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40691. LONICEEA sp. Honeysuckle. From F. N. Meyer,
Taipintsai, Kansu, China. A low-growing species of shrub honey-suckle, 
having slender branches and small leaves.  Collected at an
altitude of 10,000 feet.  Of value as a border shrub for the cold and
dry sections of the United States.

39859. LOROMA AMETHYSTINA. Feather palm.  From
C. B. Hale, Santa Barbara, Cal.  Very beautiful palm, 25 to 40 feet
high.  Leaves 6 feet or more long, composed of 70 to 80 pairs of
pinnæ, with slender, drooping tips.  Inflorescences about 2 feet long,
deep purple at first, becoming purplish pink.  One of several species
of palm hitherto called Seaforthia elegans.

41330. LUPINUS sp. Tarhui.  From O. F. Cook, Ollantay-tambo, 
Peru.  A handsome species with blue and white flowers,
marked with yellow on the standard, and with very thick, fleshy
pods.  Commonly cultivated in Peru at elevations of 9,000 to 11,000
feet; apparently a native -species . Not especially prolific, but con-
sidered a delicacy.  The seeds are ground into a meal and soaked
in running water to extract bitterness.

MACADAIMIA TERNIFOLIA. Queensland nut.  Small evergreen 
nut and timber tree, 40 to 60 feet high, native of eastern Australia, 
endures light frost.  Nuts produced in about seven years from
seed, edible, nutritious, with a rich agreeable flavor, much like the
hazelnut, but richer and with very hard shells.  Timber reddish, 
fine-grained, takes good polish, used in cabinetwork, veneers, shingles,
etc. (PL VIII.)

28489. MALUS BACCATA X SYLVESTRIS.  A very promising 
hybrid of the Siberian crab with the Baldwin and Yellow Transparent, 
by Dr. Walter Van Fleet.  Trees very prolific.  Fruits 1½ to
2 inches in diameter, slightly flattened at both flower and stem ends,
yellow, streaked with red; flesh firm and crisp with strong crab-apple
flavor.  Promises well as shipper and keeper.

27060. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Afghasian apple. From F.
N. Meyer, Caucasus, Russia.  Large, grayish green apple with one
cheek narrowly streaked with red, fresh subacid flavor.  Picked in
late October or early November, the fruits ripen slowly and keep well
until late spring.  May prove of value for warmer sections of the
United States, especially for the Gulf regions.

27061. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple.  From F. N. Meyer,
Dioscuria, near Sukhum Kale, Caucasus, Russia.  A Circassian
apple indigenous to the Caucasus.  Reported as being a very fine
fruit.  Suitable for mild-wintered sections of the United States.
Not yet fruited in America.
        