BULLETIN" OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
No. 15. April 7 to 27, 1909. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
ALEURITES CORLATA. 25080. Prom Tokyo, Japan. Purchased 
from Japan Seed & Plant Co. Received March 23. "This 
shipment of seeds was imported for acclimatization ex- 
periments and for the extraction of oil to he used for 
comparison with No. 25081. It is a tropical or semi- 
tropical plant and grown only in the provinces to the 
south of Tokyo (36° lat.). The seeds are very small com- 
pared with those of the other species of Aleurites, "being 
about the size of large castor oil seeds, which they very 
much resemble. The oil expressed from them is compar- 
able to the more abundant tung oil of China and to per- 
illa oil, which is largely substituted for it in Japan, 
as it can be more cheaply grown. In Japan, as in China, 
the wood oil is grown on land not suited for general 
farming." (Pischer. ) 
ALEURITES FORLII. 25081. Prom Hankow, China. Purchased 
thru Hon. Wm. Martin. "This shipment of seeds was im- 
ported for the purpose of continuing on a larger scale 
some experiments commenced four years ago in the acclima- 
tization of the tree which produces the Tung oil or 
China wood oil of commerce. The Tung tree is distrib- 
uted widely throughout the provinces drained "by the 
Yangtse. The trees are restricted to the thin, dry soils 
of the hilly regions where farming is unprofitable and 
where also the Chinese claim that they bear larger 
crops. The tree should be tried, not only for its val- 
uable seeds, but as an ornamental. It attains a height 
of from 20-40 feet and its large, heart-shaped leaves, 
smooth green bark and striking panicles of white flowers, 
slightly tinged with red, which appear with the leaves 
in the spring, make it a very desirable ornamental tree 
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