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RECENT VISITORS. 
.DUTCH GUIANA, Suriname. Mr. Goldsmith H. Williams, an ex- 
pert on banana, plants and culture, Manager for the 
Suriname Division of the United Eruit Company. 
The Printed Inventory is now issued for Numbers 22511 to 
23322. Thip covers the period from April 1 to June 30, 1908. : 
■It comprises 812 numbers including plants secured by Erank 
N. Meyer in China. Among these are some especially interest- 
ing shade and ornamental trees from the barren mountains of 
the Wutai , where the climatic conditions are similar to those 
in our Northwestern states. His introductions from other 
parts of China include four varieties of the strawberry tree 
(Myrica nagi); the evergreen chestnut (Castanopsis tibetana) ; 
a promising dry land elm (Ulmus pumila) from Manchuria for the 
Northwest; the remarkable white barked pine (Pinus bungeana) ; 
four species of lilac as yet undetermined; five species of 
Ch:>ese roses; a very unsual collection of 29 forms of bamboos, 
somi' of which are hardy enough to grow in the climate of 
Peking which resembles that of Philadelphia; and many other 
valuable things. 
Consul Magelssen of Bagdad secured for us one of the 
most successful collections of Arabian date palm suckers. 
Among other interesting things secured by correspondence 
during this period may be mentioned Cork acorns from south- 
ern Spain; a summer orange called the Natsu mikan from Japan; 
a collection of Indian green manure and fodder plants from 
Nimboli ; a broad-leaved variety of alfalfa from Elche, Spain; 
a collection of taros from Cochin China; a collection of 
rare sorghums from Entebbe, Uganda; the sugar palm from the 
East Indies; the white Alfonso mango from Bombay; and a 
unique collection of wild and cultivated potatoes from the 
archipelago of Chiloe, Chile. 
