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done remarkably well in most of the vetch, growing re- 
gions. The stems are very fine and the yield of hay, 
therefore, comparatively light, hut there is reason 
to believe that it will maintain itself from year to 
year in pastures without reseeding." (Piper.) 
NOTES PROM PORE I GIT CORRESPONDENTS . 
ALGERIA, Algiers. Dr. Trabut. Promises to send cuttings 
of the geranium from which the oil is extracted. 
BELGIUM, St. Symphorien , Jan. 11. J. Houzeau de Lehaie. 
Tells of the 1 Satsuma orange' growing in the neighbor- 
hood of Bordeaux which will stand -10° C and has deli- 
cious fruits without seeds. 
CHILE, Santa Inez. Salvador Izquierdo sends an extract 
from his article "A New System of Planting in Dry Lands," 
in which he outlines a plan for reforesting the bare 
coast ranges of Chile. Is going to make a further study 
of his method and publish it later. 
CHINA, Hongkone. S. T. Dunn, Dec. 10, 1908. Is sending 
seeds of Atalantia hindsii , which Mr. Swingle has sug- 
gested as a possible new stock for the orange. 
CHINA, Tientsin. E. T. Williams, Nov. 28. Has sent seeds 
of Prunus davidiana, the principal stock upon which 
the Chinese graft or bud their peaches, plums, apricots, 
almonds and cherries. 
CHINA, Ying tak. B. P. Roach, Dec. 21. Offers to send 
seeds of garden plants indigenous to South China. 
CUBA, Cienfuegos. Robert M. Gray, Jan. 21. Is sending 
16 varietis of seedling sugar cones for botanical work 
at Brownsville, Texas. 
INDIA, Calcutta. W. H. Michael, Dec. 23. Is sending Mr. 
Antram's brochure on "Mosquito Blight of Tea," a se-' 
rious insect disease of the tea plant which has not yet 
appeared, fortunately, in American tea plantations. 
