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42085. GARCINIA EPUNCTATA. From Mr. Henry O. Stew- 

 art. Mount Coffee, Liberia. Tree up to 20 or 30 feet high, bearing 

 edible fruits. Related to the mangosteen, G. mangostana. Leaves 

 opposite, somewhat leathery but thin. Flowers bright yellow. 



GARCINIA MULTIFLORA. Chinese bush related to the man- 

 gosteen {G, mangostana). The fruits are said to be entirely whole- 

 some and to possess a pleasant subacid taste something like an 

 orange. Introduced for trial as a stock for the mangosteen. 



43655. GENISTA RAETAM. Betem. From the Horticultural 

 Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Or- 

 namental, densely branched shrub, 4 to 10 feet in height, with very 

 narrow leaves and wdiite flowers in clusters of one to five scattered 

 along the twigs. Abundant among the sand dunes in North Africa. 



394G3. GYNOPOGON ILICIFOLIUS. From Mr. James Pink, 

 Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A shrub 

 growing about G feet high, producing a profusion of berries of bright 

 orange-scarlet color. Reported as possibly a valuable ornamental 

 plant for decorative purposes. 



HAEMATOXYLUM CAMPECHIANUM. Logwood, or cam- 

 peche wood. Tall, leguminous tree with racemes of handsome yel- 

 low flow^ers rich in honey. The brownish red heartwood is useful 

 in turning. Its principal economic product is the valuable black 

 dye extracted from it. Recommended for trial as a shade tree. 



41489. HALESIA CAROLINA MONTICOLA. Mountain 

 silver-bell tree. From Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ornamental tree, up to 80 or 90 feet in height 

 and 3 feet in diameter, from the high Appalachians. Related to the 

 silver-bell of the South, it differs in its peculiar habit and its much 

 larger leaves and flowers. Trees less than 10 feet high produce 

 flowers in abundance and are clean stemmed with narrow pyramidal 

 head. It is likely to prove one of the handsomest flowering trees in 

 the Northern States. 



HALIMODENDRON HALODENDRON. Spiny shrub, occur- 

 ring on sandy and alkaline places in the deserts of Turkestan whsre 

 the moisture is not too far below the surface. Succeeds in partial 

 shade. Recommended for testing as a hedge plant in cold-wintered 

 regions where long, hot, and dry summers prevail. 



