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27172. OLEA EUROPAEA. Olive. From F. N. Meyer, Nikita,
Crimea. Hardy variety of large-fruited olive from a tree several
centuries old which has successfully withstood 2° F. below zero, at
which temperature other varieties were frozen to the ground.

27173. OLEA EUROPAEA. Olive. From F. N. Meyer, near
Gagri, Caucasus, Russia. A wild bushy olive tree said to be very
resistant to drought. Found growing plentifully on dry mountain
slopes and cliffs along the Caucasian shore of the Black Sea.

22324. OLEA FERRUGINEA. Himalayan olive. From
Lieut. Col. G. C. French, Fort Sandeman, Baluchistan. Valuable
timber tree, 30 to 50 feet in height, with lanceolate, entire leaves,
deep glossy green above, covered with a dense coating of red, or occasionally
gray, scales beneath — 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers whitish,
small, in short clusters. Fruit with scanty pulp. Heartwood olive-
brown to nearly black, often beautifully mottled, and extremely
hard ; highly prized for turning and for agricultural implements.

OLEA VERRUCOSA. Wild olive. From South Africa.
Wild relative of the cultivated olive, for which it has been successfully
used as a stock. The tree grows 20 feet high, with a trunk 18
inches in diameter. Fruit small, one-fourth of an inch long, dry.
Possibly the olive, which refuses to fruit in Florida and Texas, may
bear there if grafted on this stock.

OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS. A small, low-growing, evergreen
plant, related to the lily of the valley, with grasslike leaves, 12
inches long, and racemes of lilac to whitish flowers. Used in Japan
and everywhere in the Mediterranean region as a ground cover on
the shady side of the house and under trees where it is too shady for
grass to grow. Suitable for border edgings; needs no clipping;
hardy as far north as Washington.

40033. OSTEOMELES SCHWERINAE. From F. N. Meyer,
Kwatsa, Kansu, China. Dense shrub 2 to 5 feet high, found on dry
rocky cliffs and waste places. Said to produce an abundance of
white flowers in spring ; bears small bluish black berries in late fall.

36731. OSTRYOPSIS DAVIDIANA. From F. N. Meyer,
Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli, China. Low, spreading, ornamental shrub,
resembling in habit the hazelnuts, Corylus spp., or even more closely
both in foliage and habit the American hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana,
from which it differs in having a three-parted fruit. Native
of China.
        