PLATE 8. 



Eugenia rnyrtifolia Sims. AUSTRALIAN BRUSH CHERRY. 



Thirty feet high, trunk diameter eight inches, age fourteen years. 

 Grown in Berkeley, California, in clay soil. Foliage evergreen, smooth 

 and shining, with a pink tinge when young, becoming green as it matures. 

 Flowers white, not conspicuous, followed by pinkish-green berries. 



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