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ior> to the White Heath Cling and much 
larger. We use this nearly exclusively 
for home canning. Ripens early August, 
blooms full March 1st. 
Evidently the Feitcheng peach has come to stay. 
I am reading a very interesting hook on China, 
called "China From Y/ithin". It is a missionary's 
view-point but evidently closer to the truth in 
many respects than the superficial views of trans- 
ient travellers in the country. 
In regard to the rust which you found on 
leaves of Zanthoxylon bungei, I understand you 
have been informed. You will have to hunt further, 
I imagine, for the citrus canker on Zanthoxylon. 
Apparently, almost every time you send in some dis- 
eased Chinese plant, you astonish the pathologists 
with something new and interesting. 
With respect to the making of curds from 
ground acorns, the question is where we would get 
the acorns. I understand that there are places 
in the South where large quantities are obtainable. 
.Do you knov/ v/here the acorn curds were made? If 
you find out, let me know and I will put the in- 
formation in the hands of those v/ho are interested 
in this cheap kind of food in the oak growing re- 
gions of the South. 
You will be interested to knov/ that the pro- 
gram for the growing of large quantities of the 
castor bean is in full sv/ing. Contracts have been 
let by the War Department, and it looks as though 
vre were going to get all the oil we need. I am 
glad to get your size-up of the Chinese situation, 
which is important. I had an idea from .what you 
v/rote in your previous correspondence that the 
castor bean might be much more abundant in China 
than we had come to think. If it is necessary to 
get any further information in regard to this 
matter, of course, I will let you know. 
I think it v;ould be wise for you to write me 
as soon as you can in regard to your immediate 
plans, so that by the first of July I will be in 
possessfon of all the information necessary in re- 
gard to your prospective movements for the fol- 
lowing year. I have been spending so much time 
on vmr v/ork that I find it a little difficult to 
hold together all the lines v/hich developed 
previous to the war. It was our idea, as you v/ill * 
remember, that you should go into southern China, 
September 21, 1918. 
