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of the varieties they offer to guests as a sweet. When 
sold an ardeb of 320 lbs. brings here about 154 piasters 
(a plaster is about 5 cents). This variety is worth im- 
porting and is common enough that a fair supply can proba- 
bly be obtained. (Mason.) For distribution later. 
NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. 
Mr. F. W. Popenoe writes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 
January 4, 1914. "I have just returned from a visit to 
the Jardlm Botanlco, where I called on Dr. Willis and Al- 
berto Lofgren. Mr. Lofgren spoke of you, and wished me to 
remember him to you. He took great interest in our expe- 
dition, giving us cards to some parties in Sao Paulo, and 
offering to be of assistance at any time desired. Dr. 
Willis says he is the best botanist in Brazil, as far as a 
knowledge of the Brazilian flora is concerned. He has 
recently left the Obras Contra as Seccas and come into the 
Jardim Botanico, to have charge of one branch of the work, and 
should be addressed there. 
"We have seen and sampled most of the important 
Brazilian mangos, and I regret to say that they are, on 
the whole, disappointing. Manga da Rosa is as beautiful a 
fruit as one could desire, and an excellent shipper, but 
it does not rank high enough in quality to place it along- 
side of any of the good Indian varieties. Itamaraca is 
the best in flavor of any I have eaten, and is said to be 
one of the very best here. The others are too fibrous to 
be worth while, so far as we have seen. I was, in hopes we 
might find something really excellent here, but I begin to 
despair of finding as good mangos in Brazil as we can get 
elsewhere. I believe I wrote you that Dr. Willis spoke of 
a very fine mango grown in this state; I asked him about 
it further, and he was unable to give me directions for 
finding it, the owner of the place being in Europe at the 
present time. 
"There seems to be almost no end to the interesting 
myrtaceous fruits of this country. We are running across 
new ones all the time. We have good photos of most of 
them, and descriptions^ of the fruit and tree. In writing 
up our inventory notes on some of these things, I. do not 
have time to write out a complete description of the 
plant, such as I would like to do. When we return, how- 
ever, we can get up the data for publication in the in- 
ventory In more complete and readible form, if it is de- 
sired. We usually have to get our stuff packed at the 
last moment, and write up the notes rather hurriedly. 
"Lofgren tells us of a Malvaceous fiber plant along 
the Rio Sao Francisco which he thinks may be of consider- 
able value. The caroa (Neoglaziovia) is also well worthy 
