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upper Rio Negro for seeds of Leopoldinia Piassaba, a 
fiber palm from the upper Amazon, which he will forward 
as soon as received. 
CANAL ZONE, An cor. H. P. Schultz , Peb. 6. Has taken up a 
number of mature "branches of Panama species of Chusquea 
and is trying to propagate them in small plots for ship- 
ment in May or June. 
CEYLON, Peradeniya. McKeDway Bamber, Jan. 29. Is trying to 
obtain seed of the citronella grasses from a man who has 
made a special study of the Ceylon essential oil grasses 
and has plots of the pure varieties. If he cannot get 
seed offers to send a Wardian case of plants. 
CHILE, Limavida. Jose D. Husbands, Jan. 10. Sends a report 
regarding a factory at Valdivia for making tannic acid 
extract from lingue bark. 
CHILE, Santa Ines. Salvador Izquierdo, Jan. 18. Will send 
seeds of lingue in April. 
DUTCH GUIANA, Paramaribo. Botanic Garden, Eeb. 11. Is sending 
seeds and herbarium material of a small wild bamboo grow- 
ing in Surinam. Think it is Arthrostylidium Schomburghii . 
ENGLAND, Cambridge University. R. H. Biffen. Offers his 
services in aiding in plant introduction work. They are 
getting together a considerable series of wheat and bar- 
ley hybrids and some of them promise very well. 
JAVA, Bu _i tenzorg. Department of Agriculture, Jan. 16. Is 
sending seeds of Garcinia oowa and G. mangostana to use 
as stocks for the mangosteen. 
MADEIRA. Alaricus Delmard. Eeb. 7. Is sending Garcinia 
seed. 
