HONDURAS, Tegucigalpa. Dr. R. Eritzgartner writes December 15 
that he is trying to get for us the Copan tobacco, which is 
produced under license from the Honduran government and is the 
principal tobacco used in Central America, and the native to- 
bacco, "tobacco de aqua", which is rather rare and has white 
flowers, while the Copan has rose-colored ones. 
PALESTINE, Jerusalem. Mr. E. E. Beaumont of the American Colony- 
writes without date that they will make a point of getting 
some Lallemantia iberica seed when the plant seeds in May. 
Mr. Whiting, one of the young men of the American Colony, is 
preparing a report on a tribe of Bedouin whose only bread is 
made by grinding the seed of the wild Mesembryanthemum Eor- 
skahlei, which is about the only plant that grows in the 
waterless tract east of the Dead Sea where they live. He will 
also send samples of the seed, flour and bread. They will be 
glad to send seed of any of the asparagus already sent by them. 
PARAGUAY, Cahi Puente. Mr. C. E. Mead writes November 15, "Un- 
fortunately, you will not receive the shipment of potatoes, 
bascla tuberosa nor the mantioea canes. The freight agent in 
Yuty, to whom I intrusted the boxes for forwarding to my agent 
in Asuncion, instead of sending same destroyed the boxes and 
stole the freight money. It is too late now to duplicate the 
shipment, so in case you care for same, it will be necessary 
to wait until July or August of 1911. The bascla tuberosa may 
be of some value." He will be unable to send us any seeds for 
the next few months as he will be working in a "barren section 
of Paraguay, in the southeastern corner parallel to the Alta 
Parana River, a low lying grazing country with much of it 
swampy." 
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA, Inhambar.e. Mr. Pliny W. Keys writes No- 
vember 28 that he is using the extract of Cassia bearama in 
persistent caseis of malarial fever, having learned of it and 
obtained it from the Swiss Mission at Lorenco Marques, by 
which it is recommended for blackwater fever. While this plant 
does not grow in his region he has written the London firm who 
put up the extract to get the address of seme one who can fur- 
nish seed. He will send us seed, if we wish it, of the famous 
Conju trees (Anacardium occidentals), the fruit of which is 
said to be most productive of alcohol. 
SPAIN, Barcelona. Senor C. de San Juan writes December 13 offer- 
ing to send us capers from the Balearic Islands; "Motnagastro" 
grape that is very productive, very early and of great color; 
also a plum called "Claudia", very big and very good flavor. 
