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"I really wonder why so much wiring has 
taken place. I told Prof. Reimer I would 
first go to Peking, where I had many seeds to 
buy and where my rougher exploration outfit was 
stored with the American Legation; then I 
would go to the Yangtze and get P yrus callery- 
anja. and then to Hongkong and Manila. He pos- 
sibly thought I would omit the Upper Yangtze 
trip, "because I had stated that P. calleryana 
occurs also at Kuling, near Kiukia=ng." 
Later in the same letter (November 16, 1916): 
"Ho I never intended to go to Ichang first, 
as I am not acquainted with that part of China.. 
"When once in the Shing lung shan region I 
will try to get photos showing the rough black 
bark of this P yru s ussuriensis . for publishing 
in Plant Immigrants. I sent in seeds of this 
same species of pear from Harbin, SPI No. 35304; 
I wonder if any of them have ever grown. I also 
sent in specimen fruits in alcohol; they were 
received I think in June, 1913. I had asked 
that Mr. Rehder should receive some but the 
last told me he never got any. 
"V/hen going through my own notes I find 
that I sent in material of P. ussuriensis under 
the following numbers: 17, T77, 184, 565a, 566a, 
570, 573, 574, 589, 839a (this is the one Prof. 
Reimer has) , 617 and 1799a. I just wonder how 
few of these numbers still could be located. 
"The question: what is the true Pyrus 
ussuriensis, ! certainly has not been settled 
as yet ; the plant called P. sinensis seems 
to be P. ussuriensis but as Londlet, the 
author obtained his materia.1 from extreme 
southern China, where no P. ussuriensis exists, 
everybody is at sea for the present. It may 
be many years however before some of these 
peculiar species have properly been worked out. 
"Doctor Galloway's report on Prof. Reimer' s 
pear work at Talent interests me very much. I 
agree perfectly with" the Doctor's remarks con- 
cerning Reimer, especially the fact that he can 
run out of his house and laboratory straight 
into his orchard. Ye Gods, what do vre miss 
much therein Washington, D. C.Il And what a 
loss it really is to science. 
December 31, 1916.. 
