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the top, but promising to be a success there. He also 

 found this plant doing remarkably well under extremely 

 trying climatic and soil conditions at Fallen, Nevada. Mr. 

 Headley desires as many plants of this ash as he can get. 



Macadamia terrdfolia has fruited out on the campus at 

 Berkeley, California, and at the Miami, Florida, Plant In- 

 troduction Field Station. This shows the range which can 

 be expected of this interesting introduction. 



Populus suaveolens (No. 22363) sent to Mr. F. B. Head- 

 tey, Superintendent, Truckee-Carson Experiment Farm, Fal- 

 lon, Nevada, leaves out two weeks earlier than any. other 

 Populus that he has. A three-year old tree in his pos- 

 session is 20 feet tall. 



Pyrus sp. (No. 26485) A popular pear in Chinese 

 markets described as being of medium size, shaped like the 

 American Bartlett, of yellowish white color, with rather 

 coarse flesh and good keeping quality, has proven very re- 

 sistant to drying winds and drought at our Introduction 

 Field Station at Chico, California, and is recommended for 

 trial in North and South Dakota. 



Ulmus glabra suberosa (No. 34805). An elm purchased 

 from Mr. A. Woeikoff by Mr. F. N. Meyer, which seems to be 

 making excellent growth at the Northern Great Plains Field 

 Station, Mandan, North Dakota. From its more spreading 

 habit and more proliferous branching, it promises to be 

 better adapted for shelter planting than even Ulmus pumila. 



Ziziphus jujuba. (No. 22683) Bottle jujube from Shansi, 

 China. Mr. F. L. Ramsey of the Austin Nursery Company, 

 Austin, Texas, sent in ripe fruits of this number for three 

 consecutive years. Many of the fruits are as large as 

 full-sized commercial dates. 



