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MANCHURIA. Mukden. Mr. E. C. Parker, Agriculturist of 
Bureau of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, writes June 6, 
that he can find nothing in regard to the cultivation of the 
vetches in Manchuria,., as the vetches are not grown there. 
Wild vetches do, however, occur. 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS . Manila. Mr. C. V. Piper, Agrostolo- 
gist in Charge of Forage Crop Investigations, writes May 23 
from Manila, where he has "been investigating the forage crop 
situation for the War Department, that he will secure all the 
varieties of mangos in the islands before leaving and arrange 
with Mr. Wester, late of this Office, to get the others for 
us. He speaks of the "Carabao" as a "decidedly fine variety 
which breeds true to seed", and says it can be gotten at any 
time in season at the mere cost of the fruit, about two cents 
apiece. Ophiopogon, which he has seen growing both at 
Yokohama and the Hongkong Botanical Gardens, impresses him as 
"an admirable plant to cover the ground, and particularly 
steep slopes in very shady places". 
RHODESIA. Mr. J. Speyer Sulman, Secretary of the North 
Charterland Exploration Company, Ltd., writes June 13, that 
the company will be very glad to assist us in obtaining 
native seeds from Northeastern Rhodesia. 
SIBERIA. • Saissansk. Mr. Prank N. Meyer writes June 1, 
that he has reached this place, and after a trip into the 
Altai Mountains, will proceed to Omsk to attend a great 
agricultural exhibition which is to be held there. On July 4 
Mr. Meyer writes, that on July 2 he arrived at Omsk, whence 
he will send in the material collected in the Altai Moun- 
tains . 
Issued August 25., 1911. 
