
          18580. ABELMOSCHUS
MANIHOT From Mr. Frank N.
Meyer, Peking. A perennial with very
large bright yellow flowers.

27493. ABELMOSCHUS
MANIHOT. From Yokohama, Japan.
Perennial fiber plant, used by Japanese 
for sizing handmade papers by
macerating the roots in water and
adding this mass to the paper pulp
prepared from Edgeworthia or paper
mulberries. The best and most extensively 
used mucilaginous plant of
Japan.

32706. ABIES NUMIDICA.
Algerian Fir. From Babois, Algiers,
through L. Trabut. A very beautiful
tree, related to the Spanish fir (Abies
pinsapo). Grows on limestone soils in
company with Atlas cedar and yew, in
regions with heavy winter snows.
Grows 60 feet high and thrives at an
altitude of 6,000 feet. Should thrive
wherever the common yew and Atlas
cedar grow well.
        