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dark green above and paler below." (Proc. Royal Hort. 
Soc, vo 1. 40, p. cx xx, 19 15). 
Trachycarpus excelsus ( Thunb . ) Wendl. (Phoenlcaceae . ) 
40029, Seeds of a palm from Hulhsien, Kansu, China. "The 
Chinese fan or coir palm, cultivated In gardens in south 
Shensl and south Kansu as an ornamental tree, reaching a 
height of thirty to forty feet. Withstands successfully 
winter temperatures, unprotected, of -12° C. (+11° P.), as 
happened in Hulhsien on November 1, 1895, when all the 
other palms around there died. Of value as a fine orna- 
mental garden and park tree for all such parts of the 
United States where the mercury does not go much below 
10° P. Chinese name Tsung shw, meaning 'coir palm tree-. 1 
Obtained from the garden of the Belgian Roman Catholic 
missionaries." (P. N. Meyer's introduction and descrip- 
tion. ) 
NOTES PROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 
Peru. Ollantaytambo. Mr. 0. P. Cook writes, May 6, 
1915. "We took a good look at the alpine crops two weeks 
ago* but decided that none would be suited for turning 
loose in quantity without previous handling by us, except 
possibly the quinoa, which may turn out to be really de- 
sirable. But that is a seed crop and can be handled easi- 
ly. It Is being harvested now and will be ready by the 
time we go home. Another kind of Chenopodlum and an Amar- 
anthus are also cultivated as seed crops. The very exten- 
sive use of the broad bean as a high altitude crop leads 
me to repeat what I have said so many times, that we 
should know much more than we do about this and the chick 
pea. The later is not important here and does not go 
nearly as high. 
"The climate here at 9000 feet Is very salubrious and 
we are feeling very well. As a place to study primitive 
agriculture and the remains of the ancient system, no bet- 
ter location could be imagined. After all that has been 
said by Markham and others the nature and extent of the 
ancient agriculture is still very little appreciated. 
Some features, at least, we shall be able to present if 
our pictures come out well. 
"As yet we have not been down Into the eastern tropi- 
cal valleys, though we have seen some interesting cotton 
samples from there." 
