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tree and fruit-bud, it appears worthy of more extended 
trial in Central and Northern Iowa as an early winter or 
midwinter apple for the home orchard. On the college 
grounds the variety has made a record for hardiness of 
fruit hud, having yielded pretty good crops during the 
season of 1907-08 when many other varieties yielded 
little or no fruit because their blossom-buds or "blossoms 
were killed "by the late freezes." (S.A. Beach.) 
MALUS DIVERS IPOLIA. 25630, Crab-apple native to Alaska. 
Por distribution by Upper Mississippi Plant Introduction 
Garden, Ames, Iowa. 
MANG-IPERA INDICA. 25659. Prom province of Baliwag, Philip- 
pine Islands, Presented by Mr. Donald Maolntyre. Re- 
ceived June 19. Caraboa. The fruit of this is a little 
smaller than the one from Cavite. (No. 24927.) Por prop- 
agation; plants avilable later. 
MANIHOT DICHOTOMY. 25507. Prom Bahia, Brazil. Presented 
by Mr. Stevenson, Agent of the Royal Mail Co. Reoeived 
May 25. "A tree native of the mountainous regions between 
the Rio Paraguassu and the Rio de Contas in the eastern 
part of the provinoe of Bahia, in Brazil. The tree com- 
poses about half of the forests on many of the slopes of 
the mountains in its native region and furnishes about 
four to five hundred tons of rubber each year. The plant 
has only been known since 1901 and the cultivated planta- 
tions are just ready to be tapped for the first time.* Tor 
propagation; plants available later.' 
MELL3STTIA PBRRUGIMBA. 25635. Prom Eritrea, Africa. Pre- 
sented by Prof , T, Batorate. Reoeived June 1, A large 
tree found in Abyssinia. The powdered seeds are thrown 
Into the water to stupefy fish, and the tree also fur- 
nishes a poison for arrows, Por propagation; plants avail- 
able later. (Leguminosae. ) 
