18580 ABELMOSCHUS 

 MAN! HOT From Mr Frank N. 

 Meyer, Peking. A perennial with very 

 large bright yellow flowers. 



2 74 93. ABELMOSCHUS 



MAN I HOT. From Yokohama, Japan. 

 Perennial fiber plant, used by Jap- 

 anese for sizing handmade papers by 

 macerating the roots in water and 

 adding this mass to the paper pulp 

 prepared from Edgeworthia or paper 

 mulberries. The best and most ex- 

 tensively used mucilaginous plant of 

 Japan. 



327C6. ABIES NUMIDICA. 



Algerian Fir. From Babois, Algiers, 

 through L. Trabut. A very beautiful 

 tree, related to the Spanish fir {Abies 

 pinsapo). Grows on limestone soils in 

 company with Atlas cedar and yew, in 

 regions vrith heavy winter snows* 

 Grows 60 feet high and thrives at an 

 altitude of 6,000 feet. Should thrive 

 wherever the common yew and Atlas 

 cedar grow well. 



