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elevation of 4000 feet." 40701, "from near Tjin ya tan. 

 bushy rose, of erect growth, averaging a height of 5 to 7 

 feet. Twigs of reddish color, almost spineless. Collect- 

 ed at an elevation of 7000 feet." 40702, "from near Yau pu 

 ko. A shrubby rose, quite spiny, found on dry stony moun- 

 tain-slopes. Flowers apparently yellow." 40768, "from near 

 Cheng hsien. A wild rose, of very vigorous growth, found 

 as big clumps amidst scrub or as solitary specimens on 

 stony places. Makes long annual shoots, which lean over 

 in a characteristic way. Collected at an elevation of 

 3000 feet." (Meyer's introductions and descriptions.) 



Splanum melongena L. (Solanaceae . ) 40759-760. Seeds of 

 eggplants from Yang ping, Shensi, and Pai hsiang chen, 

 Shansi, China. One variety having "very large purplish 

 white fruits, apparently a good market variety, grown 

 under irrigation on the rich flats along the Wei River," 

 the other "with medium sized fruits of pure white color." 

 (Meyer's introductions and descriptions.) 



Syringa sp. (Oleaceae . ) 40709. Seeds of a lilac from 

 near Pa 11 tang, Kansu, China. "A small lilac, growing 

 from 3 to 5 feet in height, having small leaves and appar- 

 ently very floriferous. Found covering whole loess hill 

 slopes in company with Amygdalus davidiana at an elevation 

 of 3500 feet. Of value as a hardy flowering shrub for the 

 dry and cool sections of the United States." (Meyer's in- 

 troduction and description. ) 



Viburnum spp . (Caprif oliaceae . ) 40692-694. Seeds of two 

 species of Viburnum from Kansu, China, all decidedly orna- 

 mental, and bearing large racemes of dark red berries. 

 (Meyer's introductions.) 



NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 



China, Chehkiang province, Hangchow. 'Mr. Frank N. 

 Meyer writes, July 1: "A week again has passed since I 

 first landed here and I want to let you know what things I 

 have seen. Firstly this: we are in the rainy season and 

 every day it pours and pours until one would think there 

 was nothing left and just as things begin to lose their 

 glistening coat of wetness then it starts again. We have 

 been out collecting several times and got drenched and now 

 our clothes have started to mould badly, our straw hats 

 are black and with peculiar spots and on the ribbons colo- 

 nies of fungi establish themselves overnight. 



