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out the country. I lay them upon your 

 table and assure you that every package 

 was obtained as "speciosa." I ask you, 

 as an expert, to take them, examine them 

 and tell your readers what you find. 



Hoping the many weary hours I have 

 spent in this investigation to help rescue 

 this priceless tree indigenous to my na- 

 tive State from the grasp of ignorance, 

 I am, as ever, 



Yours respectfully, 



Wm. Galloway. 



Accompanying Mr. Galloway's letter 

 we received twenty-one samples of seed 

 from the following firms of nurserymen 

 and seedsmen : 



1. D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la. 

 (Kempferii seed almost entirely.) 



2. Mount Arbor Nurseries, Shenan- 

 doah, la. (A fair grade of seed, but 

 not pure.) 



3. German Nurseries, Carl Sondereg- 

 gar, Beatrice, Neb. (Bignonioides ; low- 

 grade seed.) 



4. Thomas Meehan, Philadelphia. 

 (Bignonioides.) 



5. Ross Brothers" Seed House, Wich- 

 ita, Kan. (Some speciosa, some hy- 

 brids.) 



6. Youngers & Co., Geneva, Neb. 

 (Speciosa.) 



7. D. Hill, Dundee, 111. (Some show 

 speciosa type; much hybridized.) 



8. State Agricultural College, !Man- 

 hattan, Kan. (All kinds, mixed.) 



9. Robert Douglas' Sons, Waukegan, 

 111. (Crop of 1904. Messrs. Douglas 

 have withdrawn from handling Catalpa 

 seed since learning of the character of 

 the seed bignonioides.) 



10. Forest Nursery and Lumber Co., 

 Ashland, O. (Crop 1904. Excellent 

 sample of speciosa seed.) 



11. Hart Pioneer Nurseries, Fort 

 Scott, Kan. (Bignonioides, very low 

 grade of seed.) 



12. A Willis, Nurseryman, Ottawa, 

 Kan. (Bignonioides.) 



13. Geo. W. Tincher, Topeka, Kan. 

 (Almost pure speciosa. Some little hy- 

 bridization in some seeds.) 



14. J. M. McCullough's Sons, Seeds- 

 men, Cincinnati, O. (Crop 1904. This 

 firm has discontinued the sale of Catalpa 

 seed. Sample bignonioides.) 



15. J. Jenkins' Nurseries, Winona, O. 

 (All bignonioides.) 



16. Forest Nursery and Seed Com- 

 pany, J. H. H. Boyd, Irving College, 

 Tenn. (Seed badly mixed. All kinds 

 present.) 



17. Irving College, Tenn. (Crop 1904. 

 Bignonioides and Kempferii.) 



18. Phoenix Nurseries, Bloomington, 

 111. (Crop 1905. Much hybrid stock 

 present. Some speciosa type.) 



19. Phoenix Nursery Co., Blooming- 

 ton, 111. (Crop 1904. All Kempferii.) 



20. Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Kan. 

 (Crop 1904. Sample all bignonioides.) 



21. Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Kan. 

 (These are supposed to be the same as 

 1904. Both claimed to be from the Far- 

 lington plantation. Sample is of hybrid, 

 a few types of speciosa and of bignoni- 

 oides are present. None worthy of 

 being planted.) 



AIILITARY RESERVATION FOR- 

 ESTRY. 



The forest service has prepared by re- 

 quest of the War Department a set of 

 plans for the management of various 

 military reservation forests to be carried 

 out by the army posts. This work re- 

 quires an examination of the Ft. Win- 

 gate (N. M.) reservation, and those lo- 

 cated in Montana at Ft. Assiniboine and 

 that at Ft. Keogh. The plan will cover 

 the method of protection from fires and 

 general cutting. 



