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Spencer and Chaucer. There were appeals to the sympathies, hoping 

 for the first prize to "heljj build the church," or to "pay for my boy's 

 operation." Taking into the fara'ily confidences was common. A con- 

 fiding friendship was the rule, specially from the southern people. 



The number of packages of nuts received was 930, containing speci- 

 mens from 1229 black walnut trees and 115 other nut trees, a total of 

 131-1' specimens. Of the walnuts, other than the eastern black, there 

 were ten specimens of butternuts, five of the California black walnut, 

 five siebolds, four Persians, three heart nuts, two hybrids, and one 

 sinensis. 



Of the hickories there were 38 shagbarks, 21' shellbarks, 13 pecans, 

 •1 pignuts, 2 mockernuts, one probably a buckleyi, and one hybrid. 

 There were two filberts, some post oak acorns and one package of 

 prunes. All of the packages received have been tabulated by states. 



The number of j)ersons who wrote that they had sent, or were send- 

 ing, specimens, but of which I have no record of receipt, was 28. Sev- 

 eral came without name or address of sender but all of these were 

 identified, in some way or other except four. Deducting these four 

 from the 28 leaves 24 reported sent but not received. Some of these 

 may never have been sent, some may have been faults in my records^ but 

 most of them probably were lost in the mail. Many packages were 

 received in such bad condition that I got them only by the grace of the 

 postman. Sometimes the nuts were half gone and one package was 

 entirely empty. Now and then a j^ackage may have failed to pass 

 through the hands of somebody very fond of black walnuts. Twenty- 

 three per cent of these failures were women and 20 per cent men. 



The number of persons who wrote letters of inquiry about the con- 

 test, but of tile receipt of nuts from whom I have no record, was 253. 

 This is to me an extraordinary and almost inexplicable thing. I sent 

 every one of these corresi)ondents the contest circular, also bulletin No. 

 6 and the circular of the association. Why such a large number of 

 persons should have the interest to write letters of inquiry, and then 

 fail to send nuts, is almost beyond my comprehension. Of course there 

 were a number who only wanted to sell nuts or kernels or young trees 

 or trees for timber. But there remains a large number of correspon- 

 dents who did not respond to our invitation to send nuts. It almost 



