MIMULUS 



MINNESOTA 



1019 



S. oardinilis, Dou^'l. ViU.ras: Ivs. sharply toothed: 

 fls. red and yellow, the ui>per lolies imieh grown to- 

 gether and rctlexed, the whole liiuh remarkably oblique. 

 Water-courses, Ore. and Calif, to Ariz. S.B.P.G. 11. 

 :!,-)8. B.M. .3.')G0. B.H. 18.57. p. 137. Jin. 8:101. V. 

 1813:193. — Hardy in Mass., with slight winter coveriuL;. 

 Blooms first year from seed. 



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

 brous bat sticky; lis. orange or salmon to pale hull', 

 rather obscurely 2-lipped, the kd)es toothed or nntched. 

 Rocky banks; common from San Francisco south. B.-M. 

 3.14 (if. tturantiavtts). A.G. 12:737. A.F. 12:1107. 



7. ClSvelandi, T. S. Brandegee. Snhshrubby, glandu- 

 lar pnbrscrTit: fls. golden yellow. (t.P. 8:135. — UuII. 

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



8. parviildrus (Diplaeus pnrfindriis, E. L. Greene). 

 Rigidly shruhby, 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 tor4h long and 

 awl-shaped: fls. violet. ^Yet [daces, t'anatla t . Iowa and 

 Tex. B.M. 283. D. 231. 



10. alitus, Soland. Stem somewhat wingeil or angled: 

 calyx teeth short and broad. Wet places, \\'estern New 

 Eng. to 111., south to Tex. L.B.C. 5:410. -^y j£ 



MlMUSOPS (Greek, ape-Ukr. but application not ob- 

 vious). Sapotdci'w. Tropical trees, with milky .iuice, of 

 both hemispheres, of about 30 species. Lvs. thick and 

 shining, simple and entire, altern.ate: fls. perfect, gamo- 

 petalons, the corolla td' G or more lobes, but bearing 

 twice as many appen<iages in the sinuses, the calyx i>t 

 G or 8 sepals in two rows; stamens usually G-8, insertrd 

 on the base of the corolla; stannnodia present: fr. 

 a globose, 1-G-seeded berry, sonn^times edible. The 

 Mimnsops are fine evergreen trees, good for orna- 

 ment in frostless countries, and yielding perfumery, 

 rubberand other products. The ds. aresm:ill, white, 

 and usually borne in axillary f ascich. s. Some of the 

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

 them jdeld 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 SapodiUo is a closely allied tree. 



MINNESOTA, HORTICULTURAL STATUS OF. Fig 



140j. iMiniiesota 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 agricul- 

 tural land is found in the eastern portion, along the 

 Mississippi river, and in many places the Iduffs reach a 

 height of 400 feet .above the valley. About one-half 

 the state, embracing the northeaslern and eastern parts, 

 was originally heavily timbered, and much timber 

 still remains' in the northeastern portion, while many 

 scattered groves of timber will he found elsewhere, 

 especially along the rivers. 



There are many lakes, the number of which has been 

 estimated at 10,000. They are especially numerous in 

 the central and northern portions, where they greatly 

 modify the climate of lands in their vicinity. There 

 are great variations of climate between the extreme 

 northern half, "where the summers are very short, and 

 the southern half, where killing frosts seldom occur he- 

 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 is very variable, and there are some very 

 extended areas in the northern part where there is 

 nuich saud}^ land that should never be used for agricul- 

 ture. The undulating surface, variety of good soil and 

 vegetation, and abundance of lakes, afford many very 

 pii/turesque and beautiful locations for successful horti- 

 culture. 



E'linfall and Its Pistrthiition. — ThQ 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 

 sjiring is generally open early, an^l the transition from 



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A. Statninofjia (or hifefior a jiju 

 at tlw ap,-j\ 

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

 rubber: lvs. obovate or oblong, 2-G in. long, refuse 

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

 corolla segments as long as the appendages in the 

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

 Indies and Venezuela. 



AA. Slaminodia entire or niilij xiiljsirratc. 



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

 to obovate, refuse, green, 2-4 in. long, slender- 

 petioled : corolla segments 6, oblong and exceeding 

 the narrow appendages; fertile stamens C; stami- 

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

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

 ble. Key West to Trinidad. 



El^ng-i, Linn. Tall tree (becoming 50 ft.): Ivs. 

 elliptic and short-aemninate (3-3'.. in. long), rhouj- 

 boid at the base, petiole ^4 in. long: corolla lobes 

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

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

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



diapar, N. E. Brown. Smaller tree than J/. 

 Elengi : Iv.s. small, cnne.ate-oblanceolate. olitnse. 

 rusty-tomentose when young, but become glabrous- 

 green, the petiole "s in. or less long, and the blade 't- 

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

 sepals VS, in two series: petals 18-24, in three serie; 

 linear -lanceolate, yellow: stamens C-8 : starainod 

 lanceolate-acuminate, chaunelh-d: fr. size of an olid 

 yellow. Natal. — Int. by Franceschi. i^. n. B. 



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1405. Minnesota. 



Horticultiiral are 



ees of sh:nlii 



MINA lobata is Tpoitnea n 

 I. eoceinea, rut. he'trrifntin . 



i!or 



M. sanguinea is 



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

 southward can generally be worked by April 15, and fre- 

 quently earlier. The summers and autumns are bright 

 and sunny, and vegetation grows with great rapidity. 



Currants, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, 

 strawberries, juneberries, Americana plums, and the 

 frost or river-hank grape are native fruits that are found 

 wild in abundance in favorable locations throughout the 

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



