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35088 to 35115 — Continued. 



from trees grown vrithin these limits. This is the "broad-leaved wattle," 

 sometimes called "golden, black, or green wattle," and is one of the richest 

 tanning barks in the world, and analysis shows it to contain 46.47 per cent 

 tannic acid. The powder from the bark of the limb is generally of a lighter 

 color than that obtained from the butt of the tree. The average height of this 

 tree runs fi'om 20 to 25 feet, with diameters fi'om 6 to 10 inches." ( /. E. Maiden^ 

 Wattles and Wattle Barks.) 



36089. AsPARA(3rs cooperi Baker. Asparagus. 



"This asparagus has nothing particularly striking about it, either from a 

 botanical or horticultural point of view. The flowers are very small and not 

 abundantly produced, the firm, twining, wirelike main stem sending out very 

 copious slender branches at right angles, and these, again, still more slender, 

 spreading, threadlike ultimate branchlqts, fcfom which the numerous minute 

 needlelike cladodes spring in dense close clusters. This asparagus was found 

 by Mr. MacOwan in the woods on the slope of Mount Boschberg at an eleva- 

 tion of 4,000 feet above the sea level. This asparagus climbs to a height of 10 

 to 12 feet and has a shrubby terete stem 1^ to 2 inches in thickness at the base." 

 {Gardeners^ Chronicle, June 27, 1874.) 



Introduced for the asparagus-breeding collection. 



35090. Beschorneria sp. 



This was received as Beschorneria roseana, a name for which no place of pub- 

 lication has yet been found. 



35091. Beschorneria ytjccoides C. Koch. 



35092. Betula sp. Birch. 

 (Wilson No. 71. China.) 



36093. Buddleia nivea Duthie. 



"A new species from central China and of doubtful promise. The flowers 

 are not so striking as some of the species recently introduced; but this defect 

 is compensated for by the gi-eat beauty of the foliage, the whole undersm'face 

 of which is, together with the young wood and leaves, covered with a dense 

 white woolly tomentum. The flowers in tail-like panicles at the end of the 

 branch are rose purple in color, individually small, but in a mass conspicu- 

 ous." (Hortm Veitchii.) 



35094. Clerodendrum sp. 

 (Wilson No. 216.) 



35095. X Crataegus carrierei W. J. Bean. Hawthorn. 

 "This small tree is of doubtful origin, all the individuals having been ob- 

 tained from single seedlings, which appeared spontaneously several years ago 

 in the nursery of the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris. In some ways it resembles 

 some Mexican species; and it might be Mexican but for the fact of its hardi- 

 ness, which would seem to indicate a colder home than Mexico. The fact 

 that the seedlings are identical with the parent seems to preclude the idea of 

 hybrid origin; but whatever this may have been, C. carrierei is an ornamental 

 plant of the first class. It is covered with thick, pointed, lustrous leaves 

 which, when turning from green to the slightest yellow tinge, set off to advan- 

 tage the large light orange-red oblong fruits, which are produced in great abun- 

 dance." {Bulletin No. 12, Arnold Arboretum.) 



35096. Cyphomandra fragrans (Hook.) Sendt. Tree tomato. 



Distribution. — A tall shrub with very fragrant flowers found in South Amer- 

 ica from Argentina to Guiana. 



