1906 
euonymus hamiltonianus (Celastraceae ) , 57281. From Echo, Man- 
churia, China. Seeds presented by A. D. Woeikoff, director, Experi- 
mental Farm. No. 30. A large Himalayan shrub which under favorable 
circumstances becomes a moderate-sized tree, 30 to 35 feet high, with 
a short straight trunk 4 to 5 feet in girth. The clusters of 15 to 30 
greenish white flowers are followed by yellow capsules the seeds of 
which are entirely surrounded by a scarlet aril. The fruit ripens from 
August onward. The leaves are brilliantly colored in fall. The wood 
is beautifully white , compact and close, not very hard, and is used 
for making spoons. The young shoots and leaves are lopped for fodder. 
(Adapted from Brandis, Forest Flora of India, p. 78, and Arnold Arbore- 
tum, Bulletin of Popular Information, No. 13, 1911.) 
exacum zeylanicum macrantha ( Gent ianaceae), 57260. From Ceylon, 
India. Seeds presented by the governor of Ceylon, through Frank B. 
Noyes, Washington, D. C. An erect, slightly branched annual from the 
mountains of Ceylon, where it grows at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The 
stem, over a foot in height, is copiously leafy below, and bears a ter- 
minal cluster of large handsome flowers. The latter have deep, rich- 
purple petals and showy, bright-orange stamens. (Adapted from Curtis' s 
Botanical Magazine, pi. 4771.) 
GOMPHOCARPUS PHYSOCARPUS (Asclepiadaceae) , 57269. From Burring- 
bar, New South Wales. Seeds presented by B. Harrison. "A tall-growing 
plant which bears balloonlike pods containing brown seeds furnished 
with tufts of fine silky cotton." (Harrison.) 
A branched plant 2 or 3 feet high, with opposite, very narrow, 
sharp-pointed leaves, and 6 to 10-f lowered umbels of small, white flow- 
ers. (Adapted from Thiselton-Dyer, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 4, 
sect. 1, p. 328.) 
hakea nodosa (Proteaceae ) , 57211. From Hobart, Tasmania. Seeds 
presented by L. A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture, Agricultural and 
Stock Department. An ornamental Australian shrub, 2 to 6 feet in height, 
with slender branches, short, needlelike or extremely narrow leaves 
crowded on the stems, and axillary clusters of very small flowers. 
(Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis , vol. 5, p. 514.) 
juniperus rigida (Pinaceae) , 57298. Juniper. From Echo, Manchuria, 
China. Seeds presented by A. D. Woeikoff, director, Experimental Farm. 
No. 2. A Japanese juniper which is a tree about 20 feet in height, 
and of elegant habit with the branches pendulous at the ends. The 
needlelike leaves are very slender and triangular in section. The tree 
thrives very well in southern England. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and 
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 569.) . 
