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FOUR- YEAR-OLD FEIJOA BUSH AT TALLAHASSEE. 



(Feijoa selloinana. See S. P. I. No. 39555.) 



The hardiness of this South American fruiting bush is something of a 

 surprise. It promises to grow and fruit as far north as Alabama 

 and Georgia. It appears to be cross-fertilized by birds, which are 

 fond of the thick petals of the flowers. The large-fruited selected 

 varieties of California deserve a trial in the Gulf States. (Pho- 

 tographed by R. A. Young, on the place of Geo. B. Perkins. 

 Tallahassee, Fla,, August 12, 1916; P19859FS.) 



