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attend the Third Congress of International Sugar-Cane Tech- 

 nologists at Soerabaja, Java, June 7-21. 



En route from San Francisco, Doctor Coville will visit 

 Japan to make some studies of acid soil plants, both fruit and 

 ornamental sorts. This is a line of work to which he has given 

 considerable attention in this country and which has resulted 

 in notable improvements in the culture of such fruits as the 

 blueberry and such ornamentals as rhododendrons and azaleas. 



Mr. Edwards will visit the Philippines where he has spent 

 many years in the study of abaca, maguay, and other long-fiber 

 plants. 



