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f lower is white. It is very hardy for our winters are 
long and severe." 
VIOLA ODORATA. 23903-23912. Prom Erfurt, Germany, Oct. 
24. Ten varieties of violets. 
NOTES EROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS . 
AFRICA, Clayashland , near Monrovia, Liberia. C. J. Payne, 
Sept. 8. Sends 36 specimens of tropical leaves and 
seeds used medicinally; offers to send these or any 
other medicinal plants of the region in large or small 
quantities to any ore interested. 
AUSTRALIA, Sydney. Anderson & Co., Sept. 23. Sends seeds 
of three kinds of salt bushes. Could obtain other 
varieties of salt bush, and also Salicornia tenuis, a 
fodder plant which grows in the open, flat salt pan 
country. 
AUSTRALIA, Sydney. J. H. Maiden, Sept 9. Sends infor- 
mation re distributing of Aleurites triloba in Queens- 
land and promises to send herbarium specimens. 
BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. John S. Bowles, Sept. 
2. Says he will send in about two months Tatuma and 
Guapuru seeds. 
China, Tientsin. E. T. Wiliams, Consul-General , Sept. 23. 
Is trying to secure seeds of Prunus davidiana. 
COLOMBIA, Chaparral, Tolima. Andres Rocha, Oct. 6. 
Will send seed of Virgen rubber tree. 
HOLLAND, Leiden. Dr. S. H. Koorders, Oct. 22. Sends 
names of men who can give information re collection of 
mangrove bark in Malay Archipelago: H. Ten Oever, 
Madioen, Java: E. Tobi , Buitenzorg, Java. 
INDIA, Portuguese, Loutulim, Goa. P. S. Cardoso, Sept. 25. 
Says there is a rice there that gives a crop in 60 
days and offers to send some of it. Says best mangos 
of India are those of Goa. 
