INDIA , Scli&ranpnr . Mr. A. C. Hartlsss, June 28. Says the pro- 
pagation :u •oil.:; leitohee in northern India is entirely by 
layering. Say,-, there le one kind uhich is nearly seedless 
and is called ilia "tidana'' leitoheo, or stoneless fruited 
leitchee . 
JAPAN, Yokohama, jar . Thee. Sammcno , American Consul General, 
July 19. Sends a report on the vegetable oil made from 
Perilla ocimoi&es, ahieh is used for coating the paper 
Uoed in Japan in the manufacture of umbrellas. 
JAPAIT, Yokohama. Re a. Ii. Loorais, June 22. Sends an article 
treating at length on the cultivation and uses of the 
soy bean. 
JAVA, Baitersorg. Department of Agriculture, June 9. Sends 
photograph of frui-s ana tree of Piospyros discolor. 
JAVA, Lauang. nr. P. Saysman, June 9. Unites so inquire 
whether the Popaesueri could mrahe use of articles written 
by him on the plants of Jaaa. Says there are many val- 
uable medicinal plants there. Ee has many of these in his 
garden, among them Ipomoea mamaoea, Andrographis paniculata., 
Eupatoriam ayapana ana Or tho siphon siarnineuo. 
MEXICO, re;:.: co Oil-. Jr. Pehr Olsson-Sef f cr , July 12. Has 
ordered his •■■port !: La Agriculture en earios Paises trop- 
ioales y suh-tropicaies " to bo sent as it appears from 
the Gore raiment Printing Office in Mexico City. 
FEW YORK. nr. J. R. Laurence has given up his experimental 
farm nt Raynham , Pass., and is going to take up experi- 
mental farming for Hodennyl, Walbridge & Co., Locust 
Valley j Long Island, hen York. 
RUSSIA., Patoum. Pr . A. He ingar trier , American Consul, July 
6. Senas soy bean coffee at request of Mr. F. IT. Meyer. 
