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MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA. Queensland nut. Slow-grow- 

 ing, evergreen tree, 40 to 60 feet in height, with very harsh foliage, 

 which in Florida has withstood uninjured a temperature of 26° F. 

 Bears in about seven years perfectly round, light-brown nuts with 

 hard shells which contain attractive cream-white kernels with a 

 rich agreeable flavor somewhat like hazelnuts. Has fruited in 

 California and Florida. A very promising new table nut. 



MALUS ARNOLDIANA. Flowering crab apple. From the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. One of the most beautiful 

 of crab apples. This is a hybrid of M. floribunda^ the common 

 flowering crab apple, with one of the hybrids of M. baccata, the 

 Siberian crab apple. It appeared 'Spontaneously at the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum several years ago. A smaller tree than M. floribunda, its 

 beautiful pink flowers are twice as large, and its long spreading 

 and arching branches are much more graceful. 



28489. MALUS BACCATA X SYLVESTRIS. A very prom- 

 ising hybrid of the Siberian crab with the Baldwin and Yellow 

 Transparent, by Dr. Walter Van Fleet. Trees very prolific. Fruits 

 1£ 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. 



27108. MALUS BACCATA MANDSHURICA. From E. C. 

 Parker, Mukden, Manchuria. Common in Manchuria as far north 

 as 45°. Very hardy and healthy. Attains a height of 15 feet and 

 bears small fruits one-half to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, 

 resembling thorn-apples. Valuable in America -for grafting or bud- 

 ding purposes only. Grafted on apple stock. 



42760. MALUS GLAUCESCENS. Flowering crab apple. 



From Mr. John Dunbar, Eochester, N. Y. Small tree or shrub, 15 

 to 18 feet in height, closely resembling M. coronaria, the American 

 crab apple, but differing chiefly in its less distinctly lobed leaves and 

 shorter, stouter leafstalks. M. glaucescens also flowers about a week 

 earlier than M. coronaria and ripens its fragrant, yellow fruits two 

 to three weeks earlier. Native of eastern North America. 



MALUS SARGENTI. Crab apple. A Japanese shrub of bushy 

 habit, 3 to 5 feet high, with pure white flowers an inch across, pro- 

 duced in clusters of five or six each. The fruit is orange shaped, 

 bright red in color, and about half an inch through. It is distinct 

 among the crab apples because of its bushy habit, and ranks as one 

 of the most beautiful of flowering shrubs. Hardy in New England. 



