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the domestic form of the wild pear which ripened 
in early September. The real wild one has not 
started yet to iDecome soft and v;hen hard one can 
not get the seeds out. They are much like wild 
persimmons in this respect, only th^need no 
frost to blacken and become soft. 
I'll surely get 100 lbs. of clean seed of 
"t^is Pyrus calleryana. , but this pear -business 
really cost more time than I like, it keeps me 
av/ay from collecting so many other interesting 
things. Mr. Reimer seems to be in Peking just 
nov/ and he wrote from Japan that he'll visit 
me here in King men in early October. Well, I 
wonder what nev; discoveries he has made this 
summer; he surely has not written me too much. 
On October 6, 1917, Mr.. Meyer wrote. from King men trans- 
mitting five parcels containing his Nos. 1?83 to 1?R5. 24-49a 
to ?4?la, 143b and 145b, later recorded under SPI Nos. 455^5 
to 45534. All of this material was received in Washington 
on November ?1, 1917, with the exception of No. 4553"^, which 
Mr. Meyer sent to the Chico station and which arrived there 
November 14, 1917. These parcels contained the following 
material: 
SPI No. 455?5, Pycoris aurea, 
45526, " " 
^55'?1 ^ " radiata, 
455?B, 
455?9, Brassica pekinensis, 
45530, 
45531. 
45532, Aesculus wilsonii, 
45533, Allium sp., 
45534, Citrus ichangensis. 
As usual, Mr. Meyer made suggestions regarding the disposition 
of this material. He added: 
December 31. 1917. 
