2 USEFUL BOTANY OF INDIA. 



From MR. NIMMO, to DR. BROWNE, Private Secretary to 

 the Honorable the Governor of Bombay, dated 23rd of 

 December, 1839. 



I have now the pleasure to acknowledge the re- 

 ceipt of your note, dated 25th ultimo, and of its 

 enclosure, on a subject to which I fear I shall not be 

 able to do justice, though I have long felt an in- 

 tense interest in it ; but as I believe the Agri. and 

 Horticultural Society of India is in good earnest, 

 and as the subject has now attracted the attention 

 of the higher authorities in England, I hope some- 

 thing may be accomplished towards ensuring the 

 great and ultimate object contemplated by the Ho- 

 norable the Court of Directors, especially if sup- 

 ported by the recommendation of our present illus- 

 trious Governor. 



I beg to send the accompanying list of such useful 

 trees and plants as I consider appropriate to our soil 

 and climate, with a few exceptions experimentally, 

 and as these lists must speak for themselves, I have 

 but a few remarks to submit, which I shall do in 

 my own plain and simple way, the subject requiring 

 no laboured report, and being one that must be tried 

 before we can confidently pronounce on any success 



