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ALBIZZIA LEBBECK. Lebbeck.  Remarkable avenue tree of
rapid growth; also valuable for lumber, which seasons, works, and
polishes well and is fairly durable. Bark used for dyeing and tanning. 
Gum is produced freely.  Flowers much sought after by bees.
Hardy in southern Florida, where it should be tested as an avenue
tree.  Native of tropical Asia and northern Australia.

ALBIZZIA MOLUCCANA.  A large leguminous tree, native of
the Molucca Islands and widely distributed through insular and 
continental India.  Appears to be well adapted to avenue planting in
southern California and Florida because of its delicate feathery
foliage and ornamental flowers, produced in small, globular heads.

38995. ALBIZZIA sp.  From Mr. L. J. Macintosh, Darjiling,
India.  An ornamental tree closely allied to Acacia.  Chiefly grown
for its graceful, feathery foliage and attractive flowers.  Cultivation
is the same as for the acacias.  Distributed to test its hardiness.

ALEGEIA DIVARICATA.  Sota cabllo.  Ornamental flowering 
tree used also as a timber tree.  Somewhat resembles the basswood 
or linden in appearance and foliage, but the rather large white
to rose colored flower clusters are much more showy.  The wood is
light, nearly white, and could undoubtedly be used much as basswood
is used in the United States.  Native of Argentina. Formerly Luehea
divaricata.

ALEURITES CORDATA. Kiri-oil tree.  Smooth-barked tree,
20 to 30 feet high, with large 3 to 5 lobed leaves; from southeastern
Asia and the adjacent islands.  From the seeds, which resemble
castor beans, is expressed a very valuable drying oil, similar to that
from the seeds of the better known tung-oil tree, A. fordii.  Of
possible value in the extreme Southern States.

ALEURITES FORDII. Tung or wood-oil tree of the Yangtze
Valley, China.  The large seeds borne in fruits the size of small
apples yield 28 per cent of one of the best drying oils known; large
importations made into America. Deciduous tree with white flowers;
stands frost; 7-year-old tree near Tallahassee, Fla., bore one bushel
of fruit; seed not edible.

ALEURITES MOLUCCANA. Lumbang.  From the Philippine 
Islands.  Tall tree, yielding a commercial oil of quick-drying
properties. Forms an attractive shade tree in warm, well-protected
localities.  Where the seeds are not used for the extraction of oil the
half-ripe kernels are considered very palatable when roasted.  Close
relative of the Tung or wood-oil tree, but strictly tropical.
        