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people who live there; the expedition to such parts would 
cost a lot of money and at least three days time; never 
mind, one could spend this, but one is not sure to find a 
plant at all, much less to find it with ripe fruits." 
India. Bangalore. Mr. A. H. Krumbiegel, Economic 
Botanist, writes June 10th in regard to the seeds of Kokia 
recently distributed by this office, that without clipping 
the fibre off the base as we recommended in a supplementa- 
ry letter, the seeds received there when sown under ordi- 
nary conditions germinated most successfully, every seed 
having come up within eight days. 
India, Saharanpur, Mr. A. C. Hartless writes under 
date of July 30, 1913, concerning the Indian plum: "As 
these are all deciduous, I think there will be no diffi- 
culty in sending you plants in the winter when they are 
dormant. I have not taken up the study of these very 
thoroughly yet. Their introdtxction Into India, and their 
origin is as yet not clearly understood. Some botanists 
put them under var. insititta of P. domestica, on what grounds 
I do not know. Royle calls them Prunus aloobokhara, thus 
giving some idea where they came from originally. I firm- 
ly believe that it is in Persia, or adjacent countries 
that we shall find their home. I have studied Meyer's ex- 
plorations in Turkestan, with interest. I find that many 
of the local names that he gave to plants he got there, 
are tne same as they are known by in India. Your S.P.I. 
No. 30315 is of great Interest to me, as Alibuchara is no 
doubt the same as Alubokhara, which is the vernacular here 
for one group of country plums. The same signifies the 
plum of Bokhara. Your No. 30356, is no doubt the same as 
our Alucha which is also another name for the other group. 
Your No. 30352, and possibly 30351 are the same as our 
China pear, which is so common in Northern India. Naspati 
is the vernacular name. If Mr. Meyer has published a re- 
port on his travels in this country (Turket>tan) , I should 
be very glad to be put in the way of getting it. I firmly 
believe that this country and others between it and India 
will afford most interesting and valuable material. Even 
Quetta in Baluchistan, can contribute to this, if it was 
properly worked out." 
AN ALABAMA EXPERIMENT WITH BAMBOOS 
Mr. George H. Todd has written us from Montgomery, 
Alabama, describing the behavior of bamboos in Alabama 
during the past thirty years. "I came into the possesion 
of these bamboos in this way; My father sent to the De- 
partment in 1880 and secured several varieties of these 
