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112091. SYNCARPIA GLOMULIFERA. (Myrtaceae.) Turpentine tree. From Africa. Re- 

 ceived from the Forest Department, Kenya Colony, through the Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos, Cuba. A tall slender evergreen tree of rapid growth, 

 native to Australia, with broadly ovate opposite leaves 3 to 4 inches long, appearing 

 as if in whorls from two pairs being close together. The small white flowers are in 

 globular clusters of 6 to 10 on short peduncles at the base of the new shoots. The 

 wood is said to bo very valuable for posts and underground construction work and also 

 for cabinet work. For trial in the coastal region of southern California and in 

 southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



127761. VITEX PSEUDO-NEGUNDO. (Verbanaceae . ) From Afghanistan. Collected at 5,000 

 feet altitude, in a river bed near Kandahar, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 A somewhat ornamental deciduous shrub, 4 feet high, with palmate opposite leaves and 

 spikes of small white-throated purple flowers. For trial in the milder parts of Cali- 

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



113789. VITIS TRIF0LIA. From India. Obtained from the Forest Botanist, Forest Re- 

 search Station, Dehra Dun, through F. J. Crider, Tucson, Arizona. An odd vitis with 

 fleshy roots, trifoliolate leaves, and of herbaceous habit. The leaves are dark green, 

 conspicuously veined. Probably it is useful only as an ornamental perennial climber. 

 For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



116767. W00DF0RDIA FRUTICOSA.* From India. Collected at Saharanpur, by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An attractive scandent shrub up to 8 feet high, with 

 opposite, glabrous, lanceolate leaves nearly 3 inches long and scarlet flowers in 

 short-panicled axillary cymes. The flowering continues for several weeks. In its 

 natural habitat the plant is reported often to occur on open abrupt slopes in sunny 

 situations. For trial in southern Florida and southern California. (Chico, Calif.) 



116S02. W00DF0RDIA FRUTICOSA. From India. Collected at Baijnath, Kangra Valley, 

 Punjab, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for preceding 

 number (P. I. 116767). (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



113564. XYLOSMA FLEXUOSA . (Flacourtiaceae . ) Presented by Peter Heinz, Brownsville, 

 Texas. A small spiny tree up to 20 fee'c high. The leaves are glabrous and evergreen, 

 about 2 to 3 inches long. The fragrant flowers are in many clusters, followed in the 

 autumn by dark red fruits ^ inch in diameter, in such numbers that they color the 

 plant. It is a striking ornamental, said to be more attractive in fruit than the 

 holly. The Indian name for the tree is Huichiciltemel . Native to Mexico. For trial 

 in the warmer parts of the Southwest and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



BAMBOOS. 



For the convenience of Experimenters, the bamboos of which plants are avail- 

 able are listed all together here. The shipping weight ranges usually from 1 to 2 

 pounds per plant. Bamboos in general require a moderately moist but well-drained soil, 

 of good fertility. Attention of experimenters is directed to the fact that smal l 

 bamboo plants , even more than most other plants , require frequent watering until well 

 established; this means for at leaxt 2 or 3 months after planting. 



