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of Minnesota. "Raspberries carefully selected from 
plants bearing berries of the best type for the 
species in the regions around Lake Winnipeg and the 
Riding Mountains in Canada for the purpose of secur- 
ing the wild raspberry for breeding purposes in the 
northern United States. This species grows abundantly 
and Is generally distributed in the localities visited 
in Manitoba. It is quite similar in appearance in 
its northern range to that of the northern part of 
Minnesota where I have had the opportunity to observe 
it quite extensively in the wilds, especially in the 
region of the Red Lakes, Grand Rapids, Cloquet, Mille 
Lac, etc. It seemed from the preliminary survey of 
the field that it would be. best to visit localities on 
the edge of the granite area extending in a northerly 
direction about sixty miles east of Winnipeg, as well 
as the region of the Riding Mountains. The granite 
area was visited at points around Lac du Bonnet, the 
Winnipeg River and the Pinawa River. Prom these 
points on the margin of the granite area in the east 
I proceeded to the west from Winnipeg to the Riding 
Mountains. Here R. Strigosus grew generally along ditches 
and roads and in the burned-over areas of the foot- 
hills. In the eastern region the raspberries were on 
the whole bearing more abundantly than those in the 
west at the Riding Mountains. The Isothermal lines 
extend considerably northward in this region so it 
seems to me from the progress of the season and the 
nature of the vegetation that perhaps all told the 
selections in the east on the granite area were made 
from stock subjected to harder weather conditions than 
In the west. Of course, in this part of Canada when 
winter sets in it is quite constant, and there is 
generally snow enough to cover raspberries growing in 
the wild. For this reason there may be an extension 
of the species northward owing to its natural protec- 
tion rather than its ability to withstand cold." 
(Dorsey's report on trip Aug. 14, 1916.) 
Tumion nueiferum (L.) Greene. (Taxaceae.) 43075. 
Seeds from Hankow, China. Procured through the American 
Consul General . "FeiTzu. Occurs In the southern Islands 
of Japan and in the forests of southern and central 
Hondo, attaining Its greatest development on the 
river Kisagawa, 'rising to a height of 80 feet, and 
forming a tree unequalled in the masslveness of its 
appearance and in the beauty of Its bright red bark 
and lustrous dark green, almost black foliage. ' On 
