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MATTER IN THIS BULLETIN IS NOT TO BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT 
SPECIAL PERMISSION. 
ACONITUM SCAPOSUM. (Rammculaeeae . ) 55126. Seeds of 
an ornamental aconite from the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. Presented by Sir P. W. Moore, 
Director. "Var. pyramidalis. A strong-growing hardy her- 
baceous perennial with foliage typical of the genus and 
pyramidal spikes of dark blue flowers crowded on the upper 
two-thirds of a scape 2 to 2^- feet in height. The flowers 
consist of a long blue spur with little or no hood and the 
small petals are whitish tipped with green.- It is a 
native of Central China." (Hortus Veitchii, p. 413.) For 
distribution later. 
ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS. (Dilleniaceae . ) 35133. Plants 
from London. Purchased from Messrs. James Ve itch and Sons. 
These are cuttings .from the female plant which ripened 
fruit in England in 1911, , and are the first known .female 
plants of this promising fruit producing species to be 
introduced Into this country. The male flowers .and the 
general- appearance of this plant were illustrated in 
Bulletin No. 50 of this series. For distribution later. 
AMYGDALUS FENZLIANA. (Amygdalaceae. ) 35205. Seeds 
from -the Botanic Gardens-, Tif lis , Caucasus. Presented by 
the -Director. "A shrubby ornamental almond, flowering in 
early spring, with white flowers; growing in semiarid 
sections in the eastern Caucasus. Suggested as a stock 
for almonds and other stone fruits in mild-wintered, semi- 
arid sections, also of value, possibly, in breeding a 
bushy drought-resistant strain of almonds for semiarid 
regions." (Meyer.) For distribution later. 
• AMYGDALUS NANA. (Amygdalaceae.) 35206. Seeds from 
the T^f lis Botanic Garden, Caucasus. Presented by the 
Director. "The flowers of this species are rose-colored 
and solitary, making their appearance in March. The 
flowers are of the same form as those of the almond, but 
are, however, much smaller. The leaves are oblong-linear 
and attenuated at the base, and are serrated and quite 
glabrous. This shrub reaches a height of only from 2 to 3 
feet." (Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening.) For distri- 
bution later. 
ARAL I A 
the Mus eum 
Director . 
MANDSHURICA. ( Araliaceae . ) 35148. Seeds 
of Natural History, Paris. Presented by 
"This species is perfectly hardy and 
from 
the 
will 
