New or Important Foreign Correspondents Recently 
Heard Prom or Gotten Trace Of. 
Australia, Sydney. J. H. Maiden, Government Botanist, 
Botanic Gardens. July 24 sent seeds of Eucalyptus 
macro theca. 
Belgium, St. Symphorien. Jean Houzeau de Lehaie. Sent 
seeds of Dendrocalamus strictus, a valuable bamboo 
which we will propagate and distribute. August 21. 
China, Foochow. Samuel L. Gracey, Consul. Sent loquat 
seeds. Promises to send leichee seed and make full 
report re their cultivation. July 23. 
India, Calcutta. Wm. H. Michael, U. S. Cosul-General. 
Sends Befri seed. "Befri is an annual legume, Indigo- 
fera glandulosa. Grows in black soil, does not re- 
quire much water. Contains 21.13 per cent of albumi- 
noids - in other words is considered by Michaels 56 
per cent more nutritltous than wheat and 32 per cent 
more than oatmeal." It is ground, mixed with less nu- 
tritious grains or grass seeds, and made into bread, 
"bbedi", etc. Aug. 3. 
Japan, Nagasaki. Wm. B. Hills. Sends sample of cloth 
made of banana fibre. Encloses letter from Wm. Raitt, 
Bangalore, South India, discussing value of bamboos 
for paper pulp. 
Ohio, Toledo. A. de Clairmont, Peruvian Consul. Seeds 
of Chenopodium quinoa, the quinoa of the Peruvian 
peasants. Warts to introduce into the the U.S. as a com- 
mercial fond venture large shipments of seed. Sept. 2 
Phillipine Islands, Manila. Wm. S. Lyon, Gardens of 
Naglajan. Seed of an edible species of banana from 
Ambos, Camarines. "Fruit large, well-flavored; fari- 
naceous seeds, tender and eaten when fruit is ripe." 
July 28. 
July 24 sent seeds of "Pili" nut (Canarium 
album.) "Good for desert nut, rivalling Brazil nut. 
Very hard shell." Can procure seeds of improved Maca- 
damia ternifolia. 
