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small fishing rods. The plant is quite hardy, with- 
standing freezing temperatures." (Peter Bisset.) 
Prinsepia utilis (Amygdalaceae) , 55719. From Likiang, 
Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agri- 
cultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 
"(No. 3281. Lashih Pa. May 10,1922.) A- spiny shrub of 
great ornamental value, which grows on limestone soil 
at altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet north of Talifu. 
In December and January the pendent branches bear a 
great profusion of white flowers. A cooking oil is 
expressed from the seeds which are gathered by the 
Chinese and native tribes." (Rock.) 
Primus armeniaeo ' (Amygdalaceae) ,55725 . Apricot. From 
Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. L. Trabut . 
"A native apricot known as louz;the tree is very pro- 
ductive and the fruit excellent. This tree is culti- 
vated in a subarid region at M'Sila." (Trabut.) 
Primus serrulata ( Amy gd alaceae), 55587. Flowering cherry . 
From Yokohama, Japan. Seeds purchased from the Yoko- 
hama Nursery Co., Ltd. 
Forma lannesiana. A variety of Japanese cherry known 
as Mazakura (synonym, Dal-Sakura) , used in Japan as a 
stock. Prof. Yugo Hoshino,of the Tohoku Imperial Uni- 
versity at Sapporo, is quoted as follows in Hedrick's 
Cherries of New York, p. 75: "In the northern part of 
Japan proper (main island), it is a common practice to 
graft European cherries on a special kind of Japanese 
cherry. This cherry has a peculiar character which 
fits it for propagation; namely, 1t roots very easily 
either from cuttings or by mound layering. It is grown 
by nurserymen only and is called 'Dai-Sakura. ' It has 
a somewhat dwarfing influence on scions and hastens 
their fruiting age." 
Prunus spp. • (Amygdalaceae) , 55715-55717. From Ja- 
maica Plain, Mass. Seeds presented by Dr. C. S. Sar- 
gent, Arnold Arboretum. 
55715. Prunus serrulata pubeseens. A tree, up to 55 
feet in height, with a trunk sometimes 7 feet in cir- 
cumference and leaves with pale-green lower surfaces. 
The white or pink single flowers are usually about 
four-fifths of an inch in diameter. This variety has 
the widest dis.tribution of any of the Japanese cher- 
ries, and flowers about two weeks later than P. serrulata 
spontanea, from which variety it differs chiefly in the 
