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3352. Jubaea spectabilis. Palm. 



From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild, 

 June, 1899. 



"This is the palm from which the palm honey of Chile is made. This sirup is the 

 most delicious of any I have ever tasted. It is superior, in my estimation, to maple 

 sirup, being milder and not cloying the palate as the latter does. In forty years the 

 trees will be ready to tap for the sap from which this sirup is made. It is a very 

 ornamental palm, but a slow grower. It thrives on poor, very dry soil, and requires 

 very little water. The palm-honey business here has paid very well indeed. Hith- 

 erto the palms have been felled, but they can be tapped, I am assured, just as maple 

 trees are tapped." (D. G. Fair child.) 



3353. Cryptocarya pettmus. 



From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 154) , July, 1899. 



' ' One of the handsomest shade trees of Chile. Recommended as an avenue tree. 

 Grows well on stony, dry soil. The fruits, as large as small plums, are cooked like 

 chestnuts and eaten. They have an oily, peculiar taste, disagreeable to some, but 

 highly esteemed by others. The tree will stand light frosts and should be placed in 

 California, Arizona, and Florida." (I). G. Fairchild.) 



3354. Tricuspidaria dependens. Patagua. 



From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 153) , July, 1899. 



"A large, ornamentalshadetree, suitable for avenues, with large, bell-shaped flowers. 

 Hardy in Santiago, where light frosts occur; requires a wet soil; is called 'Patagua' 

 in Chile." (D. G. Fairchild.) For Florida and California. 



3355. Chusquea quila. Bamboo. 



From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 150), July, 1899. 



"The so-called 'Quila' of Chile, a species of bamboo, whose solid stems are used 

 in furniture making and whose leaves furnish the principal fodder for large herds of 

 cattle fattened in southern Chile. The canes grow often 30 feet high in good soil, 

 and branch abundantly. In dry soil they are stunted. In both forms the leaves 

 are greedily eaten by cattle. Some varieties coming from the Cordillera are hardy. 

 These are from Santiago, where it sometimes snows and is often below freezing. 



"The plants should be started in good, rich bottom land in Florida and southern 

 California. It is a plant suited to waste land, as its forage is of too low a quality to 

 recommend it for general culture. Its tendency to spread and become a nuisance 

 is not considered objectionable here. In dry soil the leaves become spiny and it is 

 doubtful if the cattle will take to it at first. (D. G. Fairchild.) 



3356. Opuntia stricta. Airampo. 



From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 160), July, 1899. 



"The Airampo of Peru. Brought by Mr. J. Soehrens from near Arequipa, on Lake 

 Titiaca. Hardy to frost; grows in very dry region; 3 feet high; bushy habit; no 

 long spines; flowers yellow; fruit the size of an English walnut. Flesh wine-red 

 acid, used for coloring wines and for making refreshing drinks. Will live in 

 Arizona. No care in planting is required. It thrives best on drv, stony soils." 

 {D. G. Fairchild.) 



3357. Aristotelia macqui. Maqui. 



From Santiago, Chile. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 170), July, 1899. 



The Maqui of commerce, with which most of the Chilean red wines and some 

 French wines are colored. The seeds should be started in a seed bed. The plant is 

 a rapidly growing shrub, with handsome foliage. Will stand slight frosts and poor 



