
          (36)

EXOCHORDA RACEMOSA. A very beautiful Chinese shrub
(up to 10 feet high) of rounded, bushy habit; with narrowly obovate
leaves and extremely numerous racemes of pure white flowers 1¼ to
1½ inches across.  Should be thinned out after flowering to obtain
best results.  Will stand considerable drought, and should be tried
as an ornamental for rockeries and for the semiarid sections of the
United States.

41438. FICUS BENJMIINA. Weeping fig. From J. A. Hamilton, 
Kamerunga, Australia. Evergreen shade tree with small,
thin, evergreen leaves, reported to make ''a majestic shade tree, with
its dark-green foliage." It is also said to stand the dust and heat
of the streets better than any other tree in the Bahamas.

33104. FICUS RUBIGINOSA. From Sydney, New South Wales.
Presented by Prof. J. H. Maiden.  A fig tree forming a dense shade
and growing in frost-free regions to a height of 60 to 80 feet and a
diameter of 4 to 5 feet.  Timber soft and brittle.  Foliage will probably 
furnish food for cattle.

36020. FICUS SAEMOCARPA. From F. W. Popenoe, Seharunpur, 
India. Evergreen shrub with glossy, deep green leaves 3 to 9
inches long, and inconspicuous flowers.  Native of northeastern and
eastern India.  Considered of value as an ornamental shrub in the
Southern States; probably tender.

FICUS SYCOMORUS. Egyptian fig. The sycamore of Scripture. 
Planted in arid, nearly frostless regions for its hard wood and
small edible fruits, resembling figs, which it produces in great 
quantities.  Three crops per year are produced.  Boys with special 
thimbles ending in a sharp blade cut off the top of each fruit, after which
it sweetens.  Hogs are extremely fond of them.

35449. FICUS ULMIFOLIA. Fig. From C. F. Baker, Los
Banos, P. I. Very good edible Philippine fig, especially adapted
for moist, hot regions.  Fruits sweet and palatable, axillary, nearly
all solitary with short stems, globose, hairy, or hispid in young state,
eye half open and scaly.

13138. FICUS sp. Rhodesian fig tree. From W. M. Longden,
Melsetter, Rhodesia. Remarkable avenue tree.  Trunk and large
branches golden yellow, with thin, papery bark, leaves large, deepgreen,
making striking contrast.  Does not produce aerial roots and
can be planted 50 feet apart.  Rapid grower.  Fruit dry, inedible.
(PI. V.)
        