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can stand heavy summer rains and may thrive in Texas; the S} T ca- 

 more fig, Ficus sycomorus (Nos. 30827, 39857, and 39858), which 

 is at the same time a shade tree and a fruit tree of minor impor- 

 tance, interesting because of the ancient methods practiced to liber- 

 ate the fig insects from the fruit ; and the bushukan or finger citron 

 of Japan, Citrus meclica sarcodactylis (No. 39940), a curious dwarf 

 potted plant grown for its fragrant flowers and the perfume of its 

 fruits. 



Of shade trees, park shrubs, and plants for the dooryards of the 

 city, as well as country homes, there are an unusual number in this 

 inventory. They include the best of the Egyptian tamarisks, Tama- 

 rix aphylla (No. 39856), remarkably successful as a timber tree on 

 reclaimed desert lands where the irrigation water is quite saline, 

 and three species of tamarisks from the Caucasus. Tamarix hohe- 

 nackeri (No. 39691), Tamarix pentandra (No. 39692), and Tamarix 

 sp. (No. 39693) ; the giant-fruited oak of Zacuapam, Mexico, Quer- 

 'cus insignis (No. 39723), with acorns 2 J inches across; two remark- 

 ably fragrant flowered species of Pittosporum from the Riviera, 

 where they have been found successful. P. floribundum and P. mac- 

 rophyllum (Nos. 39727 and 39728) ; the Guadeloupe Island palm, 

 Erythea edidis (No. 39740), suggested as possibly hardy in the 

 South Atlantic coast region; a collection of correctly named varie- 

 ties of Japanese flowering cherries, Prunus serrulata (Nos. 39743 to 

 39798 and 39820 to 39826), presented by the municipality of Tokyo 

 and taken from the cherry-tree arboretum maintained by this mu- 

 nicipality itself by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum; a 

 collection of cotoneasters, Cotoneaster spp. (Nos. 40162 to 40175), 

 man} 7 of which have proved especially adapted to dooryard use; a 

 collection of barberries, Berberis spp. (Nos. 40139 to 40153), from 

 the Kew Gardens, to test in comparison with Thunberg's barberry, 

 which has become one of the most popular of spiny dooryard orna- 

 mentals; the large wild cherry tree of Japan, Prunus serrulata sacha- 

 linensis (No. 40190), a long-lived timber tree, which grows to be 80 

 feet tall and centuries old and has not yet been used as a stock by the 

 Japanese, though probably the hardiest of all Japanese species and 

 superbly beautiful with its masses of pink blooms; a new linden, 

 probably a hybrid, Tilia euchlora (No. 40197). which, because of its 

 large bright-green leaves and their freedom from insects, is being- 

 planted as a street tree on the Continent; a new species of flowering- 

 quince, Chaenomeles japonica (No. 40161), most charming of the red- 

 flowered shrubs, the fruits of which make excellent preserves, and its 

 relative, the large-fruited Chinese quince, Chaenomeles lagenaria 

 cathayensis (No. 40160), the large ornamental fruits of which are 

 used for perfume purposes; and two new roses for the rose breeders, 

 one from the Himalayas, Rosa webbiana (No. 40191). and the other 



