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25087) ; and an interesting aromatic fruit from East Africa, the Kafir 

 orange (No. 27170). 



To those working with cereals and forage crops the following will 

 be of interest: The Japanese rice (No. 24441) which, according to the 

 Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, promises to supersede 

 other Japanese types in Hawaii; the Jo war Sholapuri, a new class 

 of Indian durra (No. 24442) ; a collection of soy beans (Nos. 24672- 

 24690) from India; the Old German Frankish lucern (No. 24767) 

 from near the home of Wendlin Grimm, who originally introduced 

 the remarkably hardy Grimm alfalfa into Minnesota ; Chinese grains 

 (Nos. 24845-24850) from an altitude of 11,000 feet in the Yangtze 

 Valley; and an unusual collection of grains from the uplands of 

 Abyssinia. 



To those interested in the rubber industry, a new East African 

 rubber tree, producing rubber of the "Landolphia kirkii" type, from 

 Mr. Barrett (No. 24637), and the famous virgin rubber tree of Colom- 

 bia, South America (No. 24640), which yields rubber of the very 

 highest quality and is capable of cultivation, will be worthy of notice. 



To those who are in search of new ornamentals and comfort plants, 

 the Chinese pistache (No. 24659) from Shantung, a promising tree for 

 dry regions, resembling somewhat the pepper tree (Schinus molle), 

 and the sycamore fig of the north coast of Africa (No. 25094), one of 

 the most beautiful shade trees of the region, are worthy of especial 

 consideration; while the introduction of the "Kiat " tree of Abyssinia 

 will interest those who do not realize that a million or so of people in 

 Arabia and Abyssinia depend upon the narcotic in its leaves quite 

 as much as Americans do on tobacco. 



David Fairchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, September 10, 1909. 



