16 
Wilson Popenoe capturing the field and appearing 
exclusively in Plant Immigrants, well, why not 
give the poor boy a chance also to "become a 
celebrity? The Government will be very grateful 
to him when he gets older! 
Letter of Dec. ?3. 19l6, with clipping re 
fearful destruction in white pine forests by 
Blister Bust, Strange', Why does insane nature 
tear down with one hand, what has taken her so 
much pain to build up with the other? Purpose- 
less, apparently] 
Letter of Dec. 29, I916. I wonder what sort 
of material the federal Horticultural Board will 
allow us to send in the future. One may do such 
a thing as throwing the baby out, together with 
the wash-water. 
I am glad you will try to get the Corvallis 
Agricultural Sxpt. Station a collection of hazel- 
nuts for their work. That whole section of IT. W. 
Oregon and S. W, V/ashington seems to suit these 
fellov/s. 
Letter of Jan. 3, 1917. Be Mr. Wilson leav- 
ing unexpectedly; yes, I suppose he is off for 
Formosa, Korea and some minor islands so as to 
link up the Chinese and Japanese floras. This 
was one of his ambitions. He surely deserves 
all success in this most interesting piece of 
work. I'll try to get in contact with him. 
Well, this is the last of the lot and I am 
thru with answering all of your messages. I do 
not get Plant Immigrants any longer, I wonder 
why? The last one I received is No. II9 dated 
March, I916. Dr. G. E. Morrison of this city 
expressed his desire to receive such copies where- 
in Chinese plants are being pictured or described; 
he probably will write you about it. He has the 
biggest library in the world on Chinese matters. 
I made an arrangement with Mr, Jay C. Huston, 
Student-Interpreter at the American Legation, to 
collect for us in the Shing Lung Shan region, this 
coming fall, from' 50 to 100 lbs , of clean seeds of 
the wild Pyrus ussuriensis , the cost to be about 
t^'JTo silver dollars p . pound or p. catty or some- 
what more. His intentions are to be there in 
September and that is the right season to get large 
quantities of seeds for so far not most of the trees 
have been cut already, I possibly also may be up 
December 31, 1917. 
