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and Penang. The tree grows to 35 or 40 feet In height, 
is erect, and stately in appearance, with compound 
leaves composed of five to seven pairs of oblong 
leaflets 4 inches in length. It is commonly stated 
that there are 8 or 10 varieties, but these appear to 
differ very little from one another, and are rarely 
propagated. The fruits are produced in pendent termi- 
nal clusters. They are the size of large plums, bright 
crimson in color, sometimes shaded with green or orange. 
The surface is covered with soft spines, half an inch 
long. Tearing off the thin, leathery pericarp, one 
finds a glistening white oval of juicy pulp, very re- 
freshing to eat, with a pleasantly subacid flavor sug- 
gesting that of the grape." (Popenoe.) 
Olearia teretifolia (Asteraceae ) , 47192. Prom Black- 
wood, South Australia. Seeds presented by Mr. Edwin 
Ashby, "Wlttunga." "A bright green, almost broomlike 
shrub, native of Kangaroo Island, this state. It grows 
to 5 feet in height and is covered with masses of small, 
white flowers which give the bush a snowlike appearance. 
It stands clipping well and should make a good dwarf 
border hedge." (Ashby.) 
Pyrus fauriei (Malaceae), 47155. Pear. Prom Japan. 
Seeds presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 
Plain, Mass. Wilson's No. 11256. A thorny shrub with 
small leaves, 2\ to 3 centimeters (1 to 1^ in.) long, 
smooth above and sparingly pubescent beneath, smooth 
young fruits about 4 millimeters through, and with 
a fugacious calyx (one lasting a very short time). 
This species is very striking because of its extreme- 
ly small leaves, flowers and fruit. (Adapted from 
Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde , 
vol. 1, p. 666.) 
Pyrus sp. (Malaceae), 47093. Pear. Prom Florida. 
Presented by Mr. Martin Campas , St. Petersburg. "Two 
pear trees which came as cuttings from Spain four years 
ago, and which I grafted on the Kieffer pear. Last 
year and this year they bore a heavy crop of large 
fruits weighing about one pound each and ripening in 
October and November here in south Florida. The fruit 
resembles the cooking pear in its hard flesh, but it 
Is juicy and tender to eat out of hand. The tree is 
prolific and thrifty, with a close, dense top, and the 
branches are ascending. The leaves are dark green and 
free from disease." (Campas.) 
"I was favorably impressed with this pear. It is 
