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The following numbers were sent to the Dept. from 
Szechuan Province, China, "by Mr. E. H. Wilson in Oct. 
and Nov. , 1908. 
FRAGARIA SP. 24165. WiJd strawberry. Fruit red and of 
very good flavor. Altitude 8,000-14,000 feet. 
HORDEUM. 24158, 24161. 
RAPE. 24162-163. 
RIBES. 24156. Bush 6-12 fpet; fruit green and very acid J 
altitudes 8,000-10,000 feet. 
RUBUS. 24155. Sub-shrub 6 in. to 1 foot high} flowers white, 
fruits yellow, of good size and flavor. Emit ripe July 
to end of Aug. according to altitude. 
TRITICUM. 24157, 24159-160, 24164. 
NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
AFRICA, SOUTH, Cape Town. Chas. Lounsbury, Oot. 28, '08. 
Will send wild olive cuttings in April. 
AUSTRALIA, Perth. P. E. Richardson, Oct. 7. Will send seeds 
of Xanthorrhoea Preissii and Nuytsia floribunda March or 
April next. 
CEYLON, Peradeniya. John C. Willis, Oct. 22. Has not been 
able to find Carissa carandas, but sends C. spinarium. 
CHINA, Soochow. R. A. Haden, Oct. 14. Sends box containing 
23 varieties of peas and beans. 
Egypt, Cairo. Geo. P. Foaden, Nov. 1. Sends soil from 
berseem field. 
ITALY, Florence. Prof. Pasquale Banarini, Oct. 27. Sends 
Asparagus filicinus, var. Giraldi. 
JAPAN, Nagasaki. Wm. D. Hills, Sept. 29. Sends reports re 
Tung oil and promises to send further data with photo- 
graphs later. 
