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27172. OLEA EUROPAEA. Olive. From F. N. Meyer, Nikita, 

 Crimea. Hardy variety of large-fruited olive from a tree several 

 centuries old Avliich has successfully withstood 2° F. below zero, at 

 which temperature other varieties were frozen to the ground. 



27173. OLEA EUROPAEA. Olive. From F. N. Meyer, near 

 Gagri, Caucasus, Russia. A wild bushy olive tree said to be very 

 resistant to drought. Found growing plentifully on dry mountain 

 slopes and cliffs along the Caucasian shore of the Black Sea. 



22324. OLEA FERRUGINEA. Himalayan olive. From 

 Lieut. Col. G. C. French, Fort Sandeman, Baluchistan. Valuable 

 timber tree, 30 to 50 feet in height, with lanceolate, entire leaves, 

 deep glossy green above, covered with a dense coating of red, or occa- 

 sionally gray, scales beneath — 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers whitish, 

 small, in short clusters. Fruit with scanty pulp. Heartwood olive- 

 brown to nearly black, often beautifully mottled, and extremely 

 hard ; highly prized for turning and for agricultural implements. 



OLEA VERRUCOSA. Wild olive. From South Africa. 

 Wild relative of the cultivated olive, for which it has been success- 

 fully used as a stock. The tree grows 20 feet high, with a trunk 18 

 inches in diameter. Fruit small, one-fourth of an inch long, dry. 

 Possibly the olive, which refuses to fruit in Florida and Texas, may 

 bear there if grafted on this stock. 



OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS. A small, low-growing, ever- 

 green plant, related to the lily of the valley, with grasslike leaves, 12 

 inches long, and racemes of lilac to whitish flowers. Used in Japan 

 and everywhere in the Mediterranean region as a ground cover on 

 the shady side of the house and under trees where it is too shady for 

 grass to grow. Suitable for border edgings: needs no clipping; 

 hardy as far north as Washington. 



40033. OSTEOMELES SCHWERINAE. From F. Meyer, 

 Kwatsa, Kansu, China. Dense shrub 2 to 5 feet high, found on dry 

 rocky cliffs and waste places. Said to produce an abundance of 

 white flowers in spring; bears small bluish black berries in late fall. 



36731. OSTRYOPSIS DAVIDIANA. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli, China. Low, spreading, ornamental shrub, 

 resembling in habit the hazelnuts, Corylus spp., or even more closely 

 both in foliage and habit the American hop hornbeam, Ostrya vir- 

 giniana^ from which it differs in having a three-parted fruit. Native 

 of China. 



