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124639. EUCALYPTUS GUNNII. Cider gum. From California. Presented by John McLaren, 

 Superintendent, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The cider eucalypt is usually a 

 scrubby tree up to 50 feet high, and grows at altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet in 

 Australia. In spring, the Tasmanians made a cider from the sweetish sap. The tree is 

 also known as sugar gum because of the sweetness of its leaves, which are browsed 

 readily by stock. The bark yields tannin which, in a 12-weeks' process, colors leather 

 light brown and makes it fairly flexible. It has stood 22° F. without injury and 

 probably will withstand considerably lower temperatures. The species is well adapted 

 to dry situations and has grown 7 feet a year on deep, sandy soil in Florida. For 

 trial in the milder parts of California and the Southwest and in southern Florida. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



77610. EUCALYPTUS L0NGIR0STRIS . * Creek Gum. From Richmond, Australia. Presented by 

 F. H. Baker. A tall Australian tree up to 200 feet high, with smooth dark-gray bark, 

 narrowly lanceolate leaves 6 inches or more long, stalked umbels of small flowers 

 attractive to bees, and globular fruits with conical tops. The heavy red wood is dur- 

 able both above and below ground and is used for railroad ties, piles, and fence posts. 

 At Chico, California, trees of this species 22 to 28 feet high, suffered only slight 

 injury in a minimum temperature of 12° F. For trial in the Gulf States and Cali- 

 fornia. (Chico, Calif.) 



123777. EUCALYPTUS MICR0C0RYS. Tallow-wood. From Australia. Presented by F. H. 

 Baker, Richmond, Victoria. A tall tree with persistent furrowed fibrous bark and 

 usually ovate-lanceolate acuminate leaves 3 to 4 inches long. The fruits are obovoid- 

 oblong and scarcely one-sixth inch in diameter. The young trees are rapid growers but 

 they do not thrive under dry conditions. At Chico, California, trees of this species 

 12 feet high were killed in a minimum temperature of 12° F. For trial in the moister 

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



124640. EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFL0RA. From California. Presented by John McLaren, Super- 

 intendent, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. A high-mountain Australian tree, up to 

 100 feet high, with spreading branches, slender, somewhat pendulous twigs, and thick 

 ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate leaves. 4 to 8 inches long. The outer bark is de- 

 ciduous and the inner bark smooth and pale gray. The species has withstood a minimum 

 temperature of 19° F. in southern California and may endure much lower. It is said to 

 grow well in swampy lowlands. For trial in southern California and the warmer parts 

 of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



123208. EUPATORIUM 0D0RATUM. (Asteraceae . ) From India. Collected at Dacca, Bengal, 

 by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An erect to semi-scandent shrubby perennial 

 with large leaves. The lavender, ageratum-like flowers are very freely produced. It 

 should be useful in the mixed perennial border, or in background plantings. For trial 

 in the lower South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114749. F0RDI0PHYT0N TUBERCULATUM. (Melastomaceae . ) From Szechwan Province, China. 

 Presented by the Botanic Garden at Nanking. An erect purplish herb about 1 foot high, 

 with dentate acuminate leaves, green above and purplish-violet beneath, and showy, 

 magenta or rose flowers borne in terminal and axillary clusters, throughout the summer 

 and fall. Native to southwestern China. For trial in the warmest parts of Florida 

 and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



