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Filed sHendrickx, Dr, F, L, 
Dayton, Wn* A. 
August 1, 1955 
Hr. William A. Dayton 
Forest Service 
0. St Department of Agriculture 
Washington 25, D. C* 
Dear Mr, D^ton; 
I seldom get to see you but I have troubles I always 
coiae running. During f<iy recent visit to the Belgian Congo I 
had occasion to visit a very wonderful agricultural experimental 
station at Mulungu , se®ie miles north of Bukavu , or Oostermansvllle 
as it was long known, on lake Kivu. They have been growing all 
klMs of plants and timber trees. The climate, the terrain, and 
the scenery reminded m so such of Brasil that I looked about for 
a specimen of the Paraiaa pine and indeed the director, Mr. H, L, 
Hendril, had nev®f teard of that particular tree. I told him I 
would try to rim down sme inforviation regarding it and that is 
vby I appeal to you. 
Can you give m some references or information dealii^ with 
the conditions under which it lives in Brasil? It is a rathi^ 
wide spread tree, centered in the state of Parana vtmre 1 fiarst 
became acquaint®! idth it. I firmly believe it would be 
thoroughly at home in the eastern Congo and do well there but 
of course Mr. Hendrix would like to know a little more about it. 
We checked ascord and Hess but they say very little about actual 
local conditions. If someone else in the Service is the proper 
one to handle this inquiry won’t you kindly pass it on to th«? 
Here’s to seeing you at one ca* another of the meetings when 
the weather gets cooler. Always s^y best regards to you. 
Sincerely yours. 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept, of Zoology 
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