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JAPAN, Nagasaki. Wm. P. Hills, Oct. 6. Sends informa- 
tion re packing bamboos. Sends samples of hemp cloth 
and of one Korean cloth said to he made of bamboo fiher. 
JAPAN, Yokohama. Rev. H. Loomis, Oct. 13. Offers to 
send scions of Japanese persimmons at any time. 
PHILIPPIIOIS , Manila. Wm. S. Lynn, Sept. 29. Sends seeds 
of Garcinia sp. 
SPAIN, Madrid. R. M. Bartleman, Oct. 19. Sends samples 
of cane laths. 
SYRIA, Beirut. G. Bie Ravndal, Oct. 10. Best pomegran- 
ates in Syria are grown at Sidon; hest time for cut- 
ting hud-sticks is month of Eeb. Most popular varie- 
ties of sweet pomegranates there are Matissah and 
Bint el Basha. The Ma ward i variety is also rather 
sweet. The Mukl el Bagel is somewhat tart; so is the 
Zaffani, lout not as acid as the Suneiny. Sends hud 
sticks of these 6 varieties and promises to send 
others later. 
TRANSVAAL, Pretoria. J. Burtt Davy, Oct. 12. Sends pam- 
phlet "Native trees of Transvaal," and information re 
Trichilia emetica and other spp. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
CHILI. Nov. 2. Dr. Carlos Camacho of the Chilian Dept. 
of Agriculture. He is Director of the Station of Veg- 
etable Pathology, and is visiting similar stations in 
the United States and Europe. Will he in town for 
3 months, 1453 Mass. Ave. 
PALESTINE. Mr. Howel Jones, General Land Agent of the 
Santa Pe, is going to Palestine. Now at Topeka, Kans. 
