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He states that nowhere in Japan where he came 
did he see any Pyrus ussuriensis or not even hy- 
brids of the last. All Japanese pears belong to 
P. serotina . 
" T took him out today to see cultivated forms 
of P. calleryana , but he is not sure that my dis- 
covery is what I claim it to be, viz., that the 
calleryana pear here in China has actually given 
rise to cultivated forms. He will wait and see 
hmi seedlings are going to behave of these forms; 
fmy number ?446a.) 
We both agree that these pear problems cannot 
be settled in one season; his coming out only makes 
him realize the bigness of the whole proposition. 
He also feels that to be absolutely sure of 
the right sort of immune stock and to be certain 
that no obnoxious insects are being imported, the 
seeds should be grown in the United States, but 
at such isolated localities where no hybridization 
is possible. 
¥/e are having uncongenial weather, rainy, 
cold and dark, not at all pleasant to go out and 
take fotos. The cleaning of the 5.000 lbs. of 
pears proceeds all right and I have already over 
^5 lbs", of clean, dry seeds. --Our intentions are 
to leave for Ichang on the 31st of October. There 
v/e'll investigate more about wild P. serotina and 
P. serrulata and I»ll go N. V/. to collect various 
things, v/hile Prof. Reimer wants to return again 
to Peking and the Shing lung shan region to collect 
scions of various pears. We'll see how much luck 
he has in taking these scions home and passing the 
quarantine regulations. 
Whether on the v/hole his coming out has been 
worth the expenditures and the efforts is a 
question v;hich is debatable. 
V/ell, this is about all for the present. 
On November ?, 191?, from King men, Hupeh, Mr. Meyer 
transmitted 8 parcels of seeds, his Nos. ?453a and ?454a, 
SPI Ho. 4559P, v;ild P yrus calleryana , and SPI No. 45593. 
Pistacia chinensis . This shipment also contained 39 IT^s. 
of wild pear seed, given SPI No. 45594, and ?0 lbs. of wild 
peach seed, given SPI No. 45595. ^oth lots collected at Mr. 
December 31, 1917. 
