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the dasheen type. It Is said to be the best variety 
grown In Japan. These specimens grown In Texas, though 
very small, were mealy and of fine flavor." (R. A. 
Young . ) 
Cotoneaster divaricata Rehder & Wilson. (Malaceae.) 
43991. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum. A deciduous upright shrub from 
central and western China, with shining oval leaves 
1/3 to 3/4 inch long. The pink flowers are usually In 
threes, and the bright red fruit, containing 2 stones, 
is 1/3 Inch long. A very handsome shrub when studded 
with Its bright red fruits, and hardy at the Arnold 
Arboretum. (Adapted from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard 
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 865.) 
Cotoneaster horizontalis perpusilla Schneider. (Malaceae.) 
43992. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum. A low Chinese shrub of pros- 
trate habit with almost horizontal branches in two 
dense series and roundish oval leaves less than 1/3 
inch long. The flowers are erect, pink, and either 
solitary or in pairs, and the bright red oval fruit, 
1/4 inch In diameter, usually contains 3 stones. One 
of the most effective fruiting shrubs for rockeries. 
(Adapted from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia 
of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 865.) 
Cotoneaster hupehensis Rehder & Wilson. (Malaceae.) 
44079. Cuttings from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented 
by the Arnold Arboretum. A shrub, native of central 
and western China, up to 5 feet in height, with slender 
spreading branches, oval or elliptc leaves with gray 
wool on the lower surfaces, 6 to 12 white flowers In 
each of .the numerous cymes, and red, nearly globular 
fruits about 1/3 inch in diameter. This is one of the 
handsomest of Cotoneasters in bloom, and is hardy as 
far north as Massachusetts. (Adapted from Rehder, in 
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, 
p. 867.) 
Cotoneaster tenuipes Rehder & Wilson. (Malaceae.) 
43995. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum. A gracefully-branched, decid- 
uous shrub, from western China, up to 7 feet high, 
with oval or elliptic-oval, sharp-pointed leaves, 
about one and three fifths inches long. The flowers 
