of Improvements Washington, Feb. 9.
Means of rejuvenating the flower and fruit gardens of America and discovery of drought- and blight-resisting species of corn and chestnuts will be sought by an expedition which the National Geographie Society announced to-day that it was preparing to send into China. Mr. Joseph F. Rock, discoverer of the chaulmoogra tree, the oil from which is used to treat leprosy, will head the party.
In a waxy tissue oF corn reported in sections of China the scientists hope to find the drought resisting quality they need to increase acreage of this product here while they also expect to determine whether peculiar types of chestnut trees reported in that country are adaptable to areas in the United States now visited by blights.
The Society says that China provides "one of the choicest garden spots of the world, and it is confidently expected that new varied ties of flowers and fruits will be imported which will be assimilate ed readily among our plant and orchard population."—Reuter.
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