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the fruit is dark red. This variety is found in cen- 

 tral China. A very desirable late bloomer. (Adapted 

 from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 

 culture, p. 1910. ) 



Lonieera maackii podocarpa Franchet. (Caprlf oliaceae. ) 

 43699. Seeds of honeysuckle from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. 

 H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Depart- 

 ment. A low, spreading shrub, with broadly oval, 

 short-tipped dark green leaves. The flowers are 

 white, fading to yellowish, and the fruit is dark 

 red. This is a hybrid of Malus floribunda with one of 

 the hybrids of Malus baccata, and appeared spontaneously 

 in the Arnold Arboretum several years ago. It makes 

 a smaller tree than M. floribunda, but its long spread- 

 ing and arching branches are very graceful, and the 

 flowers produced on long stems are more than twice as 

 large as those of M. floribunda. These flowers area 

 beautiful pink, and it is considered by some persons 

 to be the most beautiful of the crabapples. (Adapted 

 from Arnold Arboretum, Bulletin of Popular Informa- 

 tion, Nos. 3, 1911, and 39, 1913.) 



Montanoa hibiscifolia (Benth.) C. Koch. (Asteraceae . ) 

 43660. Seeds from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the 

 Director, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agri- 

 culture, Giza Branch. One of the tree -daisies of Central 

 America which is easily distinguished by its 5' to 7 

 lobed leaves, which are opposite and entire. It is 

 easily cultivated, the seeds being started indoors, 

 and the plants transferred to the open for foliage 

 effects. It may also be propagated by cuttings. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 

 culture, p. 2064, and from Koch, Wochenschrif t des 

 Vereines zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues, vol. 7, 

 p. 407.) 



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Persea americana Miller. (Lauraceae.) 43486. Budwood 

 of avocado from Santa Maria de Jesus, Depto. Sacate- 

 pequez, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, 

 Agricultural Explorer. "From the garden of an Indian, 

 who refused to divulge his name. The garden is in the 

 center of the village, toward the Volcan de Agua from 

 the central plaza. Santa Maria de Jesus is a small 

 village located upon the upper slopes of the Volcan 

 de Agua, at an elevation (according to my barometer) 

 of 6700 feet. It is about 10 kilometers from Anti- 



