52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



24404— Continued . 



covered with a valuable wax harder than that of bees and used for making candles, 

 covering phonograph cylinders, etc. Each tree furnishes about 4 pounds of wax 

 annually." (Adapted from Von Mueller.) 



24405 to 24413. Eucalyptus spp. 



From Los Angeles, Cal. Purchased from Messrs. Johnson & Musser. Received 

 December 21, 1908. 

 Seed of the following varieties to be tested in south Texas, Florida, and the Gulf 

 Coast States on the recommendation of Messrs. Johnson & Musser: 



24405. Eucalyptus cornuta Labill. 



24406. Eucalyptus cladocalyx F. Muell. 



24407. Eucalyptus leucoxylon F. Muell. 



24408. Eucalyptus longifolia Link. 



24409. Eucalyptus polyanthemos Schauer. 



24410. Eucalyptus longirostris Muell. 



24411. Eucalyptus rudis Endl. 



24412. Eucalyptus siderophloia Benth. 



24413. Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. 



24415. Eucalyptus alba Reinw. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received December 4 and 21, 1908. 

 See No. 21394 for previous introduction and descriptive note. 



24416. Fragaria sp. Strawberry. 



From Shanghai, Kiangsu, China. Presented by Mr. J. M. W. Farnham. Re- 

 ceived at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., December 16, 1908. 

 White. 



24417 and 24418. 



From China. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, at 

 the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., 1907; numbered for convenience in 

 recording distribution December, 1908. 



24417. Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nees & Eberm. (?) 

 From Hangchow, Chekiang, China. "(No. 736a, June 27, 1907.) A very 



ornamental evergreen tree, bearing leaves like the camphor tree, but darker 

 green and producing blue-black berries on red petioles. The Chinese chop the 

 leaves up very fine, let them steep in water with clay or soil, and obtain a very! 

 good, weather-resisting cement in that way, especially used in plastering over 

 old coffins which are kept standing above the ground ." ( Meyer.) 



24418. Salix babylonica L. 

 From Fengtai, near Peking, Chihli, China. "(No. 665a, Mar. 26, 1907.) A 



weeping willow growing on very dry places; used as a shade tree in the streets 

 of Peking under trying climatic and other conditions; well worth giving a trial 

 in the western regions of the United States. Chinese name Tsa yang liu.' 

 (Meyer.) 



