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stalks into the separator would probably effect the separa- 
tion before the machine was reached. In our climate, that is 
the climate of the lower Southern States, it would probably 
be best to stack the crop indoors in long sheds until the 
pods open, since our variable rains might do some damage. 
The methods of cultivation followed are very similar to those 
followed in the case of cotton." See photograph. 
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA. Inhambane. Rev. Pliny W. Keys 
writes April 10 that he will undertake to get for : us seed of 
Strychnos Gerrardii, one of the edible fruited species, and 
of Garcinia Livingstonei , which may prove of value as a 
possible stock for the mangosteen. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
Dr. Charles Sprague Sargent, Director of the Arnold 
Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., proposes "to issue from time 
to time from the Arboretum bulletins of popular information 
in which attention* will be called to the flowering of 
important plants and other matters connected with them. 
During the spring and autumn these bulletins will probably 
be issued every Saturday and from time to time during the 
remainder of the year when the necessity for them exists; 
and in them notice will be given of what will be best worth 
seeing during the following week. Copies of the bulletin 
will be mailed without charge to anyone interested in ttfees 
and shrubs and their cultivation who desires to receive 
them." No. 1 was issued May 2, 1911, and this and the two 
other numbers seen call attention to a large number of very 
interesting hardy spring flowering shrubs of the greatest 
interest and value to breeders and amateurs. 
