Bureau Ho. 
Bureau: Plant Industry. 
Type of Activit y; Research. 
Pro4 ect Group ; Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. 
Sub-group : Foreign Explorations. 
Name: South China Explorations. 
Leaders : David Fairchild and Frank N. Meyer. 
QTo.iect ; The exploration of the provinces of China lying 
southeast of Shanghai and south of the Yangtse River, 
which are practically tmknown from the standpoint of 
American agriculture, for the purpose of securing col- 
lections of southern peaches, the edible and timber 
baiflboos, the ttmg or wood-oil tree, and improved var- 
ieties of tallow trees, the litchi, a promising new 
southern fruit, the longan, an edible nut-producing 
oak, root crops for wet lands, varieties of rices, 
soy beans, remarkable southern raspberries, black- 
berries, and pears, rare and promisirg arnsiaental 
shrubs and timber trees, and new varieties of species 
of chestnuts. 
Procedure ; The experienced agricultural explorer, Frank 
N. Meyer, who has spent six years in northern China 
and Manchuria and is familiar with the methods of 
exploration in that country, will travel mostly on 
foot through the region, searching for new varieties 
July 25, 1916. 
