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a.FROM. Chief, Technica Branch

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What types of trees, plents and shribs he had under ouitivation.

what types o trees, plants and shrubs he could cultivate at the hes either in the open or hder glass.

C. To obtatn from hin any ideas he may have as to cossible scurces of research material of value to the ARTITHCKE program.

To cbtain names C be specia sts nes eres to

3. aes was very cc-cperative and discussed al the coints nentiened above in detail with us. Pssrfcffered some very valuable infcration in connectiin with persenalicies whom he recarded as being rarticuiarly usefui in the botanisal fields and, in addition, gave us certain infomation regariing botanical colleotions and coliecters that may possibiy be very important.

4. Insofar as the lis conoemed,an endisir exolained that veiy few if ary oi the botanicals cnere tould'be of value but suqgested that certain ytes of these botanicals night te of interest if preperly prccessed.

Office MennOran. un. UNITED STATES CVERNMENT

DATE: 31 July 1953

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iscussod at conciderable length certain teshrical iving certain eupos of betanicals and fren this discussion valuable taohnical Leads were cotained.

ercnised further co-cperation and asked tend the ri touch xith hin in the irmesiate re siice he felt he wouls be able to dir firther nanes and tertain botanicals which he thought night prove interestins.