A new and distinct variety of mushroom, named `Grifon 120`, is described, which mushroom is characterized by its cap with thick flesh and delicious-looking whitish undersurface, good qualitative character and appearance, good keeping quality and storage life and delicious tasting. The mushroom can be cultivated by gathering and repeated breeding of fungal strains having dominant traits and is exquisite in stability, reproducibility and uniformity when being produced.

A new Calathea plant particularly distinguished by having pink and green bracted inflorescences which are held high above the foliage, sturdy and upright growth habit, large, ovate to elliptical leaves with dark green margins and broad grey-green elliptical centers, is disclosed.

A new Aglaonema plant particularly distinguished by having a very dense leafy, compact and upright branched growth habit, being small to intermediate in stature, leaves that are small and uniform, very vigorous, profuse suckering, producing many axillary branches and leaves and having a more rapid growth rate than typical commercial Aglaonema cultivars, is disclosed.

ABSTRACT A new Calathea plant particularly distinguished by pink and green bracted inflorescences which are held high above the foliage, sturdy and upright growth habit, large ovate to elliptical leaves with dark green margins and broad grey-green elliptical centers, is disclosed.

A new and distinct cultivar of common gardenia, Gardenia augusta, which is characterized by a unique upright columnar dense growth habit; small lustrous black green foliage that holds the color in winter, increased cold hardiness (Zone 6) compared to Zone 8 for the typical species variety; abundant, fragrant, white flowers in May-June with repeat blooming into August-September and colorful six-winged orange-red, 2.5 cm long fruits maturing in October and persisting into December. This new cultiv...

Buddleja `Blue Chip` is a new and distinct variety of butterfly bush that has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. 1. Moderate vigor resulting in compact growth habit. 2. Ease of asexual propagation using softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings. 3. Spreading growth habit with multi-branched stems. 4. Male sterility, and low female fertility and reduced seed set, resulting in less opportunity for seedlings to originate in the landscape setting. ...

Buddleja `Miss Ruby` is a new and distinct variety of butterfly bush that has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. 1. Moderate vigor resulting in compact growth habit. 2. Ease of asexual propagation using softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings. 3. Upright growth habit with flowers borne stiffly on upright shoots. 4. Low female fertility and reduced seed set, resulting in less opportunity for seedlings to originate in the landscape setting. 5. ...

`DOW10` is a distinctive variety of Tristaniopsis laurina, which is characterized by its combination of light brown bark on mature stems shedding to reveal light gray brown colored immature bark and large, glossy, dark green leaves combined with a vigorous growth rate.

`PLBAR B1` is a new apple tree that originated as a limb sport mutation of `Cripps Pink.` The new variety is notable for its exceptional color and early maturity as compared to `Cripps Pink.` Fruit of the new variety is mature and ready for harvest 14 to 18 days earlier than fruit of `Cripps Pink.`

A method and device are provided for determining, without contact, the physical and electrical properties of nanotube materials. The device includes a scanning probe configured to generate a signal of certain frequency onto the nanotube material and measure a reflected signal from the nanotube material, and a processor coupled to the scanning probe and configured to determine the physical and electrical properties of the nanotube material from the measured reflected signal. The method includes p...