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find that he feels his own arrangements are ad- 
equate to insure the collection of large quan- 
tities of seeds. Professional pride would come 
in here. I have felt that your mission was more 
for the purpose of studying the trees and their 
variation than for the actual getting of large 
quantities of seeds, v/hich I am siire Meyer with 
all his Chinese experience could probably get as . 
easily or more so than you could. X have 
traveled v/ith other scientific men in foreign 
countries, and I caution you, as I have alv/ays 
cautioned Meyer, not to expect too much of the 
other fellow. 
Mr. Reimer's introductions of Pyrus spp. are recorded under 
our ITos. 458?0 to A^Q^Q , received February 15 and 16, 1918. 
(See our project report "Pyrus Introductions for Stocks, 
Breeding, and Other Purposes".) — Mr. Meyer's next letter was 
dated June 28, 1917, written an Hankow, and transmitted his 
No a. 2385a to P392a. These reached us September 18, 1917, 
and were given SPI Uos. 4518^ to 45189. The material con- 
sisted of two numbers of -^aranthus gan/Jetlcus , one of 
Ipomoea reptans , and five of Brassica pekinensis . 
On July ?7, 1917, also from Hankow, Mr. Meyer wrote 
transmitting a box of seeds and specimens, his Wos. 2393a 
to 2445a. This box reached us on October 6, 1917. The 
specimens were distributed according to Mr. Meyer's sug- 
gestions. The seeds, given SPI Nos. 45263 to 453?0 and 
45605, included the following: 
45263, Brassica sp. , 
45264, Perilla nankinensis, 
45265, Perilla frutescens, 
45266, Oryza sativa, 
45267, Oryza sativa, 
'^5''68, Oryza sativa, 
December 31, 1917. 
