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42085. GARCINIA EPUNCTATA. From Mr. Henry O. Stewart.
Mount Coffee, Liberia. Tree up to 20 or 30 feet high, bearing
edible fruits. Related to the mangosteen, G. mangostana. Leaves
opposite, somewhat leathery but thin. Flowers bright yellow.

GARCINIA MULTIFLORA. Chinese bush related to the mangosteen
(G. mangostana). The fruits are said to be entirely wholesome
and to possess a pleasant subacid taste something like an
orange. Introduced for trial as a stock for the mangosteen.

43655. GENISTA RAETAM. Retem. From the Horticultural
Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Ornamental,
densely branched shrub, 4 to 10 feet in height, with very
narrow leaves and white flowers in clusters of one to five scattered
along the twigs. Abundant among the sand dunes in North Africa.

39463. GYNOPOGON ILICIFOLIUS. From Mr. James Pink,
Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A shrub
growing about 6 feet high, producing a profusion of berries of bright
orange-scarlet color. Reported as possibly a valuable ornamental
plant for decorative purposes.

HAEMATOXYLUM CAMPECHIANUM. Logwood, or campeche
wood. Tall, leguminous tree with racemes of handsome yellow
flowers rich in honey. The brownish red heartwood is useful
in turning. Its principal economic product is the valuable black
dye extracted from it. Recommended for trial as a shade tree.

41489. HALESIA CAROLINA MONTICOLA. Mountain
silver-bell tree. From Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum,
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ornamental tree, up to 80 or 90 feet in height
and 3 feet in diameter, from the high Appalachians. Related to the
silver-bell of the South, it differs in its peculiar habit and its much
larger leaves and flowers. Trees less than 10 feet high produce
flowers in abundance and are clean stemmed with narrow pyramidal
head. It is likely to prove one of the handsomest flowering trees in
the Northern States.

HALIMODENDRON HALODENDRON. Spiny shrub, occurring
on sandy and alkaline places in the deserts of Turkestan where
the moisture is not too far below the surface. Succeeds in partial
shade. Recommended for testing as a hedge plant in cold-wintered
regions where long, hot, and dry summers prevail.
        