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tea* plants. These also germinated on their way to 

 India, and reached their destination in the Him a* 

 layas in good condition. 



When the news of the success of these experi- 

 ments reached me from India, I determined to 

 adopt the same plan when I packed the cases which 

 I was now taking round under my own cure. Tea- 

 seeds were therefore sown in all the cases between 

 the rows of young plants. 



Fourteen cases having been packed and prepared 

 in this manner,, I had still a large quantity of seeds 

 about u bushel remaining on hand. These I 

 determined to dispose of in the following manner, 

 Two glazed cases had been prepared to take a collec- 

 tion of camellias from China to the Botauic Garden 

 at Calcutta, The tea-seeds were emptied out in 

 front of these cases and a small portion of earth 

 thrown in amongst them. A layer of this mixture, 

 which now consisted of about one part earth and 

 two parts seeds was laid in the bottom of each case, 

 and the camellia-plants were lifted gently out of 

 their pots and placed upon it. The spaces between 

 the plants were then filled up to the proper height 

 with the mixture of tea-seeds and earth, and a little 

 soil was sprinkled upon the surface to cover the 

 uppermost seeds. The whole was then well watered, 

 bars were nailed across to keep the earth in its place., 

 arid the lids of the cases were fastened down in the 

 usual manner. 



