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value and special effort should be made to make the Ameri- 

 can public acquainted with it." (Meyer's introduction.) 

 For distribution later. 



Saraca indica. (Caesalpinlaceae . ) 36092. Seeds from 

 Lai Bagh, Bangalore, India. Presented by the Government 

 Botanic Gardens, Lai Bagh, through Mr. F. W. Popenoe of 

 this Office. "One of the handsomest of Indian ornamental 

 trees, producing large heads of the most brilliant scarlet 

 flowers imaginable. While restricted to the tropical 

 sections of India, it may be sufficiently hardy to succeed 

 in south Florida." (Popenoe.) For distribution later. 



U<ini inoliuac. (Myrtaceae.) 36132, 38150-151. Seeds of 

 the murta from Chile. Collected by Mr. W. F. Wight of 

 this Bureau. "'Murta 1 or 'Murtilla.' A shrub 4 to 8 feet 

 high with rather ornamental foliage, but esteemed in Chile 

 for its berries which are from one-fourth to one-half inch 

 in diameter and very palatable. They are often gathered 

 and sold on the market in various towns, and a 'dulce 1 is 

 made from them that is considered excellent. No attempt 

 has so far been made to cultivate this shrub in Chile, but 

 by careful selection no doubt the size and quality of the 

 fruit could be improved and something of value developed. 

 It is rather widely distributed, growing in the region of 

 dry summers as well as in Chiloe." (Wight.) For distri- 

 bution later. 



Zcu may*. (Poaceae.) 36185-195, 36197-209, 36211-253. 

 Seeds of corn from Peru and Bolivia. Collected by Mr. W. 

 F. Wight of this Bureau. Sixty-six varieties of corn from 

 La Paz, Arequipa, Cuzco, etc. For distribution later. 



NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 



Egypt. Cairo. Mr. S. C. Mason writes September 29: 

 I reached Cairo yesterday morning after an absence of 18 

 days on a trip to Sudan. As the Sudan government is in 

 most matters very distinct from Egypt, I found it necessa- 

 ry to act through our consul and the Sudan agency in 

 Cairo, who sent me direct to Khartum, from which point all 

 Sudan officials had been notified of my coming, so I was 

 in receipt of every official and personal courtesy from 

 the time I reached the Sudan border, even my start from 

 Cairo and the changes from train to boat being made com- 

 fortable. Berber I found had been so decimated by the 

 Mahdi that it was not worth while to stop there. As I had 

 to await train day to get into Dongola I went one day up 

 the Blue Nile to Tayiba where they operate a government 



