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RHUS VER MIOS FLU A, Lacquer 

 Tree. POISONOUS TO HAHBLE. 

 (Antidote, weak alcoholic tine hire lead 

 acetate.) Tree 25to4Q feet high, native 

 of China. From the sap collected from 

 incisions in the bark the famous lac- 

 quer, considered the most permanent 

 varnish known, is made. Lacquer 

 manufacture is one of the important 

 industries in Japan and China. Tree 

 deciduous and stands considerable 

 frost. 



28258. ROSA SP. Bose. Through 

 Mr. Frank N. Meyer, from Irkestan, 

 Chinese Turkestan. A wild, shrubby 

 rose found on the dry, stony hunks of 

 a watercourse. Altitude about 9,000 

 feet. Recommended fer trial as a- gar- 

 den and park shrub in the northern 

 and semi-arid sections of the United 

 States, 



27579. ROLLfMIA ORTHO- 

 PET A LA, From Sir. Walter Fischer, 

 Para, Brazil. A delicious anonaceous 

 fruit, The seeds are enveloped in a 

 large quantity of pulp, which is of a 

 custard-like consistency, and of a very 

 agreeable acid taste. Hecommendea 

 for trial in the Everglades, as it grows 

 in localities which ars often flooded. 



2S729. ROSA Sr. Hose. "Belle 

 itortugsoise." From Mr, Ch. D'Havei, 

 Lisbon, Portugal, A seedling of R-jcj 

 gigantea. 



23034. ROSA XANTHINE Rose. 



From Frank ftleyer, Fengtai, China. 



Vigorous, tall grower, producing in 

 April masses of attractive, small, yel- 

 low flowers, lasting about ten days. 

 Not suited to small gardens on ace a met 

 of its strong habit of growth, font re- 

 commended for hedges, Remarkably 

 resistant to drought and extremes of 

 temperature. 



RUB US OORQHQRlFOLiUS, 



Raspberry. FrosiE. 3EL Wilson, Peking, 

 China. 



Erect-growing bramble with arch- 

 ing stems and insignificant white 

 flowers; fruits roundish, somewhat 

 pointed, of good size, swe i '; and of ex- 

 cellent flavor, but adhering to the 

 small receptacle. Probably of value 

 for breeding pnrpecm. 



