640 
f£u|J; .has. .#u£f J-pien^ .edible^ i; .q»all tyv*P j be available at 
least .as ..stock fopd. .^J&e pHly ? pthe# '•■ oatoa* thaib^appffiMsi- 
mf^., i't^Jn.. sijje' , aecprd.ing tp-Pr- #J4 1 lam • el ease of the 
yn|yersifcy pf Jlllnpip,! wh^h directed the* airtantlJaa/** the 
A|Q^rj.cap,jB.mi|4.c Asspciatj.?n fcfc^fcf .> §p««5le»i 'are,- a cLo*e 
relative,. £?. ^irfifig^ocg^rpa r pf-jjhf ##mfi regiflaafi «aad«»«* CWiate.- 
malan black oak, 0. skinneri, the latter apparently an 
egp*lly» large tree, afi$ wijbh, -acprije, *jk> inches in diameter 
x>\ip ± presumably ... bitter-, pr., fstflagente a Ilk*: our? -own *l«fet 
apprns.,' ffte nuts pf the , Q i^^gnis »re; usua&ly about- two 
JliCheg j.jp diameter , b^it may, ...» re#tp&; two atuba. feaif •ihch^e". 
jheir weight i§- f rpm to 65;, grams, *> each?* v Jj;vif» «f^4«t« 
range, the tree is naturally to be supposed unsuited 4& a 
temperate climate, but Dr. Purpus writes, 'I think it a 
very useful tree, whielj ^^Id^be; r*l.«j»d -in Florida, Cuba, 
Porto Rico, etc' If it is found to be well adapted, it 
If^npssibje ^hat native ^specifs. pf paks. ;eouidMin some 
c^sgs fee grafted over with - the mors productive. new- one, 
th^Si yielding a large crop pfrgcopas with ve»y iittaa 
Irpub^p -Oj; pare, hybridizing; . experiments i -should »also- be 
tried, with §pme pf , the bast Ne^th Amertean oaks, with-a 
vij^w to gpping" whether the size pf fcheij? apornf -cannot be 
lncrp.^se^.^ (Jpurnal of Heredity* vol. 5, no. 9, p. 406.) 
J , Tgmwrfpp jiejptartdrff, Pallas . {Tamarioaeeae. ) 39602 Seeds 
pt m tamarisk f romt the Tif lis Botanic < Garden^ Tiflfrs, The 
O^upasus^ - presented by the. Di»eptpri lAi deciduous iihihtb 
pi: 'sjiall tree, ultimately ? f rpm -1-3 to .15 vf eet fhlghrj' or up- 
wards , with long , slender, plvppse branches. Leaves very 
small, pointed; the largest one-eighth inch long, arranged 
a,t intervals along the f levering: shoote-; the ;pnallest one"* 
fifth as large, and crowded fifty or njpre to the inch. 
Flpwers. t arranged, densely- in slender, tsome/tlmeB branching 
rapepes , .I,tp & inches long, eaeh= tiny bio ssom= one ^eighth 
ljtiph, across, rosy pink; they cover thjei wholei t era-ma 1 part* 
of the *. current year 's, ishpot, which is? this* transformed •- 
during. August* injbo a- huge ^wWH-iUlce panicle- of 'blos&em as'* 
much as 3 feet long. Sepals, petals, and ^staiBen&y- all-, five* 
in number, Najilve.o/ sputhea? t»/n fkirope and Asia Minor, 
efDecia^ly .pn .the banks Pf tidal rivers. Tjai« beautiful 
t^maris^ i ,is»gui|Se .hs^jgdy , * and pne of . the -mfst pleasing ©f * 
l%t%-f\qvier%%g shrubs, : lt should be - ' planted- in groups- 
large . enough . for i£s. aof t rpey; plumes to produce an effect 
iii the ,di.s.tancq, < T,o obtain it at 1 its .'best, it < is- neees- - 
sary to cut it back every winter almost to the old. weed. - 
1^ then - s^fjids up the long fiond-eri branches which flower 
for §125 yireekp or .s,q in August jqp^d. ; 3eptep.ber. ^JLt i& propa-» 
gaj;e^ with the greatept ease* by making cuttings, 6 to 9 
inphps long, in-rparlii; -winter of.. -the &,tput»e&t ^ part of ^the « 
s easpn ' .s.. growth , and .putting. • them la the ground out— of- 
