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to secure only a few fruits, and the budwood sent to Washington failed 
to survive. Consequently, it has not yet been possible to give this 
form a thorough test in the United States as a stock plant for culti- 
vated avocados. Through the efforts of Oton Jimenez, who has devoted 
much time to the search for a more abundant source of supply, numerous 
trees have been located and several hundred fruits secured from this 
season's crop. It is proposed to utilize some of these as stock plants, 
so as to test their value for this purpose, while others will be plant- 
ed in California and Florida with the object of establishing a future 
seed supply in the United States." I Wilson Popenoe.) 
PRIMULA spp. (Primulaceae) , 58398, 58426, 58399, 58368, 58400, 
58401, 58402, 58405. Primrose. From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected 
by J. F. Rock, Collaborator of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted 
notes by Mr. Rock. 
58398. PRIMULA BULLEYANA. "(No, 8988. Heshwe. September, 1923.) 
A very striking species 2 to 3 feet high, found only in boggy meadows 
at Heshwe, on the eastern slope of the Likiang Snow Range, at an alti- 
tude of about 11,000 feet. The deep, reddish orange flowers, brownish 
crimson in bud, are slightly fragrant." 
58426. PRIMULA DRYADIFOLIA. "(No. 9862. September, 1923.) A 
very handsome, rather uncommon primrose which forms cushions in moist 
rocky places on the eastern slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at an 
altitude of 15,000 feet. The plant is only 4 or 5 inches high, with 
spatulate leaves, golden below, and large, rich-crimson, purple-tinged 
flowers which appear from June to August." 
58399. PRIMULA POISSONI. "(September, 1923.) One of the hardiest 
primroses from this region; it is confined to swampy meadows or even 
to the gravelly beds of shallow brooks on the Likiang Snow Range at 
altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The flowers, with crimson-lake 
corollas and yellow throats, are in candelabralike spikes." 
58368. primula pseudosikkimensis. "(No. 8995. September, 1923.) 
This primrose, which is 1 or 2 feet high, with the habit of Primula 
secundiflora, grows in moist meadows and along stream beds on the Likiang 
Snow Range at an altitude of 13,000 feet. The lanceolate drooping 
leaves are dull green on both sides, and the rich-yellow flowers, 
which appear in June, are large and bell-shaped." 
58400. primula pulchella. "(No. 8682. Saba. September, 1923.) 
A handsome primrose growing in limestone soil in rather moist meadows 
on the eastern slopes of the Likiang Snow Range, at an altitude of 
11,000 feet. The lanceolate leaves are yellowish beneath, and the 
large flowers are bluish purple." 
58401. primula sinopurpurea. "(September, 1923.) A very orna- 
mental species about 2 feet in height, found in moist meadows on the 
western slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 13,000 
