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Biology in America 



a Japanese nurseryman, which he planted in Bakersfield, 

 and from which in a few years sprang a beautiful grove of 

 trees over fifty feet in height. Several species of bamboo 

 have been introduced into California, while in Florida and 

 other southern states are bamboo groves planted by the 

 Bureau in its experimental gardens. 



In the markets of Japan are for sale the stalks of the udo 

 which is used by the Japanese and foreign residents as we 



BRANCH OF THE TUNG OIL TREE 



The large kernels inside these fruits form the wood oil nuts from 

 which one of the most valuable drying oils known is extracted. These 

 trees will grow in the Gulf States. 



Courtesy of the U. 8. Bureau of Plant Industry. 



use asparagus, but the udo has the advantage of the aspara- 

 gus, in that its stalks, which are often two feet long and over 

 an inch in diameter at the base, are completely edible, in- 

 stead of the tips alone as is the case with the asparagus. It 

 is a hardy plant and can probably be raised throughout the 

 United States, though at present it is raised chiefly in the 

 Sacramento Valley. The udo was introduced into the United 

 States by Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop of Chicago in 

 1903. 



Those of us who have enjoyed the delightful hospitality of 



