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Michaux. It has large leaves with auricles at base, and white odorous 

 flowers. 



M. acuminata is a native of Pennsylvania, where Bartram discovered 

 it, and it was introduced into Europe by Collinson in 1736. It attains a 

 height of 80 feet with a very straight stern, and compact, hard wood, 

 which is used for various purposes. M. cordata is from Upper Georgia, 

 about 50 feet high, and resembles the last one, with small yellow flowers. 



M. macrophylla Mich, has leaves about H foot long ; flower white 

 tinged with purple at the base ; it comes from Carolina, where Michaux 

 discovered it. Some regard it as a form of M. auriculata. 



31. (jlauca Linn, is 15 or 20 feet high, with glaucous leaves. The 

 small, cream-white flowers exhale a delicate perfume. It flowers from 

 the middle of May onward through the summer. It comes from the 

 low, damp territory of Virginia, Carolina, and other regions, and was 

 introduced into Europe in 1688. The leaves and wood have an aromatic 

 odour and were once used as a remedy for rheumatism. There is a 

 variety sempervirens and another longifolia ; other varieties are arborea, 

 pumila, and Thompsoniana. 



M. Lennei, a supposed hybrid between Yulan and purpurea. No one 

 knows if it is a distinct species, a variety, or a natural variation. It is of 

 Italian origin, coming from the Said Garden at Vicenza about 1850; 

 thence it went to Topf at Erfurt, who called it after Lenne, director of 

 the Potsdam Garden, and afterwards director-general of the Royal Gardens 

 of Prussia. The large flowers are white inside, and a lovely violet-pink 

 without ; they are very odorous. M. Soulangcana appears to be a natural 

 hybrid introduced more than fifty years ago by Soulange-Bodin ; the 

 flowers are pink tinged with white. A variety of this is spcciosa. 

 Norbcrtiana is a garden form ; odoratissima is a hybrid between Yulan 

 and Lennei. M. praecox 1 Louis van Houtte ' is a variety which flowers in 

 the spring and again at the end of summer. The variety rosea grand i- 

 flora sprang from seed from Lennei, and is one of the best varieties. All 

 the deciduous species are hardy and prefer a loose, porous soil ; they 

 abhor lime. Many ripen seeds under cultivation and can be easily 

 multiplied therefrom. Those which do not set seed may be grafted by 

 three different methods, using purpurea as a stock, this last being 

 propagated by seed or layering. — W. C. W. 



Mango in Hawaii, The. By J. E. Higgins (Agr. Exp. Stn. 

 Hawaii, Bull. 12 ; illustrated). — The mango will undoubtedly become an 

 important article of export from the Sandwich Islands when it becomes 

 better known and appreciated in temperate climates. At present it is 

 regarded more or less as a curiosity, and the taste for it has to be 

 acquired. Cultivation and cross-breeding will no doubt improve it and 

 remove the fibre, which is present in so many varieties, as well as a 

 marked turpentine flavour. The best varieties come from India, where 

 the mango is supposed to have originated. Its varieties are almost 

 innumerable, 500 having been collected in India by Watt, and forty 

 distinct forms exist in Hawaii. It can be propagated by seed, grafting, 

 and inarching, and requires little pruning. The " chutney " mango is a 

 class rather than a variety, and has an acid sweet flavour. — C. II. L. 



