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NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
AFRICA, Benguella, Angola. T. W. Woodside, Ee"b . 20. Is 
sending some bulbs of the "bul"b rubber, whose underground 
bulbs about the size of a small turnip furnish a rubber 
said to have poor keeping qualities hut worthy of investi- 
gation. He sends seeds of a rubber tree grown there; and 
also sample of an unidentified fibre plant that he thinks 
may be valuable. 
AFRICA, Zomba, Nyasaland Protectorate. Stewart G. McCall, 
March 5. Will send Mr Kearney Egyptian cotton to com- 
pare with our American grown Egyptian cotton to show the 
effects of climate. Will also send Agricultural Report 
and meteorological bulletin from that colony. 
, ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Buenos Aires. Carlos Thays, March 20. 
Sends leaves of Bambusa Tacuara, a splendid species of 
bamboo from the northern part of the Republic, and 
Chusquea quila, a bamboo from the southern part of the 
country. 
AUSTRALIA, Brisbane. J. F. Bailey, Feb. 24. Will send 
Citrus Planchoni and Atalantia glauca as soon as possible. 
These are both promising for use in citrus breeding work. 
BENGAL, Pusa. A. Howard, March 30. Is sending 4 varieties 
of Bael fruits. This a handsome tree of India. The 
fruit is much like an orange in shape, color and size. 
It is eaten by the natives and used by the white men for 
its medicinal properties and to make a pleasant, refreshing 
sherbet. For further description see Bulletin No. 9, 
under Belou marmelos. 
BRAZIL, Piracicaba. J. Wm. Hart, March 30. Will send seeds 
of the Carnauba palm as soon as they ripen. This is the 
palm whose wa.x is used for making graphophone cylinders. 
CHIEA, Chinchow, Chang' sha. W. T. Locke, Feb. 21. In 
Nov. will send seeds of two varieties of Tung shu (wood 
oil. ) He mentions a variety of Tung which does not yield 
oil, but is valued for its close-grained, cream-colored 
wood. He also sends sample of wood and acorns of Quercus 
glaucus , a magnificent evergreen Japanese oak, growing to 
80 feet high. Its hard wood excellent for manufacture of 
tools. Not hardy. 
