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BRAZIL, Para. Geo. H. Prekenell, May 10. Will send seeds 
of Virola Surinamensis , a relative of the soap-berries. 
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro. Geo. E. Anderson, Consul-General, 
April 23. Is sending a sample of Canham braziliensis , 
a fiber plant known as Brazilian linen. 
BRITISH HONDURAS, Belize. E.J". P. Campbell, June 3. Is 
sending a native plant, the tubers of which are eaten 
raw by the natives as a salad. It is called Eoama. 
BULGARIA, Lovetch. Dora Davis, May 17. Describes two fruits 
growing in Bulgaria; one a red raspberry, fruit two cent- 
imeters in diameter, meaty, of good flavor and ripens 
fruit continuously throughout the summer. The other is 
a strawberry similar to those grown in Michigan, but it 
also ripens fruit continuously throughout the summer. 
The climate there is similar to that of Central Illinois. 
CANARY ISLANDS, Teneriffe. Solomon Berliner, May 1. Is 
sending seeds of Convolvulus althaeoides and C. florida. 
CHINA, Nodoa, Island of Hainan. Mrs. J. Pranklin Kelly, 
April 8. Has about 20 leitchee trees ready to ship and 
can start more, if desired, in about two months when the 
leitchee season is on. 
CHINA, Yachow. H. J. Openshaw, March 26. Is sending more 
varieties of beans. Mentions a splendid hard wood tree 
of that region called Nan Mu. It is insect proof and 
almost as hard as teak. It has seed and ought to grow 
in the lower altitudes. 
COCHIN CHINA, Saigon. Jacob E. Conner, April 9. Is 
sending two kinds of rice; one known as Baixu or 
Siamese garden rice, which he thinks is the same as the 
Sunejinj the other called locally Nep or alcohol rice, 
is dark colored and corresponds, he thinks, to the 
Patma. 
