented by Prof. G. Weidman Groff , Canton Christian 
College. This is the second most common lawn grass in southern China, 
and is recommended as the best lawn grass for that region. Its usual 
height is 3 or 4 inches, the blades are smooth and soft, and the seed 
stalks insignificant. The attractive deep-green color is maintained 
during the winter in southern China, if the grass gets a good hold dur- 
ing the summer. Propagation is easily affected by means of runners. 
(Adapted from Bulletin No. 25, Canton Christian College.) 
flacourtia euphlebia (Flacourtiaceae ) , 58092. From Manila, Philip- 
pine Islands. Seeds presented by P. J. Wester, agricultural adviser, 
Bureau of Agriculture. A large shrub or small tree, 15 to 25 feet high, 
native to the Philippine Islands, which bears a profusion of roundish, 
smooth, shining dark-purple fruits about three-fourths of an inch in 
diameter, with an edible subacid pulp. The coarsely serrate leaves are 
rich wine red when young and tender. It is likely that this species 
will endure little or no frost. 
hedyscepe canterbury ana (Phoenicaceae ) , 58369. Palm. From Syd- 
ney, New South Wales. Seeds presented by J. H. Maiden, director and 
government botanist, Botanic Gardens. This very handsome palm is known 
in a wild state only on Lord Howe Island, over four hundred miles east 
of Australia, where it is called the "umbrella palm." It is a tall, 
spineless palm with a comparatively short, thick stem, from the end of 
which arise the dense, graceful leaves, composed of long narrow segments. 
In habit and foliage it resembles a Kentia, and in general its cultural 
requirements are the same. 
hemerocallis forresti (Liliaceae), 58135. From Glasnevin, Dublin, 
Ireland. Seeds presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. A 
very handsome plant about 2 feet high, with a thick rootstalk, narrow 
lanceolate leaves and deep golden orange, tubular, flowers 2 to 3 inches 
long borne in many-flowered spikes. It flowers only in very early 
spring, and is suited only for pure limestone soil. Native to south- 
western China, where the winters are very mild. 
hydrangea bretschneideri (Hydrangeaceae), 58152. From Kew, Eng- 
land. Seeds presented by Dr. A. W. Hill, director, Royal Botanic Gard- 
ens. A stout bushy shrub 8 to 10 feet high, with dull-green, slender- 
pointed leaves, and flattened corymbs, 4 or 5 inches wide, of white 
