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Mr. North Winship, American Consul. "These Tahiti chestnuts 
come from what is considered the best tree on this island. 
The nut just as it is should "be planted about four or five 
inches in the ground, good loamy soil preferred, and also in 
the place where the tree is desired. It is of slow growth, 
hut makes a beautiful tree, growing to great size and 
yielding abundantly. Keep the seed and the young plant damp, 
but not wet." (Winship.) "The seeds are much prized by the 
natives as food, being eaten boiled or roasted. They are 
said to be less palatable than the chestnut." (Fairchild. ) 
MALUS SP. (Malaceae.) 31279-280. Seeds of wild apples 
from Chong Djighilan and Euldja, Chinese Turkestan. "Appar- 
ently of great value as factors in hybridization work." For 
further information on the wild apples of this region see the 
notes from Meyer's correspondence in Bulletin No. 62, this 
series. (Meyer's introductions.) For distribution later. 
MANGIFERA INDICA. ( Anacard iaceae . ) 31379-380. Plants of 
two varieties of mango from Tahiti, Society Islands. Procured 
by Mr. North Winship, American Consul. 31379. "Superba. 
This gives a fine large fruit, heavy and almost round; its 
color is yellowish golden." 31380. "Altissiraa. Tnis is 
practically the same as the preceding, possibly longer and 
more pointed at the bottom. Its color is pink or red 
with sometimes a violet hue." "Both of these are less 
fibrous than the other mangos found here, and are very 
luscious. These trees begin to bear with the commencement of 
the rainy season. It is thought that both these varieties 
came originally from India." (All notes by Mr. Winship.) For 
distribution later. 
MANGIFERA MACROCARPA. ( Anacardiaceae . ) 31354. Cuttings 
from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, Department 
of Agriculture. Introduced for the work of this office in 
testing new and hardier stocks for the mango. For distribu- 
tion later. 
MAURI TI A FLEXUOSA. (Phoenicaceae . ) 31311. Seeds of the 
Miriti or ita palm from Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter 
Fisher, Acting Director, Campo de Cultura Experimental 
Paraense. "It is a magnificent palm, its cylindrical stems 
rising like Grecian columns to a height of 100 to 150 feet, 
terminated by a crown of large fan-shaped leaves, from the 
base of which is produced a big bunch of pendulous fruits, 
some measuring eight to ten feet in length, weighing two to 
three hundred pounds and containing several bushels of fruit. 
Each fruit is about the size of a small apple, having a 
reticulated, polished, smooth shell." (Smith, Dictionary of 
Popular Names of Plants.) "These palms are a very conspicuous 
