and a reference to the need for direct cooperation by scientists of both 

 Governments concerning possible future shipments of Japanese flowering 

 cherry trees (37). 



On January 26, Colonel Cosby wrote to Mayor Ozaki of this regret- 

 table situation and attached a copy of Secretary Wilson's final report (38). 



Figure 8.— First shipment of flowering cherry trees at the U.S. Propagating Gardens on Jan- 

 uary 6, 1910: top, Unloading the trees; bottom, storing the trees. 



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