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two distinct shades of chestnut color. The tree was the first to go 

 down with the bliglit but I have kept it going ever since by grafting 

 on other chestnut stock. I would like mighty well to have that chest- 

 nut girow in other parts of the country. It would be an addition to our 

 nut supply. 



Furthermore I have among- a large nximber of hvbrids, two of verA' 

 high quality between the American sweet chestnut and the chinkapin. 

 I gave these to ]Mr. Jones. He found, however, that he had no market 

 for them' because of the fear of blight.' I would like to present scions 

 of this to anybody outside the chestnut area where chestnuts are being 

 grown. }n'ovided I can do this under government methods. We should 

 find a way to do this. 



The Secretary: And not by boot-legging. 

 ^Ir. Reed: As Prof. Collins is more likely to be informed in re- 

 gard to quarantine laws than I ami he is the proper one to answer that 

 question. I may say, however, that the federal department is unlikely 

 to interfere in any way with the carrying out of state quarantine 

 laiws. Prof. Collins is now in the room. Dr. Morris, will you kindly 

 re-state the question to him? 



Dr. Morris: In brief, I have some very superior chestnuts. They 

 will be valuable for horticultural purposes in other parts, or in non- 

 blight regions, of the cq^mtry. I have kept them going by care and 

 attention. I would be very glad to send those out of Connecticut, pro- 

 vided that tlie way may be found, by sending them through Wash- 

 ington to other states. It would be necessary, however, to have the 

 scions treated in such a way as to make sure that the endothia spores 

 had been destroyed. 



The President: I suggest that Prof. Collins give the matter 

 some thought, and when he gives his paper he will be able to inform us 

 about that. We will now ask Mr. Reed for a report as to promising 

 seedlings. 



Mr. Reed: There are quite a number of new things which might 

 be mentioned. One is a group of Chinese walnuts now in their second 

 or third year in the nursery of Mr. Jones, at Lancaster. In this lot 

 there are many beautiful young trees grown from nuts obtained for 

 Mr. Jones by Mr. P. W. Wang, of Shanghai. They are from North 

 China, the territory which I visited more than two years ago and from 

 which I also obtained considerable seed. Of the latter we have now 

 several hundred seedlings ready for distribution. Personally I would 



