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The Paulownia tomentosa has become such a feature 

 tree in our parks that a new species with larger 

 flowers, from Formosa, P. fortunei (No. 42036), will be 

 watched with interest. Bentham's Cornel from Nepal, 

 Cornus capitata (No. 42287) , with heads of yellowish flow- 

 ers and deep orange fruits, the size of nectarines, 

 will interest those with whom the American dogwood is 

 a favorite. 



The Oriental bamboos are not the only species of 

 value for timber, and those living in the tropics will 

 want to test the Takuara of Paraguay, Bambos guadua (No. 

 42066), a species evidently too tender for Florida. 



Those interested in tropical timber trees will 

 find some remarkable ones in the collections intro- 

 duced from Madagascar (Nos. 42355 to 42376) , Argentina 

 (Nos. 42321 to 42332), or in the famous Jequitiba of 

 Brazil, one of the largest and most beautiful of all 

 tropical forest trees introduced for the first time 

 by the Forest Expert, Mr. H. M. Curran, from Bahia 

 (No. 41933). 



David Fairchild. 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



