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diameter of one-fourth of an inch and is red and succu- 
lent. The fleshy edible pedicel, under the small, dry, 
globular fruit, has been likened to a cherry with the 
stone outside. The close-grained, handsome wood is 
used for turning and cabinet purposes. (Adapted from 
Bentham, Flora Australiensis , vol. 6, p. 229, and 
Maiden, Useful Plants of Australia, pp. 30, 534.) 
Grewia multiflora (Tiliaceae), 47689. From 
Darjeeling, India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, 
director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A shrub or small tree 
of eastern and western India, ascending to 4,000 feet. 
The white wood gives out an exceedingly unpleasant odor 
when cut, and is extensively used in making cot frames, 
ax handles, oar shafts, etc. The plant is also much 
used for making hedges, for which its close growth and 
evergreen leaves make it especially suitable. (Adapted 
from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of 
India, vol. 4, p. 179.) 
Lagerstroemia parviflora (Lythraceae ) , 47703. From 
Darjeeling, India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, 
director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A large, deciduous 
tree met with in the sub-Himalayan tract in Bengal, 
Assam, central and southern India. The gum which ex- 
udes from the bark is said to be sweet and edible, and 
the bark yields a fiber used in the making of ropes. 
The bark is also used in dyeing skins black, and for 
tanning. The grayish brown wood is very hard and 
tough, seasons well, and is fairly durable. It is 
largely employed for agricultural implements, boats, 
buggy shafts, etc. It is one of the trees on which 
the tasar silkworm is fed . (Adapted from Watt , Diction- 
ary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 4, p. 584.) 
Metrosideros tomentosa (Myrtaceae), 47930. From 
Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by Mr. H. R. 
Wright. "Pohutukawa. One of the most beautiful of 
flowering trees, and very valuable as a bee plant; 
the honey made from these is of excellent flavor and 
is pure white.. This tree, about 40 feet in height, 
is found on the hillsides, along the beach, and even 
grows out of the sides of the sea cliffs. In many 
cases, thriving trees grow above high water mark, 
where the roots are frequently washed by the tide. 
Like M. robusta, the hard wood is used for making knees 
for boat building. Strange to say, M. tomentosa is found 
in the wild state only near the sea, although it grows 
