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Mr. North Winship, American Consul. "These Tahiti chestnuts 

 come from \vhat is considered the "best tree on this island. 

 The nn.t just as it is should be planted about four or five 

 inches in the ground , good loamy soil preferred, and also in 

 the place where the tree is desired. It is of slow growth, 

 but makes a beautiful tree, growing to great size and 

 yielding abundantly. Keep the seed and the young plant damp, 

 but not wet." (Winship. ) "The seeds are much prized by the 

 ives as food, being eaten boiled or roasted. They are 

 to be less palatable than the chestnut." (Fairchild. ) 



MALU3 SP. (Malaceae.) 31279-280. Seeds of wild apples 

 from Chong Djighilan and Kuldja, Chinese Turkestan. "Appar- 

 ently of great value an factors in hybridization work." For 

 further information on the wild apples of this region see the 

 notes from Meyer's correspondence in Bulletin No. 62, this 

 series. (Meyer's introductions.) For distribution later. 



MANGIFERA INDICA. (Anacard iaceae . ) 31579-380. Plants of 

 two vp-'-ieties of mango from Tahiti, Society Islands. Procured 

 by Mr. North Winship, American Consul. 31379. "Superba. 

 This gives a fine large fruit, heavy and almost round; its 

 color is yellowish golden." 31380. "Altissima. Tnis is 

 practically the same as the preceding, possibly longer and 

 ^ pointed at the bottom. Its color is pink or red 

 with sometimes a violet hue." "Both of these are less 

 fibrous than the other mangos found here, and are very 

 luscious. These trees begin to bear with the commencement of 

 the rainy season. It is thought that both the?e varieties 

 came originally from India." (All notes by Mr. Winship.) For 

 distribution later. 



MANGIFERA MACROCARPA. (Anacardiaceae . ) 31354. Cuttings 

 from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, Department 

 of Agriculture. Introduced for the work of this office in 

 testing new and hardier stocks for the mango. For distribu- 

 tion later. 



MAURITIA FLEXUOSA. (Phoenicaceae . ) 31311. Seeds of the 

 Miriti or ita palm from Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter 

 Fisher, Acting Director, Campo de Cultura Experimental 

 Paraense. "It is a magnificent palm, its cylindrical stems 

 rising like Grecian columns to a height of 100 to 150 feet, 

 terminated by a crown of large fan-shaped leaves, from the 

 base of which is produced a big bunch of pendulous fruits, 

 some measuring eight to ten feet in length, weighing two to 

 three hundred pounds and containing several bushels of fruit. 

 Each fruit is about the size of a small apple, having a 

 reticulated, polished, smooth shell." (Smith, Dictionary of 

 Popular Names of Plants.) "These palms are a very conspicuous 



