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A rare shrub 15 to 20 feet high, which grows at an altitude of 12,000 
feet on an alpine meadow known to the Mosos as 'Ma hoang pa tze' (leech 
meadow). The shrub has horizontal branches, narrow leaves of a rich 
green, and large rich golden yellow flowers which appear in May and 
June. It is an exceedingly handsome species. The" small fruits are a 
tomato red." (Rock.) 
MALUS sp. (Malaceae), 55990. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Seeds 
collected by J. F. Bock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. "(No. 6558. Chienchuan. September 15, 1922.) A wild apple 
tree 20 feet high, with stiff, spreading branches, found in a dry, 
hot, rocky location in the Chienchuan valley north of Talifu. The 
fruits are a little larger than a pea, glossy as if varnished, bright 
red on one side and yellow on the other." (Rock.) 
meliosma cuneifoua (Sabiaceae ) ., 55936. From Yunnan, China. Seeds 
collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. "(Nob. 4410, 4721, 6136. September 3, 1922.) A beautiful 
flowering shrub or small tree 12 feet high, found growing at altitudes 
of 9,000 to 10,000 feet along water-courses on the northern end of the 
Likiang snow range, usually among limestone bowlders. In habit it re- 
sembles the weeping willow, with drooping branches bearing on their 
apices large pyramidal clusters of cream-colored flowers. During June 
and July this shrub is an object of great beauty." (Rock.) 
olea europaea (Oleaceae), 55814. Olive. From Nice, France. Cut- 
tings presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Variety "Arbequina." 
This is a favorite among the Catalan nurserymen in the province of 
Lerida, Spain, where it represents 92 per cent of the olives planted. 
It appears to be the one most resistant to the rather frequent drops 
in temperature on the Urgel plain. The production is very high in the 
irrigated sections every year, and every two years in the other sec- 
tions. In habit the tree is spreading, with the secondary branches 
reflexed. In this region the olive trees are pruned every two years 
and often every year, with a special rejuvenating pruning every ten or 
twelve years, in order to keep down the size of the trees and make 
easier the hand-picking of the fruit. (Adapted from Revue de Botani- 
que Appliquee, vol. 2, p. 26.) 
OSTEOMELES schwerinae (Malaceae), - 55992. From Yunnan, China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(No. 6554. Langchiung. September 16, 1922.) An 
ornamental spreading shrub 2 to 3 feet high, found in the Langchiung 
mountains at an altitude of 7,500 feet, and common in the arid regions 
north and south of Talifu. It differs considerably from the Pacific 
