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NOTES EROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS . 
ABYSSINIA. Mr. Robert P. Skinner, Consul-General at Hamburg, 
Germany, formerly in Abyssinia sends a report on the Aby- 
ssinian kat plant (Catha edulis). The leaves are chewed 
by the natives and a drink is also made from them which 
is stimulating, tonic and non-narcotic. 
CHILE, Lima. Alfredo Broggi, June 17. Will send tubers of 
Solanum immite. 
COCHIN CHINA , Saigon. J. E. Conner, June 2. Is sending seeds 
of several species of Dipterocarpus and resin from the 
trees. Also seed of Ylang Ylang, Crinum Asiaticum and 
.Cinnamomum loureirii. „ 
FORMOSA, Tamsui. CarL E. Deichman, June 15. Is sending a 
package of Kah-peh sung. Will send edible bulbs of the 
plant in September. 
HONDURAS, Tegucigalpa. Mr. Eritzgartner , June 19. Sends a 
new kind of matasano , seeds of maranon, seeds of Nispero, 
also seeds of Granadilla; likewise Honduras beans. The 
natives prefer these to foreign beans. They use them as 
1 fried beans 1 . 
INDIA, Chittagong. R. L. Heinig, May 31. Is sending seeds 
of the Muli bamboo. 
INDIA, Lahore, Punjab. W. R. Mustoe, June 17. Is sending 
Bael fruits and photograph of the tree as it grows in the 
Punjab. Will send elephant apple seeds later on. 
JAPAN, Tokyo. Prof. J. Kozai, June 18. Will send seed of 
Citrus trifoliata in December when the fruits ripen. 
MANCHURIA, Antung. E. C. Parker, July 7. Has commenced col- 
lecting seeds of the hardy cherries and apricots, that are 
found so far north there. Has also found a few native 
cherries that have sweet fruit. Has marked them so as to 
get scions next winter. The cherries are small, almost 
shrub-like and the fruit is borne all along the branches 
like gooseberries, giving a very pretty ornamental effect. 
