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41256. MYRICA RUBRA. Yang mae. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Hangchow, Chekiang, China. Seedlings of a rare and interesting 

 evergreen Chinese fruit tree, of which many inarched varieties are 

 grown in Chekiang. Fruits of grafted varieties are very showy, the 

 size of small crab apples, dark purplish in color, and have a pleasant, 

 vinous flavor of their own. Trees difficult to transplant. 



27812. OCIMUM BASILICUM. Sweet basil. From F. N. 

 Meyer, Erivan, Caucasus. Dwarf annual labiate profusely branch- 

 ing, with handsome white flowers producing small black seeds. The 

 aromatic leaves are widely used for seasoning soups and meats. Sow 

 in April or May in seed bed and transplant, or in permanent rows 

 2 feet apart. Culture similar to parsley. 



42834. OLEA CHRYSOPHYLLA. Golden - leaved olive. 



Small ornamental tree with slender branches and narrow leaves, 2 to 

 4 inches long, bright green above and golden or sometimes drab 

 colored beneath. The copious panicles of small, inconspicuous flow- 

 ers are followed by rather large blackish drupes somewhat resembling 

 those of the common olive {0. eiiropaea). The fruits are, however, 

 not used. Native of tropical Africa. 



12569. OLEA EUROPAEA. Barouni olive. From Susa, 

 Tunis, Africa, through T. H. Kearney. The largest fruited olive of 

 the Tunisian region. Culture confined exclusively to Sahel and 

 Kalaa Srira. One of the best of the green table olives. 



12684. OLEA EUROPAEA. Bidh el Hammam olive. From 

 T. H. Kearney, Zaouia du Mornag, near Tunis, North Africa. Sec- 

 ond largest olive of the Tunisian region and said to be one of the best 

 of the table olives. 



12910. OLEA EUROPAEA. Chitoui olive. From T. H. 

 Kearney, Tunis, North Africa. The principal oil-producing olive of 

 northern Tunisia, but not so well adapted to the drier, hotter regions 

 as other sorts, like the Chemlali. 



1325T. OLEA EUROPAEA. Grosse Aberkan olive. From 

 Dr. L. Trabut, Mustapha, Algeria. Rather large, somewhat curved 

 fruits, ripening somewhat earlier than the Mission. The trees seem 

 to be very vigorous and strong growers. The foliage is not so dense 

 and is of lighter hue than the other African varieties. 



13567. OLEA EUROPAEA. Chemlali olive. From Tunis, 

 North Africa, through T. H. Kearney. Small oil-producing olive, 

 grown in immense plantations around Sfax, where only from 5 to 10 

 inches of rain falls; irrigated for first two or three summers only. 

 Orchards created by planting pieces of wood from bases of old trees. 

 Promising variety for California because of its robust growth. 



