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are considered excellent fertilizers. He sends also 
wild indigo, a legume used only as a soil fertilizer. 
Russia, Riga. Volmer & Co., May 5. They say that they 
have a plant, Phaoelia Ianacetif olia , which is much "better 
for "bees than red clover. They send a sample of the 
seed. 
SPAIN", Madrid. Madden Summers, April 20. Will send seeds 
of the "best variety of Spanish muskmelon with instructions 
as to planting, picking, etc. He thinks this melon will 
"become a very valuable crop in the United States. 
SUDAN", Khartoum. R. Hewison, April 14. Says that some of 
the Sudan wheats, native and introduced, have been quite 
favorably reported upon as the result of milling and 
baking tests carried out in England, and asks if they 
would be of use to us. 
TRANSVAAL, Pretoria. P. T. Nicholson, April 10. Will 
soon send fifty gladiolus bulbs. Will try to get more 
another season, together with other interesting plants 
from different places. 
TRIPOLI, Wm. Coffin, April 25. Mentions having sent a report 
on Dry land farming to the State Department in March. 
Will collect grape cuttings and chick peas. Will send 
photographs of date plantations. 
TURKEY, Bagdad. A.E.C. Bird, April 14. Is sending a bag cf 
-a cereal grown there called Hoortman, which is a variety 
of oats. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
GREECE, Dr. Arthur Donaldson Smith, Consul at Patras, Greece. 
He wants to try all sorts of Plant Introduction experi- 
ments in Patras, especially one with sweet potatoes. Dr. 
Smith has carried on extensive explorations in Africa and 
has written a book on Unknown African Countries. 
