Inventory 33, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE I. 



Male Flowers of the Tung-Shu, or Chinese Wood-Oil Tree (Aleurites fordii). 

 (S. P. I. Nos. 34423 and 34438.) 



These flowers are white, with yellowish throats turning to red, and the tree when in full bloom la 

 almost as ornamental as a catalpa. The chief interest attached to these flowers is their signifi- 

 cance as showing the adaptability of the wood-oil tree for cultivation in northern Florida. The 

 tree bearing these flowers stands on the property of Mr. W. H. Raynes, at Tallahassee. Fla. It 

 bore two bushels of fruit last season. Pendent cluster, photographed bv Mr. David Fairchild, 

 Tallahassee, Fla., April 2, 1914. (Natural size.) 



