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122867. DESMODIUM TILIAEFOLIUM. (Fabaceae.) From India. Collected at an elevation 

 of about 9,000 feet near Koli, Kulu, Punjab, by V/alter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. A loose shrub up to 6 feet high, bearing long terminal clusters of rose to 

 V pink flowers. It is often found on dry sunny slopes. For trial from Philadelphia 



southward and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



113762. DODONAEA TRIQUETRA. (Sapindaceae . ) From Australia. Presented by the 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens. South Yarra. A large quick-growing, thickly branched, 

 evergreen shrub, with light-green glabrous but rough, lanceolate leaves 3 to 4 inches 

 long, at first glossy but in age becoming covered with bloom, which gives them a dull 

 bluish-gray appearance. The small greenish flowers in May are followed by medium- 

 sized, winged, persistent capsules. The shrub appears to be adapted for use as a low 

 windbreak or hedge. It endures the high summer temperatures at Chico, California, 

 and has withstood a minimum temperature of 26° F. uninjured. Propagation is by seed 

 or softwood cuttings. For trial in the milder parts of California, the Southwest, 

 and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



132026. EUCALYPTUS A.MYGDALINA. (Myrtaceae.) Almond eucalyptus. From Australia. 

 Presented by F. H. Baker. Richmond. Pep per mint gum. An Australian tree up to 300 

 feet high, with lanceolate leaves 4 inches long, crowded umbels of small flowers and 

 hemispheric fruits one-quarter-inch broad. The leaves have a strong odor of pepper- 

 mint vT.nd are rich in oil. The wood is useful for many purposes but is not strong. 

 The tree is said to endure considerable frost. For trial in southern California and 

 southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



133137. EUCALYPTUS BRIDGESIANA. From Australia. Obtained from A. Murphy, Woy Woy, 

 New South Wales. A tree 50 to 100 feet high, with whitish-gray wrinkled or scaly 

 bark. The leaves are lanceolate, 6 to 12 inches long, but on young trees they are 

 ovate. The short-stalked flowers are in clusters of about 7. on axillary flattened 

 peduncles. The timber is fairly hard, but not very strong or durable; it is used for 

 inside work. Native to eastern Victoria and to New South Wales. For trial in southern 

 California and the warmer parts of the Gulf region. (Chico. Calif.) 



124638. EUCALYPTUS COCCIFERA. From California. Presented by John McLaren, Super- 

 intendent, Golden Gate Park. San Francisco. A handsome Tasmanian eucalypt with 

 small white flowers and leaves of tv/o forms — in young trees there are opposite, 

 sessile, and oval, vmile in full grovm trees they are alternate, stalked, and very 

 narrow. The young branches are nearly pure white. For trial in the milder parts of 

 California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



132627. EUCALYPTUS CORYMBOSA. Bloodwood. From Australia. Presented by F. H. 

 Baker. Richmond, Victoria. A small tree with outer bark of trunk persistent, at 

 first gray but later turning somewhat black. Leaves lanceolate, somewhat leathery. 

 » The yellowish-white, fragrant flowers, in large corymbs, are followed by fruits 



one-half inch v/ide. The brown or red wood is durable underground or in water but is 

 inferior because of numerous gum veins. For trial in the coastal region of southern 

 California and in southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



134074. EUCALYPTUS DE BEUZEVILLEI . From Australia. Collected by C. R. Cole, 

 Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, in the mountains of Canberra and presented by R. G. 

 Kappler, secretary, through Dr. V/oodbridge Metcalf, College of Agriculture, Berkeley, 



