2S32S. MAYTENUS BOAR! A. 

 From Mr, Jose D. Husbands, Liiaavida, 

 Chile, Beautiful shade tree and hedge 

 plant,- which succeeds well on other. 

 w ise 1:: vg and dry lowlands, The 

 nard woc-d is fine-grained and elastic, 

 mostly plain white or pale yellow, 

 sometimes beautifully veined with red 

 and olive. 



27043. MORUS ALBA. White 

 Ivliiiberry. From Leon Chenaalt, Or- 

 leans, France. Variety Fastigiata. A 

 rare variety of white mulberry val- 

 uable as an ornamental pyramidal 

 tree. 



343S6. NOT HO FAG US PRO- 

 CERA. From Julio M, Foster, San- 

 tiago, Chile. A large, deciduous, timber 

 tree, native of South America, having 

 dense, red wood and considered val- 

 uable for furniture, flooring, carpen- 

 tering and cooperage. The timber is 

 short-lived, however, in contact with 

 water. 



35009 & 35010. OENOTHERA 

 BP. Evening Primrose. From Valpa- 

 raiso, Chile. Presented by W.F.Wight, 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Or- 

 namental herbaceous plants, having 

 y el lowish orangecolored flowers, suit- 

 able for park and garden planting in 

 dry situations. 



33783. OLEA FOVEOLATA. 



Olive. From Chas. P. Lounsbiiry,East 

 London, Cape Colony. Shrub, native 

 of south Africa, twelve feet in height, 

 ashy-gray branches; smooth, leathery, 

 oblong-elliptic leaves; small flowers 

 in short axillary cymes, and smooth 

 oblong fruits half an inch long. In- 

 troduced for experiments as a possible 

 stock for the cultivated olive. 



PA PAVER SOMNi PERU M, Poppy. 



Erect annual, with handsome vari- 

 colored flowers. Cultivated in Orient 

 for opium manufacture. Introduced 

 into this country for the use of its pal- 

 atable seeds in confectionery and the 

 preparation of morphia for medicinal 

 purposes. The seeds yield a comestible 

 oil. Sow thickly in spring and thin to 

 inches in rows 12 inches apart. Of 

 comparatively easy culture. 



