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43692. HYPERICUM PATULUM HENRYI. From the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ornamental evergreen shrub 

 of spreading habit. The purplish branches are numerous, arching, 

 and 2-winged; leaves nearly ovate, 2 to 3 inches long, deep green 

 above, whitish beneath ; flowers bright golden yellow, 2 inches across, 

 borne in clusters at the ends of the- shoots. This variety is hardier 

 and more vigorous than the species which is better known. Native 

 of China. 



31836. ILEX CORALLIXA. Holly. From Messrs. Barbier & 

 Co.. Orleans, France. Ornamental, evergreen shrub, said to reach 

 a height of 9 to 12 feet. Bather bushy, but reported as very graceful 

 in habit. Leaves thin, somewhat leathery, brilliant deep green 

 above, light green below. The small coral-red fruits are borne in 

 dense masses. Seemingly fairly hardy. Native of western China. 



39G68. ILEX INTRICATA. Holly. From the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Sibpur, India. Low, rigid, straggling shrub, forming a 

 matted mass of interlaced woody branches. The spreading, thick, 

 leathery, bright-green leaves are narrowed into very short leafstalks. 

 The very small, white flowers and the globose red fruits form its 

 chief attractions. 



ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS. Yerba mate. Small evergreen 

 tree resisting temperatures as low as 14° F. Used in preference to 

 tea by millions of South Americans; prepared in similar fashion. 

 Contains some stimulating alkaloid and much less harmful oil than 

 tea. Brazil alone in one year exported $10,000,000 worth of mate 

 manufactured by scorching, drying, and powdering the leave's and 

 young twigs. 



44243. IXODES EXUL. Palmetto. From Mrs. Martin O'Con- 

 nor, Victoria, Tex. Reported as a really magnificent palmetto with 

 stately crown of large vivid green leaves firmly supported on massive 

 green petioles. The trunk is also said to appear green, for the 

 sheathing leaf bases retain their color. The crown is more ample 

 than in most palms, thus lending an appearance of extreme vigor and 

 luxuriance. 



42280. INODES TEXAN A. Palmetto. From Dr. David Grif- 

 fiths. The native palmetto of the Rio Grande delta. A species of 

 very local distribution, recommended for the same uses as the fan- 

 leaf palms. It appears more hardy than these /subtropical forms. 

 It may thus serve to extend somewhat the regions of possible palm 

 culture. 



