
          hard wood is used in cabinet work. In southern Florida the species has 
proved resistant to light frosts. It is recommended as a hedge and ornamenta  plant for that region. Its growth is slow, but the plants 
even when young are shapely and decorative in appearance.

50679. GUILIELMA UTILIS. Pejibaye Palm. From Costa Rica. Collected 
by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. This remarkable palm is of 
ancient cultivation in Costa Rica and deserves wide dissemination in 
the Tropics. It is a beautiful pinnate-leaved species, with a slender 
trunk reaching not more than 50 feet in height. The fruits, of which 
as many as 5 or 6 stout racemes may be produced in a single crop, are 
top shaped, as much as 2 inches long, yellow to deep orange, with a 
hard seed in the center surrounded by an abundance of firm, orange-
yellow, starchy flesh. After being boiled in salted water the flesh 
resembles that of the chestnut in texture and flavor. Recommended for 
testing in Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, and elsewhere throughout 
the Tropics.

55796. GUILIELMA UTILIS. Pejibaye Palm. From San Jose, Costa Rica.
Received from Oton Jimenez.

55807. GUILIELMA UTILIS. Pejibaye Palm. From San Jose, Cost Rica. 
Collected by Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.

55982. GUILIELMA UTILIS. Pejibaye Palm. From Limon, Costa Rica. 
Presented by C. P. Chittenden, manager, United Fruit Co.

56020. GUILIELMA UTILIS. Pejibaye Palm. From San Jose, Costa Rica. 
Received from Oton Jimenez.

56180. GUILIELMA UTILIS. Pejibaye Palm. From Limon, Costa Rica. 
Presented by C. P. Chittenden, manager, United Fruit Co.

HAEMATOXYLUM CAMPECHIANUM. Logwood or Campeche wood. Presented by M. E. Spencer, Palm Beach, Florida. A native of the American 
Tropics from southern Mexico to Venezuela. The wood yields an important commercial purple dye and ink as well as the chemical reagent 
haematoxylin. The timber is utilized in turning and the honey produced 
from the flowers is said to be of the finest quality. The tree attains 
a height of 40 feet, and its blossoms are handsome. Suitable for 
cultivation only in regions free from frost.

49168. HELIANTHUS ARGOPHYLLUS. Sunflower. From Victoria Falls, 
Rhodesia. Collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. A 
handsome, ornamental, silver-leaved sunflower popular in cultivation 
at Beira and Lourenco Marques. It should be tested as a garden ornamental 
in the southernmost states.

49696. HIBISCUS sp. From Bukama, Belgian Congo. Collected by Dr. 
H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome garden ornamental 
which grows about a foot high. Its pretty pink flowers and low stature 
make it worth testing as a new and attractive border plant.

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