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JAMAICA. Kingston. Mr. William Harris, Superintendent of Public 
Gardens, writes November 17 that he is getting together for us 
three ehayotes, all that are recognised there, dark green, light 
green, and milky white, and will send them as soon as he gets 
them. 
LIBERIA. Monrovia. Mr. E. L. Parker, Commissioner of Agriculture, 
writes October 30 that he will send the seeds of the Bobo abi 
(Thaumatococcus danielli) as soon as he can secure them. 
MANCHURIA. Mukden. Prom Edward C. Parker, Agriculturist of the 
Bureau of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, under date Novem- 
ber 18, we hear that he has sent out a man to collect seeds of 
the Manchurian wild asparagus for us. He is trying through 
correspondence to secure soy bean samples for us. Of his trials 
with corn he writes: "I planted about 10 acres of American corn 
on spring plowing in a dry spring (first time the land had ever 
been plowed with a foreign plow) and had to use seed that was 3 
years old and badly weevil eaten. No manure was available also. 
In spite of these handicaps the American varieties yielded from 
47.4 to 61.7 bushels per acre, shelled corn. I intend to grow 
100 bushel cron in Manchuria next year or know the reason why. 1 * 
Mexico. Mexico City. Dr. Pehr Olsson-Sef f er writes November 29 
that he is having one of his field men secure all the informa- 
tion possible regarding the tobaccos of Tepic, and is sending 
us seed from the District of Mascota, in Jalisco. 
MEXICO. Tepic. Ixtlan del Rio. Mr. Alfred Lonergan writes Novem- 
ber 30 that he is trying to obtain for us seed from the Compos- 
tela tobacco district as that is the best obtainable on the west 
coast. He is also trying to obtain seed from the Santiago River 
region, where considerable tobacco is raised. 
NATAL. Durban. Under date November 3 Mr. J. Medley Wood, Director 
of the Natal Botanic Gardens, writes that they will send us seed 
of the native asparagus as soon as it is obtained. He says, 
"Affairs in regard to this Institution are at present in a very 
unsettled state. The probability is that the Herbarium will 
eventully be taken over by the Union. Government and the Botanic 
Gardens will be handed over to the Municipality of Durban, but 
nothing will be done for some time yet." 
RHODESIA. Salisbury. Mr. H. Godfrey Mundy offers November 2 to 
send us tt seed of Parimarium mabola, Dovyalis sp. and Carissa 
edulis, var. tomentosa, all of which produce edible plum-like 
fruits." 
