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IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Maren 12, 1838. 
Submitted, and ordered to be printed, a aa Moca ,000 ore copies be furnished for the use 
Mr. Lryw submitted the following 
REPORT : 
[To accompany bill S. No. 241.] 
rrine, late American consul at Campeachy, praying for a 
condition ‘grant of land in southern Florida, to encourage the intro- 
duction and pramotc the cultivation of tropical plants in the United 
States, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit, 
to the consideration of the Senate, the following report 
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. 
oy 
At the express desire of the memorialist, your committee has long delayed 
of his resi 
his services, and his plans in relation to the immediate dcsneatenanine of 
tropical plants i in southern Florida, and oft ther gradual ranges aia at 8 
out all the southern and southwestern States ; 
has arrived at the conclusion that his services a wey rei n great ; that his 
suggestions are important, and that his plans are laudably patriotic and 
practicable. In obedience to the Treasury circular of the ‘6th of Septem- 
ber, 1827, Dr .Henry Perrine appears to be the only American consul who has 
perseveringly Seve his head, heart, and hands to the subject of introdu- 
cing tropical plants in the United States ; and his voluminous manuscripts 
alone exhibit a great amount of labor and research which promise to be 
i memorialist founds 
fi cn o our common country. T his 
success for the immediate ays ers of, a“ aye 
ur leading faets 
ion of, Pee: hin, . es on fo any 
vegetables es do pagate t 7 inthe 
of the trop: 
