therefore tlivy Often fall a prey .-to- 'frost- -before they ; eaii;' 
ex'p>»n«. iteveriheae-ss it is--a i goed fe'ihd of -piant-v \f or 'iW 
tlioae- v seasans" when-- lfc< does^'-es'cape- injury-' i t - aMs^' r trri^*' 
Ma'rUt 1 touch of color-to' -thev garden'St^'a'-very dull; sea#crii. ; 
There atre several' forms 1 -of j; th,e plant, /some having decidu- 
ous 1 leaves^ arnd 'iri ofeer-' casw the-'leaves' are" evergreen' or 
sub-evergreen." (The Garden, Jan. 11, 1W3. )'.. v;i ' v 
*"•> " wax. (fab-aceae-. ) 0845O- | 468. Seeds' of the #0y«* 
bean • from Siaftfu/HShenSi China. ♦ Thirteen* vtirietie-e' -of 1 - 
this important Chin-eee 'crop plant . "hitherto era 1-1 ed* Glifcim 
hispida in the Office publications. Mr . C . "V'. ,; "Piper/ '"' 
recently shown ' that 'the -naHie WT should oe Sefa ntax and we 
have listed the intreauotions here to direct attention"^ 
the 1 change'. (Meyer's introductions . '•' ■' i,r u '■ ■ ~ ' f: - r 
• • Eea ntays. 1 fPoaoeae'. ) 38544 . "Ears -of corn from the 
Upper Gy Parana River, Brazil. Collected by Mr. Lett 
Miller ,' of Hew York , 5 deilectdr ■for the Roos eve-It "Brazilian 
Expedition. "Corn received from the 'Pauetes ' „or ' Poweue^* 1 '- 
Indians on the Upper " Gy Parana ' (Machabo) River , Brazil . 
This ; tribe of Indians was absolutely unknown. 'I' was the 
first person to come into contact with them. The Gy Parana 
flows into the Madeira." (Miller. j 
'NOTES FROM CORRESPONDENTS ABROAD. - ' ; 
Rev. W. M. tfayes writes from Tslngchowfu,' Shantungs, 
China, May 25; 1914. " I do not : know whether Mr. Meyer, 
When through this section, secured specimens of the Chinese 
winter pear or not. We are eating them oh the table every 
day now, and they "will last some time yet. This variety 
is 1 really not ripe' until the next spring after it-Is 
picked 1 , and while not as luscious as a ! good apple, yet it 
f i ll-af a vacancy 'in' April and --Hay very a-oceptabiy. 'As you 
kricrw* that is a seas-On when the housewives find it 'diffi- 
cult to provide for "the 'tabled • ' 1 - 
' - "Thanks for what you s-ay about ■ peach 'grafting: the 
Chinese bud too, but they find grafting more satisfactory 
because it gives quicker results. They do not use grafting 
wax, but use a heavy ball of clay, as much as they can mak-e 
adhere to : the' " limb, Mid 'tie" it v oti' wi-th a epecies of tough 
pliant- leaves. I find that-^ iled paper though will -do 
equally well.' Tne point In wrapping the clay with the 
leaves is to keep It -from being washed away In the rains. 
If the season should be a prolonged dry one , J whl-eh'»we' are 
very liable to -have nere- 1-n the spring-, then they tear off 
the top of the wrapping and pour in water enough to mois« 
ten the clay again." t - ■ : < 
Mr . Frank N. - Meyer writes from faking, China, June 4, 
191*4, suggesting the- fo Hewing- tentative itinerary for ,the 
coming year. - Certain ' changes in it will no doubt : be nee- 
