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and one small parcels. Eight of the large parcels con- 
tained jujubes, not n\im"bered, and the remaining four, clumps 
0^ Zizania latifolia . SPI No. 44069, received January 3, 
1917. The small package contained first quality Chinese 
soy bean cheese, which Mr. Meyer said was extremely ap- 
petizing. 
Another investigation which we requested Mr. Meyer to 
conduct pertained to Japanese cherry trees. In this con- 
nection we wired Mr. Meyer in Seattle, Wash., on September 
18,. 1916, as follows: 
"Arrange v/hile in Japan for fifty to 
one hundred pounds seed of Sargent's cherry 
called true Yama Zakura and like quantities 
of the ordinary wild cherry used universally 
as stock. Orders were placed with Suzuki, 
Yokohama, and ^7atase, twenty- six Miyamasu, 
Shibuya, Tokyo." 
In his letter verifying this wire on September 18, 1916, Mr. 
Fairchild added: 
"As you remember, most of the seeds of 
Prunus sargentii socalled, failed to grow, 
and we are in a position, as we were last 
year, to want these seeds very badly, and 
hope you will use every effort possible to 
get them. Let me know if you think the 
best method of securing these seeds is 
through the Yokohama Nursery Company. Find 
our further whether Wilson is right, or 
whether in your opinion he is right in his 
belief that this socalled Prunus sar genti i 
is going to prove a better stock than the 
ordinary Prunus serrulata . I cannot figure 
out just how these flowering cherries are 
going to be influenced and made hardy by 
Prunu s sargentii stock. Any light on this 
problem will be keenly appreciated." 
December 31, 1916. 
