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HONDURAS. Puerto Cortes. Mr. Claude I. Dawson,, American 
consul, August 15, in sending in a quantity of the "guano palm", 
probably Qchroma lagopus, for test as to the value of its sawdust 
as a light-weight packing material fcr fruit instead of redwood 
sawdust, calls attention, to the fact that "there are two grades 
of the wood, the first and second growth, the first "being hard 
and coarse-grained, and therefore less suitable for making life- 
rafts, belts, etc., for which it is at present mostly used. 
The second growth is easier to market, but owing to small size - 
seldom over six or eight inches in ^diameter - proves unprofit- 
able unless contracted for in large quantities or shipped under 
solid contents measurement. This measure is preferable, and with 
ah order for. 500,000 feet. in hand, it could be delivered at the 
mouth of rivers at $10.00 U. S. per thousand. The stumpage of the 
tree is estimated at several million feet." 
PALESTINE. Haifa. Mr. A. Aaronsohn, Director of the Jewish 
Agricultural Experiment Station, writes July 30,. that he has just 
returned from a four weeks trip to Damascus, Mt. Hermon and 
Mt. Lebanon. He collected, 'seeds and young plants of the "cedars 
and a large number of seeds of various forms of Amygdalus 
orientalis and various Prunus species, which he has recommended 
strongly as dryland stocks for cultivated Prunus varieties and 
which he will send us later. 
SPECIAL NOTE: Please note that in Bulletin 64, this series.,, 
INOCARPUS EDULIS should be No. 31374 and VITIS VINIFERA , 
No. 31355. 
S. P. I. NOS. INCLUDED IN THIS BULLETIN. 
31477, 31479-480, 31482, 31483, 31484, 31488, 31511-536, 31537- 
547, 31557, 31558, 31560, . 31561-562* 31572-573, 31574-576, 31606- 
607, 31609-612, 31614, 31615, 31616, 31617, 31620-630, 31631, 
31633, 31634, 31639, 31642, 31654-676, 31683, 31687, 31688, 
31689-690, 31692-695, 31710-712, 31725. 
Issued October 14, 1911. 
