1822 
2 days' journey west from here. I am also going to get it. 
There are many interesting and beautiful leguminous shrubs, one 
especially handsome, Indigo/era pendula, with long (over a foot) racemes 
with large purple and silky gray flowers. There are two wild hazelnuts 
here. One is a tree 60 to 80 feet in height, with a trunk 3 feet in 
diameter. This species is, however, rare. I found only 2 trees and 
shall get all the seeds I can of- it. The latter is a true Corylus, 
the other is a shrub. 
There are many gorgeous rhododendrons here, and I shall endeavor 
to get seeds. Viburnums are plentiful, some make good jam and are very 
ornamental when in fruit. There is a true lilac, Syringa yunnanensis, with 
pink flowers, occasionally white or lilac. Some of the conifers, such 
as Abies forresti and Abies delavayi, are very handsome trees indeed. There 
are Pseudotsuga, Tsuga, Larix potanini, and a Pieea which reminds one of Dacrydi- 
um in habit. It is Pieea tthangemis, but it is a scanty seeder. There is 
a fine Lonicera (I. xeroealyx ) , a shrub with horizontal branches and rich 
golden orange-yellow flowers; a shrub worthy of cultivation. Other 
plants of which I shall send you seeds are Meeonopsis integri folia, -a poppy 
with huge golden yellow satiny flowers, and a beautiful Buddleia [B, 
forresti), -a purely limestone plant. And best of all two wild pears from 
this snow range, with crimson fruits; a wild quince with oblong fruits; 
more wild peaches, plums, various rosaceous trees as Sorbus and Pho- 
tinia, also Quercus, wild olives, and wild walnuts. In fact there is 
so much that one does not know where to begin first. For example, 
there is a delicious wild gooseberry 3 days' journey from here; the 
fruits are larger than those of. our cultivated varieties, and are 
delicious. I shall try to get it. 
Simple Appliances For Ridding: Soil of Nematodes 
and Other Organisms. 
Beverly T. Galloway. 
Growers of rare and valuable plants., seeds, bulbs, cuttings, etc.', 
are finding it more and more important to rid the soil, sand, or other 
media used, of nematodes, grubs, insect eggs and larvae, and certain 
fungous organisms. This is particularly true if one is distributing 
or exchanging such plants, for it removes certain restrictions and ob- 
jections on the part of those charged with the enforcement of plant 
quarantine laws and regulations. Aside from these important consider- 
ations, soil treatment such as here described has been found bene- 
ficial in the case of a great many different kinds of plants. Growth 
is more vigorous, and stronger ancl better plants are the result. 
It should be understood that we are not concerned with complete 
soil sterilization. For certain limited uses in the laboratory this 
