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of varieties known to the Japanese, have been secured through the 

 mayor's courtesy, and these will be propagated and distributed under 

 the same varietal names as those they bear in the Arakawa collection. 



Paulownia tomcntosa has become such a feature in our parks that 

 a new species of this tree, Paulovmia fortunei (No. 42036), with 

 larger flowers, from Formosa, will be watched with interest. Ben- 

 tham's cornel from Nepal, Cornus capitata (No. 42287), with dense 

 heads of yellowish flowers and deep-orange fruits, the size of nec- 

 tarines, will interest those with whom the American dogwood is a 

 favorite. 



The oriental species are not the only bamboos of value for timber, 

 and those living in the Tropics will want to test the takuara of Para- 

 guay, Barribos guadua (No. 42066), a species evidently too tender for 

 Florida. 



Those interested in tropical timber trees will find some remarkable 

 ones in the collections introduced from Madagascar (Nos. 42355 to 

 42376), Argentina (Nos. 42321 to 42332), or in the famous jequitiba 

 of Brazil (No. 41933), one of the largest and most beautiful of all 

 tropical forest trees, now introduced for the first time by the forest 

 expert, Mr. H. M. Curran, from Bahia. 



The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss Ethel 

 M. Hipkins, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have 

 been made and the botanical nomenclature revised by Mr. H. C. 

 Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. G. P. 

 Van Eseltine, who has had general supervision of this inventory, as of 

 all the publications of this office. 



David Fairchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, May 31, 1919. 



