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house, tLe seed one "usually finds in the market being of mixed good and 

 bad without distinction, and thafc to procure really good melon weed, for 

 instance^ a large consumption of the fruit is required^ as probably not one 

 melon in five sold in the market is worth eating. 



*' In flowers, Persia is very poor, excepting in such as grow wild in the 

 mountains, and to which little attention is given> 



" The country from north to south produces many kinds of rice of deli- 

 cious and delicate quality, but as it is not procurable here in the husk I 

 refrain from sending specimens, at least for the present. 



*' There are no nurserymen or horticulturists in Persia to whose notice to 

 bring the programme and schedule of the Society which you have trans- 

 mitted to me. 



" I have the honour, &c., 



'^Keitte Edwabb Abbott." 



The following letter from Turkey is 

 hopes of improYement in that countiy : 



"British Consulate, Yarna, Septeniber Zrd, 1862, — I have the honour to 

 acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st of June last (under cover 

 from the Foreign Office, which however did not reach until some weeks after 

 it was written), together with the inclosed Programmes and Schedule of the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society's Flower and Fruit Exhibition. 



** In reply, I regret to be obliged to state, that after having made diligent 

 inquiries in all the principal towns within my Consular jurisdiction, I have 

 heard that no such class of persons exists as Florists, Horticulturists, or 

 Kurserymen, within the limits of my Consular jurisdiction up to the present 

 moment ; but I have heard with great satisfaction, that his Majesty the Sultan 

 has decreed the formation of establishments for the study of the above- 

 mentioned branches in various parts of the empire, and I presume that 

 this province, which is an important one, will not be left without them. 

 It is therefore to be hoped, that when at some future time another Great 

 International Exhibition takes place^ that the products of this country will 

 be fairly represented, 



*' I have spoken with several of the principal gi'owers of Cereals in thid 

 place and the neighbourhood, but I have not been able to induce any of 

 them to send samples. 



" Agricijlture itself is iu a most deplorable state, the implements of hus- 

 bandry being of a most primitive nature, being in fact precisely of the same 

 kind as those which were in use hundreds of years ago, which is much to 

 be regretted, as the soil is very fertile, and if cultivated properly. Mould 

 yield at least three times the produce it does at present. I have the honour, 



*°-' - ^ "Horatio B. Suter," 



"^MoNTK Video, 2^th Augxint, 1862, 



" At the time I received your letter of the 2lst June, it was too late 



for me to take any steps with reg-ard to getting collections of Fruit sent to 



, the Royal Horticultural Society's Autumn Show on September 10th, added 



to which, this is the coldest part of the year here, and it is not the 



Season for the few native fruits there are, 



"As soon as the state of the roads would admit of it, I went to see M. 

 Slargat, a Frenchman, the only Nurseryman and Horticulturist in the 



* neighbourhood, touching the Exhibition of the 8th October. -Having 



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