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40691. LONICERA sp. Honeysuckle. Frczi 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. LOROAIA MIETHYSTINA. 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 

 pinnse, with slender, drooping tips. Inflorescences about 2 feet long, 

 deep purple at first, becoming purplish pink. One of several species 

 of palm hitherto caUed 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. 



JVIACADAJMIA TERNIFOLIA. Queensland nut. Small ever- 

 green nut and timber tree, 40 to 60 feet high, native of eastern Aus- 

 tralia, 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 sheUs. Timber reddish, fine- 

 grained, takes good polish, used in cabinetwork, veneers, shingles, 

 etc. (PI. VIII.) 



28489. ^^lALUS BACCATA X SYLVESTRIS. A very promis- 

 ing hybrid of the Siberian crab with the Baldwin and YeUow Trans* 

 parent, by Dr. Walter Van Fleet. Trees very prolific. Fruits IJ to 

 2 inches in diameter, slightly flattened at both flower and stem ends, 

 yeUow, streaked with red ; flesh firm and crisp with strong crab-apple 

 flavor. Promises weU as shipper and keeper. 



27060. MALUS SYLVESTKIS. Afghasian apple. From F. 



N. Meyer, Caucasus, Russia. Large, grayish gi^een 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. 



