
          38735. ALBIZZIA MARGINATA.
From L. J. Mackintosh, Darjeeling, 
India. A tall, fast grooving
sub-tropical shade tree, with graceful
feathery foliage. The gum is considered 
very valuable as a size in the manufacture 
of Nepal paper. The dark-
colored wood of this species is much
softer than that of other species of the
genus. Hardy in sub-tropical countries.

25080. ALEURITES CORDATA. 
Japan Wood-Oil. From
Tokyo, Japan. A subtropical and
tropical species, growing only in the
southern half of Japan. The seeds
are much smaller than in other species
of Aleurites, being similar in size and
appearance to large castor beans. The
oil expressed from them is similar to
that from A. fordii.

ALEURITES FORDII, Tung Oil
or Wood Oil tree of the Yangtse 
Valley, China. The large seeds borne in
fruits the size of small apples, yield
28 per cent, of one of the best drying
oils known. Large importations made
into America. Deciduous tree with
white flowers. Stands frost. Seven-
year old tree near Tallahassee, Fla.,
bore one bushel of fruit. Seed not
edible.
        