1079 . 
the fruit is dark red. This variety is found in cen- 
tral China. A very desirable late bloomer. (Adapted 
from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 
culture, p. 1910.) 
a. 
Lonieera maaekii podoearpa Pranchet . (Caprlf oliaceae . ) 
43699. Seeds of honeysuckle from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. 
H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Depart- 
ment. A low, spreading shrub, with broadly oval, 
short-tipped dark green leaves. The flowers are 
white, fading to yellowish, and the fruit is dark 
red. This is a hybrid of Malus floribunda with one of 
the hybrids of Malus baccata, and appeared spontaneously 
in the Arnold Arboretum several years ago. It makes 
a smaller tree than M. floribunda, but its long spread- 
ing and arching branches are very graceful, and the 
flowers produced on long stems are more than twice as 
large as those of M. floribunda. These flowers area 
beautiful pink, and it is considered by some persons 
t ; be the most beautiful of the crabapples. (Adapted 
from Arnold Arboretum, Bulletin of Popular Informa- 
tion, Nos. 3, 1911, and 39, 1913.) 
Montanoa hibiseifolia (Benth.) C. Koch. (Asteraceae . ) 
43660. Seeds from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the 
Director, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agri- 
culture, Giza Branch. One of the" tree -daisies of Central 
America which is easily distinguished by its 5 to 7 
lobed leaves,- which are opposite and entire. It is 
easily cultivated, the seeds being started indoors, 
and the plants transferred to the open for foliage 
effects. It may also be propagated by cuttings. 
(Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 
culture, p. 2064, and from Koch, Wochenschrif t des 
Vereines zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues, vol. 7, 
407.) 
Fermi amerieana Miller . (Lauraceae.) 43486. Budwood 
of avocado from Santa Maria de Jesus, Depto. Sacate- 
pequez, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, 
Agricultural Explorer. "From the garden of an Indian, 
who refused to divulge his name. The garden is in the 
center of the village, toward the Volcan de Agua from 
the central plaza. Santa Maria de Jesus is a small 
village located upon the upper slopes of the Volcan 
de Agua, at an elevation (according to my barometer) 
of 6700 feet. It is about 10 kilometers from Anti- 
