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Geeply furrowed bark, dark-green crenately serrate leaves with bristlelike teeth, 
and almost sessile, roundish acorns. This oak has proved hardy in Massachusetts and 
western New York. For trial in the northern states. (Bell, Md.) 
81527. RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA. Downy myrtle. From Burma. Collected by Capt. F. 
Kingdon Ward and presented through S. C. Sims, Director of the Field Museum of Natural 
History, Chicago, Ill. A small tree bearing edible fruits the size of a gooseberry, 
with smooth purple skin, purple pulp and containing many small seeds. For trial from 
central Florida southward and in southern California. (Bell, Md,) 
95067. RHUS VIMINALIS, From the Union of South Africa. Presented by F, Walton 
Jameson, City Engineer, Kimberley. Native name Karree boom. A hardy evergreen trée 
up to 50 feet high and of equal spread, reported to withstand drought and some frost. 
It grows readily from seeds, cuttings, or poles or stumps set in moist ground and 
kept moist until growth starts. The tree is said to prefer a thin, limestone soil 
but to thrive on other soils. It is considered an excellent timber for gate and fence 
posts. In South Africa, sheep and goats are reported to browse on the foliage, anda 
the sweetish fruits to be eaten by children and poultry. The karree boom should be 
tested as a street shade tree as it is stated to be hardier and more ornamental 
than Schinus molle, which it resembles in habit. For trial more especially in. the 
southwest but also in less humid localities of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
94274. RHUS SP. Paint tree. From China. Presented by T. D. Payne, China Inland 
Mission, Luchang, Yunnan. The Chinese make a superior varnish out of the sep: of 
this tree, although a bad skin-poisoning is often contracted in the handling of it. 
The Tibetan Lisu people make a fair substitute for lard from the seed. For trial in 
the upper south and the milder parts of the northern states, (Chico, Calif.) 
75851. SALIX MATSUDANA.* Willow. From France. Plants obtained from Vilmorin-— 
Andrieux & Co., Paris. Variety tortuosa. This crooked—branched variety of willow 
is of odd appearance and will be of some interest on this account alone. The species, 
a tree up to 40 feet high, is native in north Chine, where it grows well under scanty 
summer rainfall. The variety tortuosa should be tested in the semiarid regions of the 
northern and northwestern United States. (Bell, Md.) 
92061. SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA. European red elder. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H: 
Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. A hardy 
deciducus shrub, up to 12 feet, with attractive pinnate leaves and terminal cymes of 
yellowish white flowers succeeded by small scarlet berries. For trial throughout the 
northern states. (Bell, Md.) 
78387. SARCOCOCCA RUSCIFOLIA.* Buxaceae. Obtained from G. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, 
England. An evergreen shrub up to 6 feet high, native to central and western China, 
with lustrous, dark-green, ovate leaves, small racemes of whitish flowers and dark~ 
scarlet fruits. For trial in the southern half of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
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