162 ADVANTAGES TO BE EXPECTED. 



structing them to collect in the autumn, suitable 

 seeds, bulbs, and roots, for transmission overland 

 to England. 



The Governor-General, adverting to the facili- 

 ties afforded by the steam communication, and 

 referring to the interest known to be taken by 

 the Court in increasing the vegetable riches of 

 the two countries, expresses a hope, that such 

 useful seeds and plants may be sent out to India, 

 Advantages of as mav gradually be naturalized in that country, 



the Transmis- .. , , , . , . 



sion of the and recommends inquiry being made in this country 



.Seeds of Use- 



for a d v i ce on the su bject. 



On the importance of the object contemplated 

 by Lord Auckland, and sanctioned by the Court 

 of Directors, it is scarcely necessary to offer any 

 remarks. So large a share of the wealth of every 

 country is composed of its vegetable productions, 

 and those productions in such a variety of ways 

 minister to supply the wants of man, that to in- 

 crease their number or improve their quality, can- 

 not fail to be regarded as a benefaction to the 

 country thus enriched. 



Indebted as man is to the vegetable kingdom for 

 food, shelter, and clothing, for the means of restoring 

 health, and assuaging pains, the propriety of Govern- 



