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43692. HYPERICUM PATULUM HENRYI. From the Arnold
Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ornamental evergreen shrub
of spreading habit. The purplish branches are numerous, arching,
and 2-winged; leaves nearly ovate, 2 to 3 inches long, deep green
above, whitish beneath ; flowers bright golden yellow, 2 inches across,
borne in clusters at the ends of the shoots. This variety is hardier
and more vigorous than the species which is better known. Native
of China.

34836. ILEX CORALLINA. Holly. From Messrs. Barbier &
Co., Orleans, France. Ornamental, evergreen shrub, said to reach"
a height of 9 to 12 feet. Rather bushy, but reported as very graceful
in habit. Leaves thin, somewhat leathery, brilliant deep green
above, light green below. The small coral-red fruits are borne in
dense masses. Seemingly fairly hardy. Native of western China.

39668. ILEX INTRICATA. Holly. From the Royal Botanic
Garden, Sibpur, India. Low, rigid, straggling shrub, forming a
matted mass of interlaced woody branches. The spreading, thick,
leathery, bright-green leaves are narrowed into very short leafstalks.
The very small, white flowers and the globose red fruits form its
chief attractions.

ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS. Yerba maté. Small evergreen
tree resisting temperatures as low as 14° F. Used in preference to
tea by millions of South Americans; prepared in similar fashion.
Contains some stimulating alkaloid and much less harmful oil than
tea. Brazil alone in one year exported $10,000,000 worth of maté
manufactured by scorching, drying, and powdering the leaves and
young twigs.

44243. INODES EXUL. Palmetto. From Mrs. Martin O'Connor,
Victoria, Tex. Reported as a really magnificent palmetto with
stately crown of large vivid green leaves firmly supported on massive
green petioles. The trunk is also said to appear green, for the
sheathing leaf bases retain their color. The crown is more ample
than in most palms, thus lending an appearance of extreme vigor and
luxuriance.

42280. INODES TEXANA. Palmetto. From Dr. David Griffiths.
The native palmetto of the Rio Grande delta. A species of
very local distribution, recommended for the same uses as the fan-
leaf palms. It appears more hardy than these subtropical forms.
It may thus serve to extend somewhat the regions of possible palm
culture.
        