
          MYRCIARIA CAULIFLORA.
Jaboticaba. From Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. Collected by Dorsett, Shamel
and Popenoe. Remarkable fruit tree
40 feet high. Popular among Brazilians. 
Maroon-purple, thick-skinned
fruits resembling grapes with 
delicious, vinous, white pulp, borne on
trunk, branches and twigs in such
numbers as at times almost to conceal
them. May stand light frosts.

36014. MYRICA RUBRA.From
N. Gist Gee, Soochow University,
Soochow, China. Japanese fruit tree
which bears dark red and light rose
colored drupes, somewhat similar to
blackberries. Tree attains 40 to 50
feet. Evergreen, leathery, magnolia-
like leaves, 3 to 5 inches long. Fruit
ripens in July, 1 inch by 1 1-4 inches.
Light red fruits by far the better of
the two; vinous, sweet, used like blackberries. 
Tree will stand 15° above zero.

38854. OCHROMA LAGOPUS.
From J. T. Crawley, Santiago de las
Vegas, Cuba. A valuable tropical American 
tree of large growth. The wood
is light and sometimes used in place
of cork; the woolly fibers of the fruit
can be used in textile manufactures.
For trial in regions practically free
from frost.
        