JATROPHA CURCAS. Physic 

 Nut. Native of tropical America, Low 

 spreading euphorbiaceoiis tree, some- 

 times used as a hedge plant. The 

 fruit is fleshy, about the size of a 

 filbert, containing white kernels with 

 almond-like taste, but violently pur- 

 gative. ANTIDOTE: DRINK QUAN- 

 TITIES OF COLD MILK. Oil has 

 been used as varnisli when boiled 

 with oxide of iron. 



36082. JUGLANS REGIA 

 SINENSIS. English Walnut. From 

 Changli, Chili Province, China. 

 Through Frank N. Meyer. The erro- 

 neously called Manchurian walnut, 

 because coming from near the great 

 wall of China, merely a strain of the 

 English or Persian walnut. Prelimi° 

 nary tests indicate that it is hardier 

 than the strains from southern Eu- 

 rope and northwest Asia. 



34352. JUNIPERUSCEDRUS. 



Canary Island Juniper. From Ten- 

 erif f e, Canary Islands, through George 

 V. Perez. A tall tree, formerly abund- 

 ant in the sub-Alpine districts and 

 higher valleys of the Canary Islands, 

 but now quite rare there, having been 

 cut for its excellent timber. Very 

 similar to Juniperus oxycedrus but pos- 

 sibly better adapted to cultivation in 

 southern California and in Florida. 



