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NOTES PROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
CHILE, Limavida. Mr. Jose D. Husbands, April 12. Will send 
seeds of Cryptocarya peumus alba, a rare tree used in tan- 
ning; also Chile strains of Juglans regia. 
CHINA, Hwai Yuan. Dr. Samuel Cochran, April 16. Describes a 
pear growing there which is large, has a firm flesh and 
keeps splendidly. The flavor is not delicate, "but he thinks 
it might he valuable in "breeding because of its large size 
and good keeping quality. 
INDIA, Sind. Deputy Director of Agriculture. Reports that two 
small plots were sown from the Triumph cotton seed sent him, 
and that the fiber was highly thought of by the Manchester 
Valuer of the British Cotton Growing Association. 
JAMAICA, Kingston. Mr. Aston W. Gardner, May 4. Sends photo- 
graphs of large grafted Bombay mango, tree and fruit. Mr. 
Gardner has shipped 60 crates of fresh mangos to the New 
York market. 
TIBET. Mr. George Forrest, a young botanist in the employ of 
Mr. Bui ley, a well-known cotton broker of London, who is 
making ornamental plants a hobby, expects to visit for Mr. 
Bui ley a region which he has already explored once before, 
and which was written up in the National Geographic Magazine, 
February, 1910, under the caption "The Land of the Cross-Bow". 
He is in search of ornamental plants of all kinds and his 
travels will take him into the region of Upper Burma and the 
border of Tibet, a region hitherto practically unexplored by 
the white man. Mr. Bulley has been kind enough to allow Mr. 
Forrest to collect the varieties of corn which are cultivated 
by the savage races inhabiting this locality. If any one who 
wishes to get special material from this region will let the 
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction know, arrange- 
ments can probably be made to get it. 
TUNIS, Tunis. Colonial Agricultural School, April 29. The 
school authorities are making a study of the different varie- 
ties of wheat and barley cultivated in Tunis. They have 
isolated and propagated a great number of forms, »nd are 
testing their adaptation to different regions; they offer 
to send a collection of these varieties. 
