INDIA, Bangalore. Supt., Botanical Gardens, sends a list of 
grafted mango varieties that will "be available in May-July. 
INDIA, Rangoon, Burma. Feb. 20, Mr. Gerritt P. Wilder of 
Honolulu, Hawaii, who is making an extensive trip abroad, 
writes regarding anonas in Penang. 
INDIA, Saharanpur. Supt., Government Botanical Gardens, 
March, 2. Sends an extensive report cn the bael fruit. 
LETTERS FROM MR. PRANK IT. MEYER, AGRICULTURAL EXPLORER. 
Mr. Meyer sends from Tiflis, Caucasus, a small package of 
coffee made from the roasted yellow soy bean. He says that 
it makes a very tasteful and nutritious drink, better in 
his opinion than the posturn sold in America, and he thinks 
the soy bean may be extensively Lised for this purpose in the 
future. In Chakva he visited the tea and bamboo planta- 
tions and describes these in considerable detail. (See 
photograph.) He sends a plant catalogue published by the 
Imperial Domains at Chakva. He mentions several things 
as being of special interest, among them Dracaena indivisa, 
which is used as tying material. These dry leaves can be 
kept for a number of years without spoiling. When needed 
they are wet 'and split in strips. Grape vines are tied 
to trellises with these strips. They last in the open 
from 2 to 3 years. They cultivate mandarins extensively 
along the coast of the Black Sea., using the Chinese and 
Japanese varieties. Tiles'" graft all their mandarins and 
oranges on trifoliata stock. The kumquat is also a favorite 
there within recent years. There is an avenue of Aleurites 
cordata tree? at Chakva which is very handsome in early 
summer when in bloom. Pueraria thunbergiana is recommended 
as a fodder plant for cattle and horses, and as a cover for 
embankments and waste lands. They have been experimenting 
with paper making from Edgeworthia in Chakva, and even 
imported Japanese workmen to make it. They succeeded in 
making good paper, but it was toe expensive to be commer- 
cially profitable. They are still experimenting with Rhus 
vernicifera and Chamaerops excels**. From the former th.ey 
hope to produce commercial lacquer, and to utilize the fiber 
from the latter in mattresses and cordage. They grow several 
varieties of Diospyros kaki, but say that the people do not 
buy the fruit. 
