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elevation of 4000 feet." 40701, "from near Tjln ya tan. A 
bushy rose, of erect growth, averaging a height of 5 to 7 
feet. Twigs of reddish color, almost spineless. Collect- 
ed at an elevation of 7000 feet." 40702, "from near Yau pu 
ko. A shrubby rose, quite spiny, found on dry stony moun- 
tain-slopes. Flowers apparently yellow." 40768, "from near 
Cheng hsien. A wild rose, of very vigorous growth, found 
as big clumps amidst scrub or as solitary specimens on 
stony places. Makes long annual shoots, which lean over 
in a characteristic way. Collected at an elevation of 
3000 feet." (Meyer's introductions and descriptions.) 
Solarium melongena L. (Solanaceae . ) 40759-760. Seeds of 
eggplants from Yang ping, Shensi, and Pai hsiang chen, 
Shansl, China. One variety having "very large purplish 
white fruits, apparently a good market variety, grown 
under irrigation on the rich flats along the Wei River," 
the other "with medium sized fruits of pure white color." 
(Meyer's introductions and descriptions.) 
Syringa sp. (Oleaceae . ) 40709. Seeds of a lilac from 
near Pa 11 tang, Kansu, China. "A small lilac, growing 
from 3 to 5 feet in height, having small leaves and appar- 
ently very floriferous. Pound covering whole loess hill 
slopes in company with Amygdalus davidiana at an elevation 
of 3500 feet. Of value as a hardy flowering shrub for the 
dry and cool sections of the United States." (Meyer's in- 
troduction and description. ) 
Viburnum, spp. (Caprif oliaceae. ) 40692-694. Seeds of two 
species of Viburnum from Kansu, China, all decidedly orna- 
mental, and bearing large racemes of dark red berries. 
(Meyer ' s introductions . ) 
NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 
China, Chehkiang province, Hangchow. Mr. Frank N. 
Meyer writes, July 1: "A week again has passed since I 
first landed here and I want to let you know what things I 
have seen. Firstly this: we are in the rainy season and 
every day it pours and pours until one would think there 
was nothing left and just as things begin to lose their 
glistening coat of wetness then it starts again. We have 
been out collecting several times and got drenched and now 
our clothes have started to mould badly, our straw hats 
are black and with peculiar spots and on the ribbons colo- 
nies of fungi establish themselves overnight. 
