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12910. OLEA EUROPEA. Chitoui olive. From T. H. Kearney, 
Tunis, North Africa. The principal oil-producing olive of
northern Tunisia, but not so well adapted to the drier, hotter regions
as other sorts, like the Chemlali.

13257. OLEA EUROPEA. Grosse Aberkan olive. From
Dr. L. Trabut, Mustapha, Algeria. Rather large, somewhat curved
fruits, ripening somewhat earlier than the Mission. The trees seem
to be very vigorous and strong growers. The foliage is not so dense
and is of lighter hue than the other African varieties.

13567. OLEA EUROPAEA. Chemlali olive. From Tunis,
North Africa, through T. H. Kearney.  Small oil-producing olive,
grown in immense plantations around Sfax, where only from 5 to
10 inches of rain falls; irrigated for first two or three summers only.
Orchards created by planting pieces of wood from bases of old trees.
Promising variety for California because of its robust growth.

27172. OLEA EUROPAEA. Olive. From F. N. Meyer, Nikita,
Crimea. Hardy variety of large-fruited olive from a tree several centuries 
old which has successfully withstood 10° F. below zero, at which
temperature other varieties were frozen to the ground.

27173. OLEA EUROPEA. Olive. From F. N. Meyer, near
Gagri, Caucasus, Russia. A wild bushy olive tree said to be very
resistant to drought.  Found growing plentifully on dry mountain
slopes and cliffs along the Caucasian shore of the Black Sea.

OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS. A small, low-growing, evergreen
plant, related to the lily of the valley, with grasslike leaves, 12 inches
long, and racemes of lilac to whitish flowers.  Used in Japan and
everywhere in the Mediterranean region as a ground cover on the
shady side of the house and under trees where it is too shady for grass
to grow.  Suitable for border edgings ; needs no clipping; hardy.

38839. OPHIOPOGON sp. From F. N. Meyer, Nantotchu,
Shensi, China. An Ophiopogon with long, slender leaves, remaining
green all winter.  Bears long spikes of black berries.  Found on
mountain slopes of decomposed rock, between low scrub.  Of value
as an edging plant along pathways and as a ground covering in shady
places for the mild-wintered sections of the United States.

40033. OSTEOMELES SCHWERINAE. From F. N. Meyer, 
Kwatsa, Kansu, China. Dense shrub 2 to 5 feet high, found on dry
rocky cliffs and waste places.  Said to produce an abundance of
white flowers in spring; bears small bluish black berries in late fall.
        