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22867. TAMARIX sp. From near Taiyuanfu, Shansi, China, 

 through F. N. Meyer. Extremely rapid-growing tree or shrub, 

 branching close to the ground, making excellent windbreaks and 

 even hedges. One of the most drought and alkali resistant of all 

 plants; cuttings put in ground just after rain grow easily. Recom- 

 mended for south side of wind belts on the Great Plains. 



29149. TAMARIX sp. Tamarisk. From F. N. Meyer, Uluk- 

 shat, Chinese Turkestan. Ornamental tree with minute, scalelike, 

 light-green leaves and large racemes or terminal panicles of small, 

 usually light-pink flowers. Low-growing tamarisk found on sandy 

 and alkaline level places at altitudes of 7,000 to 8,000 feet. Arrests 

 blowing sands very well and is recommended for this purpose in the 

 cooler sections of the United States. 



35261. TAMARIX sp. From F. N. Meyer, Laoling, Shantung, 

 China. A tamarisk occurring on sandy and alkaline lands. The 

 Chinese call it Hong ching, and cut twigs every autumn for baskets. 

 Possesses considerable bank and sand binding qualities and should 

 be tested for these purposes in the drier sections of the United States. 



TERMINALLY CATAPPA. Tropical (or Malabar) almond. 



Handsome ornamental shade tree, bearing edible almondlike fruits. 

 Its large, shining, obovate leaves are borne in rosettes at the ends of 

 the whorled horizontal branches. Evergreen in the Tropics, but in' 

 the subtropics it loses its leaves, which assume gorgeous tints of yel- 

 low, red, scarlet, and purple before falling. Wood hard, of reddish 

 color. Widely distributed throughout the Tropics. 



36016. TERMINALLY EDULIS. Columpit. From P. J. 

 Wester, Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Large, attractive fruit 

 tree, with well-rounded, open crown, affording half shade. Fruits 

 are edible, ripening in June and July, larger than a cherry, of dark 

 red color and fleshy, with a subacid flavor. 



30913. THESPESIA GRAND IFLORA. Maga. Tree of mal- 

 low family, introduced by Dr. J. GifTord from Porto Rico, where it 

 grows 50 feet high with straight trunk. Timber fine, hard, rose 

 colored when fresh, black when old. Good lasting qualities. Flow- 

 ers very large, bell shaped, rosy crimson, extremely striking and 

 ornamental. Promises to become one of finest ornamentals in south- 

 ern Florida. 



38797. THUJA O MEN TALIS. Chinese arbor vitse. A re- 

 markable form of somewhat flattened, globular shape and of very 

 dense growth, collected by F. N. Meyer near Chaoyihsien, Shensi, 

 China. Reported to be a rare form well suited for mild-wintered, 

 semiarid regions. 



