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PISTACIA CHINENSIS. Chinese pistache. Tall deciduous,
dioecious tree, strikingly ornamental, with large pinnate leaves, wine-
red when young, changing to vivid green in summer and flaming
scarlet and yellow in fall. Berries inedible. Highly recommended
as a shade and ornamental tree. Trunk attains 16 feet in circumference.

PISTACIA VERA. Pistache or pistachio. Small deciduous
tree, cultivated in the Mediterranean region for its nuts, with characteristic
green meat and delicate flavor, used extensively in confectionery;
becoming a very popular table nut. The best varieties
bearing large nuts grafted on special stock are to be tested under
supervision. Promising new dry-land tree crop.

39420. PITHECOLOBIUM TORTUM. Vinhatico de espinho.
From J. T. Roig, Cuban Agricultural Station, Santiago de
las Vegas, Cuba. Leguminous tree with bipinnate leaves and racemose
inflorescences of white flowers, resembling the honey locust.
Valuable for its golden-colored timber, used extensively for interior
work, tool handles, cabinetwork and for posts and fences.

42177. PITTOSPORUM FAIRCHILDI. From Mr. H. R.
Wright, Avondale Nursery, Auckland, New Zealand. Ornamental
evergreen shrub, closely resembling karo, P. crassifolium, but it is
more dense and has broader leaves. Bush 15 feet or more in height
with medium-sized leathery leaves, covered with white or pale brown
felt beneath. Flowers dark purplish to nearly chocolate. Said to
be an excellent hedge shrub. Native of New Zealand.

PONGAM PINNATA. Ornamental leguminous tree. Native of
British India, Malaysia, Polynesia, and Australia. Usually an erect
tree (up to 40 feet high), but sometimes a climber. The bright-green
compound leaves and clusters of pink and white, locustlike flowers
render it very attractive. The seed yields a thick red-brown oil
which is used as a remedy for cutaneous diseases.

26614. POPULUS BEROLINENSIS. Poplar, var. Rossica.
From F. N. Meyer, Liesnoi, Russia. A very hardy variety of the
ordinary Berlin poplar, widely planted in and around Petrograd
as a shade tree; mostly closely pruned there, but of open habit of
growth under ordinary conditions.
        