Bur eau No . 
South China Explorations, 
Supplementary Report, September 21, I918. 
The first letter in 1918 to Mr. Meyer was Mr. Bisset's 
letter of January 4, in part as follows: 
I' find on my desk your letter of SeptemTaer 
?7, which apparently has not been answered. I 
regret very much indeed that this letter has 
not received earlier attention. I have been 
away from the office for some time, however, 
and this accounts for part of the delay. 
I note that you are very much surprised 
that we asked you to collect for us ?00 lbs. of 
seeds of Pistacia chinensis . You need not con- 
sider this request further, however, as we re- 
ceived something like 300 lbs. of this seed 
from the American Consul- at Chef 00, and will 
not, therefore, require any more for some time to 
come. In regard to our asking for such large 
quantities, you know that it is impossible for us 
to make any very large distribution of these new 
things unless we get them in quantities. A fev; 
ounces, or a pound or tv/o , would make very little 
showing, specially if we are unable to propagate 
a tree either by cuttings or grafting for lack 
of a proper stock. 
You state that the war has no doubt inter- 
fered with our propagations. This is true of 
purely ornamental stock only. Mr. Fairchild 
has asked, and I believe rightly, that we limit 
our propagations of such plants to only such an 
extent as is necessary to protect the stock 
from loss. We are going ahead with the propa- 
gation of any plants that have economic value. 
We did grow, at our Yarrow station, last sum- 
mer, large quantities of cowpeas and soy beans, 
and we are intending to go into this bean work 
more extensively next year. 
I have just returned from a visit to the 
Brooksville station and am glad to be able to 
tell you that your Tangsi cherry is doing 
splendidly there. The plants that were sent to 
Brooksville in the spring of IQl? have made a 
growth of from 3 to 5 feet, with large handsome 
leaves. It looks to me as if this cherry was 
September 21, I918. 
