One of Mr. Frank N. Meyer's plant shipments ready 

 to be sewn up in cloth and dispatched to Washington from 

 Chengchow, Honan, China. Collectors often do not realize 

 that many species of plants which are not bearing seeds 

 when they are found can be transported to America in the 

 form of cuttings provided they are carefully wrapped up in 

 slightly moist sphagnum moss and covered with waterproof 

 oil paper. Specially prepared directions for sending cut- 

 tings will be sent to foreign correspondents on applica- 

 tion. Photo. No. A 12, by F. N. Meyer, Feb. 25, 1914. 



