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1. Krom Dr. E. Ulbrich, Berlin-Dahlem Botanischer Garten und 
Museum, 105 nuts of Castanea sativa received and planted De- 
cember 22, 1932. 
2. From Dr. B. P. G. Hochreutiner, Conservatoire Botanique de 
Geneve, 15 nuts, received November 5 and planted November 
16. These nuts were collected from the Department of La 
Haute-Savoie, France. 
3. From M. A. Guillaumin, Jardin des | 
received December 10 and planted December 11-15. 
nuts came from the Jardin de Jussieu. 
In addition to these we received during the fall from Miss 
Loines a quantity of nuts of the American species from wild trees 
in Virginia. Some of these have already germinated. Other nuts 
of the American species received and planted during the fall were 
from Mr. V. L. Frazee of East Side High School, Paterson, N. J.; 
Mr. J. Stuart Thomson, Jersey City, N. J.; and Mrs. J. E. Spin- 
earn, New York City. We wish to thank these friends for their 
interest. 
Jantes, Paris, 230 nuts 
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BEARDLESS IRIS PROJECT 
By Grorce M. REED 
Several important additions to the Beardless iris collection were 
Mr. S. Tanaka made 29 different 
made during the past year. 
The plants 
collections of iris in different parts of Japan in 1931. 
were sent to the Yokohama Nursery Company, Ltd., who took 
care of them until early in the year, when they were forwarded 
to the Botanic Garden. The collection included wild plants of [ris 
Kacmpferi. In addition, I. lacvigata, I. sibirica, 1. sctosa, and 1. 
Rossii were represented in the collections. 
We also obtained 41 varieties of the cultivated Japanese iris 
from Shuho-yen, Yokohama, Japan. The proprietor of this 
nursery, Mr. N. Nishida, has been making a specialty of the 
Sumamoto race of Japanese iris. This group of varieties has been 
developed in the Western part of Japan, and as yet the varieties 
have not been widely distributed. We also added to the collection 
19 of the newest varieties of the Yokohama Nursery Company, 
stds 
Practically all of the Japanese iris were dug up and reset during 
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