
          49134. HIBISCUS SYRIACUS. Rose of Sharon. Var. Caeruleus.
From Rochester, N. Y. Presented by John Dunbar, Assistant
Superintendent of Parks. A hardy ornamental shrub producing
freely in late summer purplish-blue flowers.

47559. HYMENAEA COURBARIL. From Venezuela. Presented by J. G.
Meyer, American Vice consul. A handsome tree with curious com-
pound leaves consisting of two leaflets. Surrounding the
seeds in the pods is an edible substance resembling licorice
in taste. The tree furnishes South American copal - a gum
which exudes from wounds in the bark. This gum is used in the
manufacture of varnish.

43849. HYPERICUM PATULUM HENRYI . From China. Presented by
the Arnold Arboretum. An evergreen, spreading, Chinese shrub
1 1/2 to 3 feet high, with smooth, purplish, two-edged branches,
oval, obtuse leaves, and yellow flowers 2 t 1/2| inches wide.

24638. ILEX CORNUTA. Holly. From China. Presented by J. M.
W. Farnham, of Shanghai. A very ornamental, half-hardy shrub
or small evergreen tree, with spiny, dark-green, glossy leaves,
and in winter loaded with scarlet berries.

43760. ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS. Yerba mate. From Matanla El Saff,
Egypt. Presented by Alfred Bircher, Middle-Egypt Botanic
Station. A small evergreen tree which withstands a tempera-
ture as low as 14° F. The leaves and young twigs are used in
preference to tea by millions of South Americans. They con-
tain a stimulating alkaloid and a much less harmful oil than
tea. Brazil, alone, in one year exported more than ten mil-
lion dollars worth of mate made by scorching, drying, and
powderlng the leaves and young twigs.

42522. INODES NEGLECTA. Prom Azua, Santo Domingo. Received
through J.N.Rose, U. S. National Museum. A tree about 20 feet
high, with large, fanlike leaves and large, more or less droop-
ing flower clusters. This palm would doubtless prove valu-
able for introduction into the warmer parts of this country.

47578. JUBASA CHILENSIS. Palm. Grown at the Plant Introduc-
tion Field Station, Miami, Florida. A very ornamental tree,
but a slow grower; the source of the palm-honey of Chile.
Thrives on dry, poor soils and requires very little water. The
sap, from which a very excellent syrup is made, is obtained
in Chile by felling the trees.

48014. JUGLANS CATHAYENSIS. From China. Seeds presented by
John Dunbar, Assistant Superintendent of Parks, Rochester,
N. Y. The so-called Chinese butternut which is abundant
throughout Hupeh and Szechwan, China. Usually a bush, but in
moist woods it forms a tree up to 50 feet in height. The bark
is smooth and pale gray; the leaves are sometimes more than
two feet long. Hardy at the Arnold Arboretum.

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