Bureau No. 
South China Explorations, 
Supplementary Report, December 31. 1917. 
Mr. Meyer's first letter in I917 was written on Jan- 
uary 2 in Peking and transmitted I6 cases, containing the 
following material: 
POO, 000 stones of Davidiana peach, SPI No. 44686, 
1,000 catties dried jujube fruits, SPI No. 44687, 
60 catties Ghoorma fruits, SPI No. 44688, 
c.a. 1^ lbs. Juniperus chinensis berries, SPI No. 44P34, 
c.a. 70 catties walnuts, SPI No. 44P00 . 
The first three items reached Ghico April PI, I917, the 
juniper berries on February 9, 1917, and the walnuts on 
February PI, I917. In the last paragraph of this letter 
Mr. Meyer wrote: 
I am describing another lot of material 
also which will go forward by the next diplo- 
matic pouch and after I am thru v;ith all this, 
then I'll be able to go down to the Yang tze 
River. 
On January P, I917, we asked Mr.. Meyer to send us, for the 
Bureau of Chemistry, seeds of all the different forms of 
Brassica or Sinapis which are grown commercially or ex- 
ported from China. He replied on PebriJiary 8, 1917: 
I have set my interpreter on this work 
already and we expect to get a nuraber of 
samples within a few days. I personally do 
not know by sight all of these Brasaicas 
and Sinapis and may have some trouble in 
distinguishing them. We will try, tho', 
anyway . 
December 31, I917. 
