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Pyrus caller^^Jia. Dv/arf wild Calleryana pears, only 
a fev/ feet high, gro\'?ing in sterile, decomposed porphyriouE 
rock on a badly eroded mountain top, eleva.tion c.a. 2,000 
ft. a.s. This photo certainly illustrates the marvellous 
drouth-reaisting capacities of this wonderful wild Chinese 
pear. (Meyer.) 
Feg. No. 13267, Nan chang yen, Hupeh, China, l^Iarch 31. 
1917. 
December 31, 1917. 
