PL 203. 



ROW OF AJUPUT TREES ON THE EVERGLADES. CAJUPUT1 (MELALEUCA) LEUCODEXDRON (L.) 



LYONS. 



Two-year-old trees from seed, planted by Mr. Robert Werner at the Davie Experiment Farm, 

 Dade County, Fla. 



The remarkable bark of this tree, composed of thin layers of soft cork which are easily sepa- 

 rated from each other, and the oil of cajuput, which is used extensively in liniments and for skin 

 diseases and of which the leaves contain a considerable percentage, combined with the extreme 

 ease of propagation, abundance of seed, and the fact that the trees will stand flooding on the Ever- 

 glades and even by brackish water, make this species worthy of special attention. Photographed 

 (P20015FS) by David Fairchild at Davie Experiment Farm, Dade County, Fla., February 6, 1916. 



