578 
ULMUS SP. (Ulmaceae.) 34063. Plants of an elm from Fal- 
lon, Nevada. Presented by Mr. F. B. Headley, Superintendent, 
Truckee-Carson Experiment Farm. "Plants of an elm grown from 
seed which was sent to this station by Mr. A. P. Davis of the 
Reclamation Service from Byram-Ali, Transcaspian province, 
Turkestan. Mr. Davis describes this elm as follows: 'I am 
sending you in this mail a small package of seed of Karagatch, 
a species of elm that thrives in this place and which I think 
will thrive in the Carson valley. It is a rapid grower and a 
much harder and better wood than the American elm, while it is 
as good or better for windbreaks and shade.' These elms made a 
growth last year of from four to eight inches from seeds plant- 
ed in May." (Headley.) For distribution later. See halftone. 
NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
CHINA. Canton. Mr. Chester G. Fuson, of Canton Christian 
College, writes under date of June 1 that he will secure and 
send us as soon as possible cuttings of a small-fruited persim- 
mon which is grown near Canton. It has smooth shining yellow 
fruit, nearly globular, and from § to 2/3 inches in diameter. 
CHINA. Hunan. Chenchow. Rev. T. W. Mitchell writes June 
17 in regard to the Tung shu or wood oil tree. "There are a 
great many of the trees here and the red clay soli seems to be 
the best for them but they grow everywhere. I don't know the 
actual rainfall of this section but I know it is very high. 
The dry season is in the autumn but really there is no dry sea- 
son here and I am sure the rainfall must be extremely high. I 
have never seen the trees Irrigated. They do not need it in 
this section. In regard to the temperature they can endure I 
know very little. They never kill out here and there are some 
pretty hard frosts here in winter. Of course there is never 
any freezing of the earth to any great depth. The Chinese 
knock the nuts off or pick them off and pile them up In piles 
and then take off the outside covering by hand and dry them in 
the sun. They are then (after sun drying) taken to a mill 
either driven by water power or cow power. The mill is only a 
crude track made of wood or stone over which a small iron wheel 
runs and grinds the nuts into a powder which is then taken out 
and put into cakes. The press is a tree usually hollowed out 
and pressed by wedges which are struck by a big swinging club 
and the oil oozes out into a bucket held below the press. The 
process is very crude ana slow, and the oil is very dirty. 
This is also the process used in extracting the tea oil. The 
refuse is used as fertilizer. The Chinese use It for killing 
