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many years before they are sufficiently es for tapping purposes. 
ed fro 
Another supply of seed was receive sir as i= ing, 
Calcutta, in August last,and sown as soon as dicspgee! ed. A number 
of these germinated shortly after being so and several iakaca 
have since appeared and are er Salinas Mpoles ground. The 
stock at present numbers 35 pla 
And again in 1886 :— 
The young seedlings have at last started into growth, and are 
now shooting up fast. The growth for the two years after they 
germinated did not average more es a foot, but this has been 
doubled since the commencement of the present hot season, and 
there is now no reason to doubt thee this useful tree will thrive 
in this climate. A smail plantation will be made next rainy 
season, and it will then be a ees of time as to when the 
plants will be ready for tappin 
Mr. Lawson reported from oe nd in 1884 :-— 
Rhus vernicifera, or the Japan Lacquer plant.—Upwards = 
100 plants have been raised from seed sent from Kew. 
plants have not made satisfactory progress as yet. I do not think 
that the climate of Ootacamund quite suits them, and I intend to 
remove them at the proper times to Coonoor, Barliydr, and 
hatti. 
Mr. Gamble reported from the Nilgiris in 1885 :— 
Rhus vernicifera seed was made over to the District Forest 
Officers by some collectors. In Ganjam, Bellary, and Cuddapah 
it failed to germinate, and in Godavari the results are not yet 
known. In the Nilgiris alone was it at all successful, ae about 
12 plants were reared, of which half have been made over to the 
Director of Govern nment Parks and Gardens, who will a able to 
look after it more carefully, and the rest planted at Cairn Hill. 
The Conservator would be glad if seeds distributed by the 
Board, or by the Director of Agriculture, could always be sent to 
him, so that he may select the best locality, and especially the 
one where there are the best appliances. As an example, Rhus 
vernicifera was sent to almost all districts, but in the Conservator’s 
opinion, a tree of the kind, native of Japan, is unlikely to grow 
any where but on the hills, and it would have been better to have 
tried it in the Nilgiris zg with perhaps a small amount at 
Horsleykonda or Ramandru 
V.—* BRAZILIAN OAK” WALKING STICKS. 
(Posoqueria latifolia, R.8.) 
rtation from foreign countries of 
t th 
For some years past the impo facture of walking sticks and 
which is kno ae the iottely: different names of 
“ Brazilian san as aiid . phere vine.” This stick is valued for the 
