33716. PIMENTA ACRIS. 



From Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, 

 lauritius, A myrtaceous tree, 45 to 

 f feet high, with a straight trunk 15 

 24 inches in diameter. Furnishes a 

 moderately hard and heavy wood, 

 fine and compact in texture. From the 

 flried leaves is obtained the principal 

 ingredient of bay rum. Fresh leaves 

 have the taste and odor of lemon. 



33466. PINUS LEUCODER- 

 MIS. Austrian Pine. From K. Bai- 

 coucheff, Sophia, Bulgaria. Lofty 

 evergreen tree, 100 feet tall, native ot 

 Balkan States, has dome-shaped 

 crown, slender trunk and spreading 

 branches. Grow s in poor, chalkj^ soil, 

 imd forms good shelter screens. Tim- 

 i^er is resinous, elastic, tough, durable, 

 long-grained, coarse, and easily 

 worked. 



36529. PINUS DENSIFLORA. 



Japan Red Pine. Picturesque park 

 tree of slow^ growth, attaining a height 

 of 50 feet. Not promising for ^imber 

 rs stems are often crooked. ]^rom 

 seed collected near Mukden, in cold, 

 dry Manchuria, by Frank N. Mey ^r. 

 May prove more drought and cold re- 

 sistant than trees from the moist 

 climate of Japan. 



