MIMULUS 



5. cardin&lis, Dougl. Villous: Ivs. sharply toothed: 

 fls. red and yellow, the upper lobes much grown to- 

 gether and reflexed, the whole limb remarkably oblique. 

 Water-courses, Ore. and Calif, to Ariz. S.B.F.G. II. 

 358. B.M. 35G0. R.H. 1857, p. 137. Mn. 8:1G1. F. 

 1843: 193. -Hardy in Mass., with slight winter covering. 

 Blooms first year from seed. 



C. glutindsus, Wendl. Two to G ft. high, nearly gla- 

 brous but sticky: Hs. orange or salmon to pale buff, 

 rather obscurely 2-lipped,the lobes toothed or notched. 

 Rockv banks; common from .San Francisco south. B.5I. 

 354 {M. aurantiacus). A.G. 12:737. A.F. 12:1107. 



7. CWvelandi, T. S. Brandegee. Subshrubby, glandu- 

 lar pubescent: fls. golden yellow. G.P. 8:135. -Cult, 

 only in S. Calif., where it is native. Not advertised. 



8. parvifldrus [Dlplacus parvifldnis, E. L. Greene). 

 Rigidly shrubby, but flowering at from 3 in. to 2 ft. 

 Glabrous and glutinous : Ivs. narrowly ovate, coarsely 

 serrate: caroUa 1 in. long, nearly tubular; lobes quad- 

 rate, very little spreading. Santa Cruz Island, Calif. 



9. ringens, Linn. Stem square: calyx teeth long and 

 awl-shaped: fls. violet. Wet places, Canada to Iowa and 

 Tex. B.M. 283. D. 251. 



10. alitUB, Soland. Stem somewhat winged or angled: 

 calvx teeth short and broad. Wet places, western New 

 En'g. to 111., south to Tex. L.B.C. 5:410. -^y. ji_ 



MINNESOTA 



10 J 9 



MlMUSOPS (Greek, ape- 

 vious). SapotAceie. Tropic 

 both hemispheres, of abou 



m not ob- 



■JUK 



, of 



'loll, 



<. thick and 

 ■feet, gamo- 

 lut bearing 

 ]ie calyx of 

 -8, inserted 

 lit: fr. 

 e. The 



MINNESOTA, HORTICULTURAL STATUS OF. Fig. 

 1405. Minnesota has an area of 84,287 square miles. 

 The surface is gently undulating, except in the extreme 

 northwestern portion, where, in the Red River valley, 

 are large, fertile, level prairies. Its roughest agriculr 

 tural land is found in the eastern portion, along the 

 Mississippi river, and in mniv j) ,,.. - tho bluffs reach a 



height of 400 feet al ". About one-half 



the state, embr.icing til. ■; :ni,l eastern parts, 



was originally heavil, .. ,t,,l much timber 



still remains in thi' Uir ■ h, i -i, i n j. -riiou, while many 

 scattered groves of timber will be found elsewhere, 

 especially along the rivers. 



There are many lakes, the number of which has been 

 estimated at Ifl.oOO. They are especially numerous in 

 the ■■, [iM il rii i 1 ■nlii-m portions, where they greatly 

 ni"ilii '' .if lands in their vicinity. There 



an- -: ■ (.£ climate between the extreme 



norili. Ill ii.iii. .\ii. !.■ the summers are very short, and 

 the souihi ru l..iU. v, here killing frosts seldom occur be- 

 fore the 1st of October. The winters are generally 

 pleasant, but occasionally severe, and 40° below zero is 

 sometimes experienced. 



The soil is generally rich and well adapted to a variety 

 of crops, but it IN Ml y variable, and there are some very 

 extendril ^in as in tlie northern part where there is 

 mui'h san.ly laml iliat should never be used for agricul- 

 ture. The iiniiuiaiiiig surface, variety of good soil and 

 vegetation, and abundance of lakes, afford many very 

 picturesque and beautiful locations for successful horti- 

 culture. 



Bainfall and Its Distrlbtttion.— The annual precipi- 

 tation averages about 25 inches, and is well distributed 

 during the growing season. The snowfall is light, and 

 what falls remains usually during the winter. The 

 spring is generally open early, and the transition from 



Mimusops are fine evergreen trees, good for orna- 

 ment in frostless countries, and yielding perfumery, 

 rubber and other products. The fls. are small, white, 

 and usually borne in axillary fascicles. Some of the 

 species become more than 100 ft. high, and several of 

 them yield hard and durable timber. A few species 

 have been somewhat advertised in S. Calif, and S. 

 Fla., but their culture in this country is of small ac- 

 count. The Sapodillo is a closely allied tree. 



A. Siaminodia [or interior appendages) 2-toothed 

 at the apex. 



globdsa, Ga?rtn. A large tree, yielding Balata 

 rubber: Ivs. obovate or oblong, 2-6 in. long, retuse 

 or apiculate, grayish: calyx of G parts, canescent; 

 corolla segments as long as the appendages in the 

 sinuses: fr. often 2 in. in diam., globose. West 

 Indies and Venezuela. 



AA. Staminodia entire or only subserrate. 



Sieberi, A. DC. Becoming 30 ft. tall: Ivs. elliptic 

 to obovate, retuse, green, 2-i in. long, slender- 

 petioled: corolla segments 6, oblong and exceeding 

 the narrow appendages; fertile stamens 6; stami- 

 nodia short-triangular, nearly entire: fr. nearly 1 

 in. in diam., brownish or yellowish, said to be edi- 

 ble. Key West to Trinidad. 



E16ngi, Linn. Tall tree (becoming 50 ft.): Ivs. 

 elliptic and short-acuminate (3-3K in. long), rhom- 

 boid at the base, petiole % in. long: corolla lobes 

 about 6, narrow-lanceolate ; fertile stamens 8; stam- 

 inodia pilose, acute, entire or nearly so: fr. 1 in. 

 or less, ovoid, 1- or 2-seeded, yellow, edible. E. Ind. 



dispar, N. E. Brown. Smaller tree than M. 

 Eleniji: Ivs. small, cuneate-oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 rusty-tomentose when young, but become glabrous- 

 green, the petiole K in. or less long, and the blade ?i-2 

 in. long : fls. 12-16, in umbels on the tips of the branches : 

 sepals 6-8, in two series: petals 18-24, in three series, 

 linear -lanceolate, yellow: stamens (>-8 : staminodia 

 lanceolate-acuminate, channelled: fr. size of an olive, 

 yellow. Natal. — Int. by Franceschi. l. H. B. 



Horticultural areas, shown by degrees of shading 



winter to spring is very rapid. The soil at St. Paul and 

 southward can LTenrra'ii 1 - il- ' 1,- April 15, and fre- 

 quently earlier. Tin I ■ 1 I iniins are bright 

 and sunny, ami ^ . _-, t _'reat rapidity. 



Currants, ^m,,,, 1,, i i i , . -. blackberries, 



strawberries, juiielnin , .'..., ;. iiia plums, and the 

 frost or river-bank grape are native fruit.s that are found 

 wild in abundance in favorable locations throughout the 

 state. Most of the well-known cultivated sorts of the 



