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conditions yield about 7, 000 pounds per acre. Kapok 



cannot be spun but it is an excellent material for 

 pillows, mattresses, life preservers, etc., and its 

 use is rapidly increasing." (L. H. Dewey.) 



Crataegus mexicana (Malaceae), 46481. Hawthorn. 

 From Zacuapam, Mexico . Presented by Dr.C. A. Purpus . 

 Tejoiote. The tree is bushy, 8 to 10 feet in height 

 with glabrous, olive-colored branches. The leaves are 

 oblong, attenuated at the base, and 2 to 3 inches in 

 length. The abundant flowers are borne in terminal 

 corymbs. The fruit is larger than is usual among the 

 hawthorns. The color when ripe is pale yellow, dotted 

 with brown. It is a native of the table-lands of 

 Mexico, and has been found quite hardy in England. 

 (Adapted from The British Flower Garden, 1835 , p. 300.) 



Dacrydium cupr&ssinum (Pinaceae), 46.575. Rimu. From 

 Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. Wright. 

 "Prettiest of all our native trees; a real treasure ." 

 (Wright.) 



"This pi.ne is one of the most beautiful objects 

 in the New Zealand bush. Its pale green, drooping 

 branches differ from those of any ot-her forest tree. 

 The leaves are only small prickles, running up a long 

 stem, from which branch out other small stems whose 

 united weight causes the main stem to hang like the 

 branches of the weeping willow. The whole tree, when 

 young, has the appearance of a Lycopodium. The fruit 

 is tiny, but beautiful, the nut being blue-black and 

 the cup red. The timber is of a red or yellow color 

 and beautifully marked. It is used to great advantage 

 in dadoes, panels, and for ceilings. The Taranaki rimu 

 is especially straight in the grain and very resinous. 

 It is much used for bridge-building in that district ." 

 (Laing and Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand, p. 74.) 



Dammara ausiralis (Pinaceae), 46387. Kauri pine. From 

 New Zealand. Presented by Mr. J.W. Poynton, Palmerston 

 North, New Zealand. This magnificent tree, native of 

 New Zealand, sometimes measures 180 feet in height and 

 17 feet in diameter, the estimated age of such a tree 

 being 700 to 800 years. It furnishes an excellent, 

 straight-grained, remarkably durable timber which is 

 much used in boat and bridge-building, for furniture 

 and wagon-making. This tree also yields the kauri 

 resin from which an almost colorless varnish Is made. 

 (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, 

 ed. 9, p. 161.) 



