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MADEIRA. Alarlcus Delmard, Jan. 11, 1909. Is sending 
seeds of Xanthochymus pictorius, a stock for mangosteen. 
MANCHURIA, Mukden. Edward C. Parker, Dec. 17. Sends re- 
port regarding progress in Agricultural work in Manchu- 
ria. 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Manila, Wm. S. Lyon, Dec. 15. Is 
sending Aegle decandra; will send Atalantia Jagoriana 
in season, March-April. These to be used as suggested 
by Mr. Swingle as dry land stocks for citrus, to which 
genus they are related. 
PORTO RICO, Mayaguez. D. W. May, Jan. 7. In the spring 
can send seed of Castilloa rubber; also in May mango 
seed. 
ROUMANIA, Bucharest. Horace G. Knowles, Dec. 28. Will be 
in Washington in February and will be glad to give in- 
formation regarding the fruits and vegetables of that 
country. 
SPAIN, Madrid. R. M. Bartleman, Jan. 7. Promises to send 
geranium cuttings from which oil of geranium is manu- 
factured in Spain. 
TRANSVAAL, Pretoria. Mr. P. T. Nicholson, Dec. 12. Of- 
fers his services in securing anything we want from the 
Transvaal. 
TURKEY, Smyrna. Ernest L. Harris, Dec. 14. Sends names 
of Smyrna firms collecting flowering bulbs in Asia Minor: 
Edward Whittall; Schlosser & Co. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
ARGENTINE. Mr. Wm. Hope, The Kenesaw, Washington. Has 
lived in Rosario and north on the Parana River in Ar- 
gentine. In 1870 he introduced the first steam thresh- 
ing machine into the Argentine. 
Saccharum ciliare "Paja dos Islas" grows along Parana 
for 12° of latitude. Plant grows on dry land near water. 
At Campana there is a company making paper of this grass 
for newspaper purposes. It grows higher than a horse's 
back. Mr. Hope thinks it would grow on the St. John's 
River, in Plori&a, and perhaps in Texas. 
