9. 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Manila. Wm. S. Lyon, August 29. Will 
try to get seeds of D. Ebenaster. Has some* thrifty plants 
of Nephelium glabr.um which he offers to send if wanted. 
Cannot get fresh. seeds of these until May-June, 1910. 
These make strong, robust growth on the poorest soil. 
TRINIDAD, Port of' Spain. F. Evans, Sept. 17. Is sending a 
small box -of mangosteen fruit. Will send a larger one 
soon. 
TURKEY, Bagdad.' A." E,. C. Bird, August 5.. Will send next 
season cuttings of Fahal variety of pomegranate and Eswed 
variety of grape. 
RECENT VISITORS. 
LOUISIANA. Mr. E. P. Miles, Grunewald Hotel, New Orleans, La. 
Mr. Miles is one of the owners of immense salt mines in 
Louisiana and Mississippi. He has a place* .at Delisk, Miss, 
where he is particularly interested in the ■'• .establishment of 
game preserves and where he now has deer and other animals 
and English pheasants; this is taken care of by colored 
labor. While his facilities for handling important mater- 
ial are not very great, it would be well to send him any- 
thing that he can take care of. His interests are very 
wide and he is capable financially of taking up new things. 
MEXICO. Dr. Palmer is going^to Tampico, Mexico, and will be 
there all winter. There is a Chinese settlement there 
where they are growing all sorts ■ of South. China things. 
We can reach him through -Dr . Rose of the National Museum. 
