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and Penang. The tree grows to 35 or 40 feet in height, 

 Is erect, and stately in appearance, with compound 

 leaves composed of five to seven pairs of oblong 

 leaflets 4 inches in length. It is commonly stated 

 that there are 8 or 10 varieties, but these appear to 

 differ very little from one another, and are rarely 

 propagated. The fruits are produced in pendent termi- 

 nal clusters. They are the size of large plums, bright 

 crimson in color, sometimes shaded with green or orange. 

 The surface is covered with soft spines, half an inch 

 long. Tearing off the thin, leathery pericarp, one 

 finds a glistening white oval of juicy pulp, very re- 

 freshing to eat, with a pleasantly subacid flavor sug- 

 gesting that of the grape." (Popenoe.) 



Olearia teretifolia (Asteraceae) , 47192. From Black- 

 wood, South Australia. Seeds presented by Mr. Edwin 

 Ashby, "Wittunga." "A bright green, almost broomlike 

 shrub, native of Kangaroo Island, this state. It grows 

 to 5 feet in height and is covered with masses of small, 

 white flowers which give the bush a snowlike appearance. 

 It stands clipping well and should make a good dwarf 

 border hedge." (Ashby.) 



Pyrus fauriei (Malaceae), 47155. Pear. From Japan. 

 Seeds presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass. Wilson's No. 11256. A thorny shrub with 

 small leaves, Z\ to 3 centimeters (1 to l in.) long, 

 smooth above and sparingly pubescent beneath, smooth 

 young fruits about 4 millimeters through, and with 

 a fugacious calyx (one lasting a very short time). 

 This species is very striking because of its extreme- 

 ly small leaves, flowers and fruit. (Adapted from 

 Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde , 

 vol. 1, p. 666. ) 



Pyrus sp. (Malaceae), 47093. Pear. From Florida. 

 Presented by Mr. Martin Campas , St. Petersburg. "Two 

 pear trees which came as cuttings from Spain four years 

 ago, and which I grafted on the Kieffer pear. Last 

 year and this year they bore a heavy crop of large 

 fruits weighing about one pound each and ripening in 

 October and November here in south Florida. The fruit 

 resembles the cooking pear in its hard flesh, but it 

 is juicy and tender to eat out of hand. The tree is 

 prolific and thrifty, with a close, dense top, and the 

 branches are ascending. The leaves are dark green and 

 free from disease." (Campas.) 



"I was favorably impressed with this pear. It is 



