CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 9 



Index of common and scientific names 99 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. The first Chinese litchi tree (Litchi chinensis Sonnerat) to fniit in 



the United States. (See S. P. I. No. 38779.) 28 



II. An orchard of the large-fruited Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pin- 

 natifida Bunge) near Taianfu, Shantung, China. (See S. P. I. No. 

 38796.) 28 



III. Arbor vitse {Thuja orientalis L.) in Shensi, China. (See S. P. I. 



No. 38798.) 30 



IV. An old soap-bean tree {Gleditsia sinensis Lam.) near Tientangjd, 



Shensi, China. (See S. P. I. No. 38800.) 30 



V. The lumbang (Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.) growing in Bahia, 



Brazil. (See S. P. I. No. 38945.) 50 



VI. The Queensland nut (Macadamia temifolia Mueller), as grown in 



Cuba. (See S. P. I. No. 39144.) 50 



VII. Foliage and flowers of the Queensland nut {Macadamia temifolia 



Mueller), as grown in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39144.) 84 



VIII. Spathodea campanulata Beauv., a strikingly handsome ornamental 



tree for Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39222.) 84 



IX. Tree of Phyllanthus acida (L.) Skeels growing in Florida. (See 



S. P. I. No. 39261.) 96 



X. Fruit and foliage of Phyllanthus acida (L.) Skeels, as grown in 



Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39261.) 96 



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