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3586. Siberian crabapple. Hybrid crabapple. — A probable hybrid between the 

 preceding and M. baccata (L.) Borck. Presented by Miss Dorothy Coker. 



3587. Soulard crabapple. — The fruit of Mains Soulardi (Bailey) Britton. Re- 

 garded as a hybrid between M. Malus and the following. Native of the 

 central United States. Collected in the New York Botanical Garden, 

 September 12, 1906. 



3588. Western crabapple. — The fruit of Malus ioensis (Wood) Britton. Native 



of the western United States. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Horn Brook, 

 California, August, 1909. 



3589. Wild apple. — A flowering branch of Malus glaucescens Rehder. Native of 



the central United States. Collected by John Uri Lloyd in Kenton County, 

 Kentucky, May 4, 1919. 



3590. Narrow-leaved crabapple. — The fruit of Malus angustifolia (Ait.) Michx. 

 Native of the central United States. Collected at Carnot, Pennsylvania, 

 by J. A. Shafer, August 3, 1906. 



3591. Fragrant crabapple. — The fruit of Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. Native 

 of eastern North America and cultivated. Collected in the New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



3592. Another cultivated variety of crabapple. 

 3592.1. Flowers of the preceding. 



Numbers 3593-3605 are cultivated varieties of the pear, Pyrus communis L. 

 Native of Europe and Asia and cultivated in all temperate and subtropical 

 regions. Grown and presented by James A. Staples, of Marlboro, New 

 York, with the exception of No. 593. 



3593. Mexican pear. — A variety developed and grown in central Mexico. Obtained 

 by H. H. Rusby in the market of Mexico City, November, 1896. 



3594. Louis Bonne de Jersey pear. 



3595. Vicar of Wakefield pear. 



3596. Seckel pear. 



3597. Beurre de Capiaumont pear. 



3598. Buffon pear. 



3599. Duchess L'Angouleme pear. 



3600. Gray Doyenne or Beurre Rouge pear. 



3601. Clerigeau pear. 



3602. Lawrence pear. 



3603. Sheldon pear. 



3604. William or Bartlett pear. 



3605. Kieffer pear. 



3606. Preserved pears. Presented by F. H. Leggett & Company, of New York. 



3607. Canned pears. Presented by Mrs. H. H. Rusby, of Newark, New Jersey. 



3608. Chinese sand pear. — The fruit of Pyrus sinensis Lindl. Native of eastern 

 Asia and cultivated. Grown and presented by J. A. Staples, of Marlboro, 

 New York. 



3609. Japanese quince. Spice apple. — The fruit of Cydonia japonica (Thunb.) 



Pers. Native of Japan and cultivated. Grown in the New York Botanical 

 Garden. Usually grown for ornament, but a preserve is made of the fruit. 



3610. Another sample of the same. 



361 1. Another sample of the same. 



