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MEXICO, Guadalajara. Luis Rosas, March 27. Will send 
arrayanes (Myrtus Ehrenhergii ) in May. Will send Guay- 
aho agrio (Myrtus sp. ) sour guava, in July. 
PORTUGUESE EAST AERICA. 0. W. Barrett, Eeh. 17. Promises 
to send a collection of native grass seeds. Has never 
seen wild grass that could compete in quantity or quality 
with that of the alluvial plain there. Eeh. 27. Is send- 
ing Eicus sp. , the famous east African hark cloth tree, 
a medium sized tree of the open hush from Zululand to 
Somaliland. Prefers sandy soil. Almost evergreen, ex- 
cept in long droughts. Thick hark used, when "beaten out, 
for hags, clothing, etc.: appears to wear well. Tree 
roots well from cuttings. Eruit worthless. 
SOUTH AERICA, Cape Town. Chas. Lounshury, March 10. Will 
try to get seeds of various kinds of wild olives. Will 
send cuttings of Olea verrucosa. 
SPAIN, Madrid. Maddin Summers, March 23. Is sending sample 
of reed matting lath; also samples of two varieties of 
oats. Suggests importation of Spanish winter muskmelon. 
TRANSVAAL, Pretoria. J. Burtt Davy. Eeh. 19. Will send 
roots and seeds of Transvaal Kweek grass (Cynodon incom- 
pletus.) This he says makes excellent lawn, hut turns 
hrown in cold, dry weather. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
CHINA. Mr. Yung Kwei , Secretary of the Chinese Emhassy, 
has presented to this office an alhum of photographic 
views of the Mukden Agricultural Experiment Station. It 
can he seen here "by any one interested. 
