
          35638. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. This variety originated at the Plant 
Introduction Garden, Chico, California, from seed of the Oporto apple 
sent by F. N. Meyer from Crimea. It shows promise of proving valuable 
for warm valleys where many other varieties will not succeed. It is 
a handsome, summer apple (ripening at Chico during the latter half of 
July), red, about 8 ounces in weight, with waxy skin and yellow, rather 
mealy flesh of good quality.

43157. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Diadem Apple. From New Zealand. Plants 
presented by H. R. Wright. A handsome, large fruit with light-red 
skin and cream-white flesh of good texture and pleasing flavor. Fruits 
ripened at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif., about August 30. 
This variety promises to be a valuable addition to the late summer 
apples grown in this country. It is excellent both as a dessert and 
as a cooking apple.

58593. MARKHAMIA sp. From Umtali, Rhodesia, South Africa. Presented 
by Rev. E. H. Greely, who describes it as a native Rhodesian tree with 
yellow flowers 2 inches broad. It belongs to the family Bignoniaceae, 
and seems likely to succeed in southern Florida and California. There 
is no reason to believe it will resist heavy frosts.

55936. MELIOSMA CUNEIFOLIA. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A beautiful flowering shrub or small tree, which 
resembles the weeping willow in habit, and bears near the ends of its 
drooping branches large pyramidal clusters of fragrant flowers, first 
white, then turning cream colored. It grows wild in Yunnan at elevations 
of about 10,000 feet; it may not prove sufficiently hardy for cultivation 
in the northern part of this country, but should be tried in the south, 
and on the Pacific coast.

58410. MIMOSA SOMNIANS. From the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented 
by C. A. Purpus, Huatusco. A tropical American mimosa, somewhat shrubby 
in habit, armed with a few short spines, and bearing white or pinkish 
flowers. Considered by Dr. Purpus worthy of cultivation as an ornamental. 
Likely to succeed in southern Florida, and perhaps also in California.

58411. MIMOSA sp. From the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by 
C. A. Purpus, Huatusco. This plant, not yet determined botanically, 
is said by Dr. Purpus to be worthy of cultivation as an ornamental. It 
should succeed in southern Florida, and perhaps also in California.

55735. MYRICA RUBRA. From Japan. Received from the Yokohama Nursery 
Company. An evergreen tree native to eastern Asia, called "yang mae" 
in China. The beautiful, dark-purple fruits average from one to one 
and a quarter inches in diameter and can be eaten out of hand or made 
into compotes and pies. There is great variation in the productivity of 
the trees, as well as in the size, color, and flavor of the fruits which 
generally taste of strawberry and lemon. For trial in the Southern states 
and in California.

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