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22867. TAMARIX sp. From near Taiyuanfu, Shansi, China,
through F. N. Meyer.  Extremely rapid-growing tree or shrub,
branching close to the ground, making excellent windbreaks and
even hedges.  One of the most drought and alkali resistant of all
plants; cuttings put in ground just after rain grow easily. 
Recommended for south side of wind belts on the Great Plains.

29149. TAMARIXSP.  Tamarisk. From F. N. Meyer, Ulukshat, 
Chinese Turkestan.  Ornamental tree with minute, scalelike,
light-green leaves and large racemes or terminal panicles of small,
usually light-pink flowers.  Low-growing tamarisk found on sandy
and alkaline level places at altitudes of 7,000 to 8,000 feet.  Arrests
blowing sands very well and is recommended for this purpose in the
cooler sections of the United States.

35261. TAMARIX sp. From F. N. Meyer, Laoling, Shantung,
China.  A tamarisk occurring on sandy and alkaline lands.  The
Chinese call it Hong ching, and cut twigs every autumn for baskets.
Possesses considerable bank and sand binding qualities and should
be tested for these purposes in the drier sections of the United States.

TERMINALIA CATAPPA. Tropical (or Malabar) almond.
Handsome ornamental shade tree, bearing edible almondlike fruits.
Its large, shining, obovate leaves are borne in rosettes at the ends of
the whorled horizontal branches.  Evergreen in the Tropics, but in
the subtropics it loses its leaves, which assume gorgeous tints of yel-
low, red, scarlet, and purple before falling. Wood hard, of reddish
color.  Widely distributed throughout the Tropics.

36016. TERMINALIA EDULIS. Columpit. From P. J.
Wester, Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands.  Large, attractive fruit
tree, with well-rounded, open crown, affording half shade.  Fruits
are edible, ripening in June and July, larger than a cherry, of dark
red color and fleshy, with a subacid flavor.

30913. THESPESIA GRANDIFLORA. Maga.  Tree of mallow 
family, introduced by Dr. J. Gilford from Porto Rico, where it
grows 50 feet high with straight trunk.  Timber fine, hard, rose
colored when fresh, black when old.  Good lasting qualities.  Flowers 
very large, bell shaped, rosy crimson, extremely striking and
ornamental.  Promises to become one of finest ornamentals in 
southern Florida.

38797. THUJA ORIENTALIS.  Chinese arbor vitae.  A remarkable 
form of somewhat flattened, globular shape and of very
dense growth, coUected by F. N. Meyer near Chaoyihsien, Shensi,
China. Reported to be a rare form well suited for mild-wintered,
semiarid regions.
        