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In his letter of January 1?, 1917. Mr. Meyer wrote: 
T have a few suggestions to make, viz., 
Ho. l?8l are roots of Pyrus ussuriensis , which 
I had dug up at Shinglungshan; I suspect that 
only very few of them will grow, since they 
are too old and have no fibrous roots. How- 
ever, I would like to see Prof. Reimer sup- 
plied with a few of the young roots, even \ 
those without stem, so that he can graft on 
them. The rest might be kept at Yarrow in 
a fram e for one year, keeping them with con - 
fined air and with much shad e in stammer . Do 
not plant them out in the open field f or they 
will surely die . 
These roots were ordered grown in quarantine and at the time 
of writing this report had not been released. Mr. Meyer's 
letter continued: 
Fo. ?356a is a cultivated pear of the 
P. ussuriensis type and Prof. Reimer should 
have a sufficient share of this number. 
Ncs. ?357a and ?3?8a are the real wild 
P. ussuriensis and the same remark applies 
to them as to the preceding number. These 
pear seeds I all packed in with sifted, damp 
moss and I trust they will germinate much 
better than when kept dry. 
Of these three numbers of Pyrus ussuriensis , two ounces of 
each were sent to Prof. Reimer, one ounce of each to Mr. 
Wight, and the remainder, in each case, to the Chico Station. 
These distributions were made on March 7, 1917. — Mr. Meyer 
continued: 
When we have not the opportunity to 
grow No. 2359a, acorns of various oaks, 
they had better be sent to the Arnold 
Arboretum. 
These fourteen acorns were ordered grown in quarantine. 
Fourteen plants from them were released and ordered sent to 
* December 31, 1917. 
