
          before asparagus. The shoots are sliced, chilled in ice water, and 
served with French dressing, or are cooked and served like asparagus. 
They have a delicate and delicious piney flavor if the blanching has 
been thorough. The plants, which continue to yield for about 9 years, 
are set 3 or 4 feet apart and in summer make an attractive screen of 
foliage 4 to 6 feet high which dies down in the fall. Udo is certain
to grow in favor in this country as soon as the correct methods of 
culture and preparation are generally understood. Special directions 
will be furnished on application.

49891. ATALAYA HEMIGLAUCA. From Sydney, New South Wales. Seeds 
presented by the Forestry Commission of New South Wales. This tree, 
called "Whitewood" because of the color of its foliage and "Cattle 
Bush" because it was widely used for forage in the early days in Australia, 
attains a height of 30 feet and has large, whitish leaves. 
When grass and other herbage fail, the leaves are fed to cattle, the 
trees sometimes being cut down for this purpose. The wood is yellowish, 
close grained, and tough. It recommends itself for use in the 
Southwestern States, particularly in view of its value as a forage 
crop in semiarid countries.

54988. BARYXYLUM AFRICANUM. From Matania El Saff, Egypt. Seeds 
presented by A. Bircher. A handsome evergreen tree of the legume family, 
20 to 25 feet in height, with feathery leaves and attractive saffron- 
yellow flowers. This tree should prove suitable for ornamental 
planting in southern Florida.

9662. BIGNONIA CHAMBERLAYNII. From Funchal, Madeira. Received 
through Barbour Lathrop and David Fairchild. A beautiful tropical 
climber, allied to the trumpet creeper, which produces clusters of 
tubular, bright-yellow flowers. The vine is suitable for walls and 
trellises in southern California and southern Florida.

51503. CALLISTEMON sp. From Kenya Colony, Africa. Seeds collected 
by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome ornamental 
flowering tree of the myrtle family, common in some of the central 
African provinces. The showy clusters, resembling bottle brushes, 
render the tree very attractive when in flower. The common name for 
this genus, "bottle brush" is derived from the resemblance of the 
flowers of the various species to bottle brushes. For trial in California 
and Florida.

51283. CALLITRIS DRUMMONDII. From Blackwood, South Australia. 
Seeds presented by Edwin Ashby. A dwarf, bright-green, ornamental, cypresslike tree of dome-shaped growth, which seems adapted to regions 
of little rainfall.

46313. CANNA EDULIS. Queensland Arrowroot. Tubers presented by 
J. M. Westgate, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. A vigorous 
herbaceous perennial, resembling in appearance the ornamental canna or 
Indian shot. It is much cultivated in certain subtropical regions as 
a food plant, and for the starch which is obtained from its edible

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