CHINESE TREES DO WELL HERE 



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Chinese Wood Oil Tree, Tallahassee, Florida. 



THIS, KNOWN AS THE RAYNES TREE, IS THE LARGEST OF THIS SPECIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ONE FROM 

 WHICH THE MOST VALUABLE DATA REGARDING THE POSSIBILITIES OF THIS TREE IN AMERICA HAVE BEEN SE- 

 CURED. IF THE WOOD OIL TREES IN ORCHARD FORM BEAR COMPARABLY AS MANY NUTS AS THIS TREE HAS BORNE 

 THE GROWING OF THE WOOD OIL SHOULD BE A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY ALONG THE GULF COAST. IT IS NOW 

 IN AN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE. 



This also has done well in its new 

 environment. So have a new hazelnut 

 bush bearing large nuts, and three new 

 varieties of holly. 



The adaptability of the Chinese 

 wood-oil tree for cultivation in northern 



Florida seems to have been proven by 

 recent experiments. A tree at Talla- 

 hassee, Florida, bore tw T o bushels of the 

 fruit last season. In addition to being 

 an economically important tree, it is a 

 decidedlv ornamental one. It bears 



