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113764. EHTELEA ARBORESCENS. From Australia. Received through the Melbourne Botanic 

 Gardens, South Yarra. Same description as for preceding number (P. I. 103006), but the 

 plant is slightly faster in growth and the leaves somewhat larger. (Chico, Calif.) 



113749. ERLANGEA MARGINATA. (Asteraceae . ) From the Belgian Congo, Africa. Presented 

 by the Director, Government Experiment Station, Kosozi, Ruanda-Urundi Terr. A tender 

 tropical evergreen shrub 1£ to 2 feet high. The rose-lavender flowers, resembling 

 those of Eupatcrium, are in dense paniculate corymbs, several inches across, and are 

 produced over a long period under glass in winter. Propagation by softwood cuttings. 

 For trial under glass or in the warmest parts of southern California and southern 

 Florida. (Chico, Calif. J 



118379. ERYTHRINA RETICULATA. From Brazil. Collected at Sao Paulo by W. A. Archer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. A tender spiny shrub up to 6 feet high, with leathery leaves 

 of three large oblate leaflets. The showy scarlet flowers are in terminal erect ra- 

 cemes about 5 inches long. In Brazil, stems of this plant are used for living fence 

 posts. (Supply very limited.) For trial only in the warmest parts of Florida and 

 California or as a conservatory plant. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



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 two forms — in young trees these are opposite, sessile, and 

 oval, while in full grown 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.) 



90693. EUCALYPTUS DEALBATA. From New South Wales, Australia. Presented by the Di- 

 rector, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A small tree with rugose bark separating in scales, 

 leaving the inner bark white and smooth. The glaucous ovate leaves are 4 inches long, 

 and the clusters of 3 to 6 white flowers are followed by hemispherical fruits about a 

 quarter of an inch in diameter. At Chico, California, trees of this species 36 feet 

 high were severely injured at a minimum temperature of 12° F. (Supply very limited.) 

 For trial in the warmer parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



123772. EUCALYPTUS EREMOPHILA. From Australia. Presented by F. H. Baker, Richmond, 

 Victoria. Native to Western Australia. A spreading shrub or medium-sized tree with 

 smooth scaly bark. The lanceolate leaves when mature are shiny, leathery, and about 

 3 inches long. The yellow flowers are in several-flowered umbels, and probably are not 

 conspicuous. (Supply very limited.) For trial in the warmest parts of the Gulf region 

 and the Southwest. (Chico, Calif.) 



90694. EUCALYPTUS EXSERTA.* From Australia. Presented by the Director, Botanic 

 Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales. A medium-sized tree with rough fissured ash-brown 

 bark, sword-shaped leaves 3 to 6 inches long, axillary clusters of 3 to 3 flowers on 

 long pedicels, and nearly globular fruits one-third of an inch in diameter. At Chico, 

 California, trees of this species, 26 feet high, were severely injured at a minimum 

 temperature of 12° F. For trial in the warmest parts of the Southwest and of the Gulf 

 coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



