6. 
Most of the apricots are hard and tasteless hut a few in 
the market from Shantung province surpassed anything in 
America. Will send seeds and scions of these. 
NEW ZEALAND, Wellington. T. W. Kirk, June 4. Will forward 
Podocarpus dacrydioides in a few weeks. 
SOUTH AFRICA, Durban. J. M. Wood, July 3. Is sending seed 
of a species of Protea. Will send other species soon. 
. TRIPOLI -IN-BARBARY. Wm. Coffin, June 21. Sends photographs 
of date gardens in Oman. 
TRIPOLI -IN-BARBARY. Wm. Coffin, June 26. Was sent some dates 
from the Pangh Ghur country in Baluchistan which were the 
finest he ever tasted. Best dates in Tripoli are said to 
grow in Eezzan ahout a month's camel journey from Tripoli. 
He will try to get samples of the finest varieties. 
There is a kind of alfalfa called "susfa" grows there 
which is fed to live stock. It is alternated with barley 
and is the steadiest crop there. Can send seed if desired. 
TURKEY, Harput. W. W. Mastersorj, June 17. Sends a report 
in regard to horse beans in that country. Will send seeds 
of the different varieties at the close of the season. 
Also speaks of the Trebizond date. It is a shrub 8 or 10 
feet high. Has a wonderfully fragrant blossom and a fruit 
that looks like the commercial date but not so good in 
quality. A beautiful shrub for hedges. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
SERVIA. Mr. Petrovitch, a Servian, formerly Consul. Described 
Semendria grape of Servia, from town near Belgrade. Large 
white and also red grape; much like the Malaga grape. 
Servians do not ship. 
SOUTH AMERICA. Mr. Chas. R. Toothaker, the Chief Curator 
of the Philadelphia Museum wants to go up the Amazon next 
autumn to be gone 5 months. 
