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multiplication of pure seed. The types and yields obtained 

 are shown in the statement. 



The season was a very unfavourable one, and tht yields 

 are low. Seeds of all these types are now being largely dis- 

 tributed, the quantity of seed available being quite insuffi- 

 cient to meet the demand. During the period, approxi- 

 mately 15 maunds of seed of types 6, 17, 18, 23, and 25 

 have been distributed. . 



Patwa (Hibiscus cannabinus L.). Eight selected types 

 were grown in the season under review for maintaining 

 pure seed. Type 3, a medium-early, tall, straight form, with 

 little tendency to branch and of robust growth, has been 

 found the most suitable for fibre production, and has been 

 under distribution for some years. One acre was grown 

 during the year for seed production, and yielded 3 maunds 

 29 seers, and some 10 seers of seed have been distributed. 



Safflower. Twenty-four types (described in the Mem., 

 Botanical Series, "Vol. VII, No. 7) have again been grown 

 during the year under report for observation and the main- 

 tenance of pure seed. Besides these, several new types, 

 selected from seed procured locally and from Dacca, were 

 also under study. These seem now fixed in character and 

 have therefore been added to the already existing types. 

 The Dacca types' are spineless, and appear richer in dye 



