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To be tried under irrigation in the dry and hot sections of 
the United States." (Meyer's introductions.) For distribu- 
tion later. 
SALS OLA ARBUSCULA. (Chenopodiaceae . ) 28973. Seed from Chart- ' 
chui, Turkestan. n A shrub of peculiar appearance, having no 
leaves, hut instead long, slender, green, drooping tranches. 
Is used with much success in the sand-binding and desert- 
reclamation work along the Central Asian R. R. Recommended 
in the dry and hot sections of the United States for various 
purposes; 1st, for its sand-binding properties; 2nd, as an 
ornamental park and garden shrub; 3rd, as a fuel supply in 
desert regions. Obtained from Mr. W. A. Paletsky in charge 
of sand-hinding operations along the railroads in Central 
Asia." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution later. 
NOTES PROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
AFRICA, Benguela. Mr. W. H. Sanders writes us September 1 that 
he is unable to secure for us seed of the Huilla (Vigna 
radicans) but calls attention to the existence of a mission 
called Huilla in Mossamedes evidently named from this plant, 
AFRICA, Cape Town. Mr. Charles P. Lounsbury \vrites October 10 
that he has failed so far in securing any asparagus seed but 
that Mr. N. S. Pi Hans, who has recently joined the department, 
will try to send roots of the wild sorts. 
BRAZIL, Diamantina. , Mr. Ernest G. Swain writes October 30, that 
he has at last located the Marmeleiro tree and has some slips 
planted which he will bring with him when he returns in the 
spring of 1911. Will soon send two lilies, a purple one and 
a red one, and is sending two fine cherries. 
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro. Dr. Orville A. Derby writes November 1, 
that he is sending two kilos of the seed of Panieum Melinis 
(Melinis minutif lora) , a forage grass, called there Capim 
melado. He is still hoping to secure the Brazilian persimmon. 
CHINA, Hwai Yuan. Rev. Samuel Cochran writes October 10, that he 
is sending by freight about 100 pounds of hempseed and suggests 
the possibility of getting hemp from Kiukiang on the Yangtse 
River. 
CHINA, Ya-Chow. Among the correspondents who have recently called 
are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Openshaw, who were on their way back to 
Ya-Chow, Sze-Chuan Province, Western China, where they have 
spent thirteen years in lay missionary work. During a most 
