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On February 6, 1917, we wrote Mr. Meyer that Mr. F. W. ?/ight 
of our Bureau was particularly interested in the genus Ribes 
and wanted material of any interesting species which he might 
find in his explorations, but particularly R. manshuricum . 
Mr. Meyer wrote regarding this from Ichang on March ?6, 191?: 
Letter of February 6, I917. Concerning 
Mr. V/. F. Wight wanting species of Ribes. All 
right. I have not got my inventory notes with 
me, so I cannot look up what numbers I have 
used in sending Ribes material previously. 
Fotos Kos. 59?8 and 13149 show Ribes macro calyx 
^"d S* alpestre var. giganteum . Mr. Y/ight might 
be interested to have a look at them. Of both 
species I also sent seeds. 
On February 6, 1917, from Peking, Mr. Meyer advised us of 
the despatch of a small parcel containing seeds of Nos. 
?379a to P38?a. No. ?379a was seed of pai ts'ai and was 
given SPI No. 4431?. The three remaining numbers were leek 
seed, recorded under SPI Nos. 44313 to 4431^. The closing 
paragraph of this letter reads: 
I just received your letter of Dec. 29, 
1916, in which you ask me to let you know 
what time I expect to be in Manila. Well, 
I thought about early May, but — with the 
world as it is today no one can say for sure. 
I'll write Mr. Merrill right away and will 
try to keep in touch with him. Perhaps v/e 
• may meet somewhere in So. China. 
Mr. Meyer's next letter, dated February 8, 1917, in Peking, 
reads in part as follows: 
Now I'll answer some letters from you 
that have been coming in of late. 
Letter of Nov. I6, 1916. These matters 
are all more or less settled now. Did the 
flowering cherries arrive already from 
Tokyo? 
December 31, 1917. 
