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POPULUS SPP. (Salicaceae . ) 34789-801. Plants of poplars 
from Novospassko, Russia. Purchased from Mr. A. Woeikov. 
Thirteen species of poplars, all of which are reputed to be 
of especial hardiness, and several of which are extremely 
ornamental and more or less resistant to drought and alkali. 
For distribution later. 
QUERCUS SUBER. (Fagaceae.) 34710. Acorns of cork oak 
from North Augusta, S. C. Presented by Dr. W. E. Mealing. 
"Collected from trees presumably sent out by the Patent Office 
before the Department of Agriculture was established." (Mr. 
Peter Blsset, at whose request they were presented.) For 
distribution later. See plate. 
NOTES FROM FOREIGN^ CORRESPONDENTS . 
BRITISH GUIANA. Georgetown. Mr. Jas. S. Ogilvie writes 
that so far he has been unable to procure for us the flowers, 
leaves and fruit of the different poison plants we wanted. He 
hopes to be able to get at least one blotter through about 
next March. 
Mr. F. A. Stockdale, formerly assistant Director of Agri- 
culture and Government Botanist, has accepted the position of 
Director of Agriculture of Mauritius. 
CHINA. Szechuan. Chentu. Philip Hofman writes August 
28: "This is the season of the persimmon out here and if you 
have ever tasted good Chinese seedless persimmons I know that 
your mouth will water for them. There are several varieties 
of the persimmon in West China. At present we are enjoying 
the red peach shaped variety, and later will come larger 
square shaped and large tomato shaped kinds. I have also 
eaten a variety that is very hard to the feel but quite as de- 
licious as the mushy varieties. One eats these like apples 
rather than like cantaloupes with a spoon." 
CHINA. Yunnan. Mr. A.K. Bulley writes from Liverpool, 
England, that Mr. George Forrest, who has been collecting al- 
pines in Yunnan for an English amateur has been driven back 
from Teng Guch to Bhamo. Mr. F. Kingdon Ward goes out for 
Bees Ltd. (Mr. A. K. Bulley) next spring, but "Heaven only 
knows where 1 " 
JAPAN. From the American Consulate General, Seoul, Korea 
(Chosen), Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, collaborator, reports as 
follows on Japanese beans and bean candies and jellies: 
As mameya or bean shops, are more numerous in the streets 
