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44800. SOLANUM sp. From Mr. Henri Pittier, Caracas, Venezuela.
Reported as a trailing herbaceous plant bearing edible fruits
and desirable for cultivation in cool shady places in a mild climate.

SOPHORA DAVIDII. A thorny Chinese leguminous shrub, up
to 5 feet high. Sometimes used as a hedge plant. Foliage grayish
green, flowers whitish lilac, pods produced in immense quantities.
Of possible use as a bee plant.

43727. SORBARIA ARBOREA. From the Arnold Arboretum,
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Handsome, ornamental shrub, 10 to 20 feet
in height, with rather large, bright-green pinnate leaves and small
white flowers in large, showy panicles. Closely allied to the spiraeas
and said to be the most treelike of this group of plants. Native of
central China. Hardy as far north as Massachusetts.

41703. SORBUS DOMESTICA. Service tree. From the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Round-headed, ornamental
tree 30 to 60 feet in height and practically indistinguishable in habit
and foliage from the European mountain ash. The white flowers
are much larger, however, as are the yellowish apple or pear shaped
fruits. Native of the Mediterranean region.

42195. SPIRAEA VEITCHI. From the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, England. One of the handsomest of Chinese spiraeas
Strong-growing shrub, up to 12 feet tall, with spreading, arching
branches, nearly oblong leaves, and dense, nearly flat-topped, clusters
of pure white flowers. Resembles closely in habit the well-known
S. canescens, but it has smooth, entire leaves and is considerably
hardier. Hardy as far north as Massachusetts.

SPONDIAS TUBEROSA. Imbú. Medium-sized tree from the
dry lands of eastern interior. Brazil, branching 4 to 6 feet above
ground, forming a broad, flat-topped, dense head and producing
golden-yellow, plumlike edible fruits flavored somewhat like a sweet
orange. Large limbs, when freshly cut and used for fence posts,
frequently take root and grow.

STILLINGIA SEBIFERA. Chinese tallow tree. Medium-
sized, compact-growing tree, with sharply pointed leaves and small
3 to 4 seeded fruits. The seeds are enveloped by a white odorless
wax, employed extensively in China for candle making, and the
kernels yield a yellow fixed oil of bland odor and agreeable nutty
taste. The tree succeeds well in the South and Southwest.
        