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Kumara has been chiefly grown by our native race, the Maori, 
and consequently any varieties which may have been distinct 
in the first place have long since become crossed so that it 
is now impossible to obtain separate sorts. The tubers sent 
are of the Eumara which is known here as the New Zealand Red 
Skinned Kumara. This is a New Zealand variety which is in 
common use here." (Yates and Co.) For distribution later. 
LONICERA SP. (Caprifoliaceae. ) 30936. Cuttings of a 
honeysuckle from the valley of the Chong Djighilan, Thian 
Shan, Chinese Turkestan. Altitude of 3700 feet. 11 A shrubby 
honeysuckle; found in copses on peaty and on rocky soil. 
Growing 4 to 6 feet in height. Young branches are of a pale 
yellow or white color and are attractive looking in winter. 
Of use probably as a park and garden shrub in the northern 
United States." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 
' later. 
10NTCERA SP. (Caprifoliaceae.) 30937. Cuttings of a 
honeysuckle from near Yengi-Malah, Thian Shan, Chinese Tur- 
kestan. Altitude of 8000 feet. "A shrubby honeysuckle, of 
tall, fastigiate growth. A mutation. The only one seen among 
thousands of normally growing bushes. Of value as a shrub of 
rigid outlines along pathways, also as a background for flow- 
ering plants in cemeteries and in gardens where a certain 
formal and dignified spirit has to be preserved." (Meyer's 
introduction.) For distribution later. 
MALUS SPP. (Malaceae.) 30946-947. Cuttings of wild 
apples from the Thian Shan Mountains, Chinese Turkestan. 
30946. From Kurgan. Altitude 7700 feet. "A wild apple 
growing into a small sized tree. Young branches of a very 
dark red color. This form stands apparently great drought 
and severe cold and may be of value in hybridization work to 
create hardier strains of apples, fit for the coldest 
sections of the United States. May also be tried as a dwarf- 
ing stock in cold sections." 30947. From near Kitchik 
Djighilan. Altitude 4100 feet. "A wild apple of somewhat 
bushy growth, found on the north slopes of otherwise barren 
mountains. Bearing small round apples, of red color and of 
subacid taste, having long peduncles; calyx persistent. At 
the time of visit (March 17) the trees were still standing in 
two feet of hard frozen snow and this fact, together with the 
decidedly semi-arid character of the locality, and the short, 
hot and dry summers, should make this species of apple a 
valuable one as a hybridization factor in the creation of 
hardier types of apples fit to thrive in the upper Mississip- 
pi Valley regions and the localities west of it." (Meyer's 
introductions.) For distribution later. 
