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37004. FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA. Golden Bell. From Pekin,
China; collected by F. N. Meyer.  This variety is said to have flowers 
larger than the kind commonly grown.  It is very resistant to
drought and able to stand a fair amount of alkali in the soil.  Should
prove of especial value as an ornamental in the drier sections of the
United States.

37477. FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA. Golden Bell. Collected in
the Province of Shansi, China, by F. N. Meyer.  This variety was
found growing in dry rocky places, at an altitude of more than 5,000
feet.  Should prove well adapted to the drier regions of the United
States.

FRAXINUS FLORIBUNDA. Nepal ash. Handsome Himalayan
tree up to 120 feet high.  Valuable as an avenue tree and for
its timber, which is said to be much sought after for oars, plows, etc.
Much resembles large-leaved forms of the Manna ash (F. ornus).
Flowers white, in large terminal panicles.  Trunk said to attain a
diameter of 15 feet.  Reported ''half hardy" at Kew, England.

GARCINIA IMULTIFLORA. Chinese bush related to the Mangosteen 
(G. mangostana).  The fruits are said to be entirely wholesome 
and to possess a pleasant subacid taste something like an
orange.  Introduced for trial as a stock for the mangosteen.

36497. GARCINIA OBLONGIFOLIA. From William J. Tutcher,
Hongkong, China. A tree related to the famous mangosteen,
which, because of its habitat in a subtropical, much cooler climate
than that to which the mangosteen is supposed to be confined, may
prove suitable as a stock for the latter m Hawaii, Porto Rico, or
even Florida.  Apparently indigenous to the island of Hongkong.

GARCINIA TINCTORIA. Medium-sized evergreen tree from
the East Indies.  Foliage glossy, handsome.  Fruit edible, eaten
fresh or dried, and used in medicine.  Bark used to prepare bright
yellow dye. The tree yields an inferior grade of gamboge.  Of
interest in connection with mangosteen breeding in tropical America.

GLEDITSIA CASPICA. Honey locust. From F. N. Meyer,
Nikita, Crimea. Tall, ornamental, deciduous tree, with occasional
branched spines on trunk and branches. Foliage light green, 
turning to clear yellow toward fall.  Flowers greenish and insignificant,
but the large flat pods are highly ornamental.  For testing as a
shade tree.
        