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trif oli ata case, where the last raakes its host 
10 degrees hardier in North Florida. Of course 
in that case the graft is an evergreen while 
in cherries they are not. 
"I have given Mr. Suzuki a written order 
for the 17 varieties of flowering cherrie?, as 
mentioned in your telegram to me of Sept, 19, 
1916, and with Mr. Post V/heeler I have arranged 
to have thera sent through the Embassy mail pouch." 
On October 25, 1916, from Kobe, Japan, Mr. Meyer wrote: 
"I have not been able to find anybody 
to talk to about the cherry-stock problems. 
The Suzuki brothers were out last Saturday 
for a several days' trip and I left Yokohama 
last Sunday and here there is no one to talk 
'shop' about such matters. One would have to 
stay a long time in Japan to settle such 
questions. Please make a note about such 
affairs so as to put them into the hands of 
a person going to explore Japan." 
Mr Pairchild wrote Mr. Meyer on October 26, 1916: 
"In working' over your Tang-hsi cherry 
which you know is the true Prunus pseudo - 
cerasus ., the thought occurs to me to ask 
if it is not possible that there are other 
cultivated varieties of this species there 
in China. If you go into the Chekiang 
province why not look for them? If this 
is the cultivated strain what is the true 
wild species of Primus pseud ocerasus? 
Can't you find it and send it in? Just a 
suggestion, you understand," 
At the request of Dr. Stockberger Mr. Meyer was re- 
quested to secure propagating material of definite 
varieties of Japanese peppermints. Mr. Meyer made as full 
an investigation as his limited stay in Japan would per- 
mit and on October 25, 1916, from Kobe, made a report (No. 
518-a in. his letter file), a copy of which was trans- 
mitted to Dr. Stockberger November 20, 1916. 
December 31, 1916. 
