33104. FICUS RUBIGINOSA. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Pre- 

 sented by Prof. J. H. Maiden. A fig 

 tree forming a dense shade and grow- 

 ing in frost-free regions to a height of 

 60 to 80 feet and a diameter of 4 to 5 

 fe-)t. Timber soft and brittle. Foliage 

 will probably furnish food for cattle. 



29359. FICUS UTILIS- 



M'pamah, from Lourenco Marques, 

 Portuguese East Africa. Through O. 

 W. Barrett. Medium-sized tree of the 

 open bush, preferring sandy land. 

 Cut off near the ground it produces 

 clean young coppice branches of rapid 

 growth; the bark is removed from these 

 and when beaten forms the native 

 cloth in M'Chopes district. Cloth 

 softer than South Sea **tapa". 



35005 FRAGARIA CHILO- 



ENSIS. strawberry. From W. F> 

 Wight, Santiago, Chile, Wild Chilean 

 strawberry of good quality and size, 

 more conical in shape than the w^ild 

 fetrawberry of the eastern United 

 States, which may possibly prove val- 

 uable for its fruit or in the work of 

 cross pollination for the production 

 of improved varieties. 



